Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
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Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
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Young people and their families are seeking any way they can to evade the Myanmar military’s conscription drive – sometimes with the help of sympathetic local administrators.
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The United States claimed it foiled a plot by an alleged Yakuza boss to sell weapons-grade plutonium sourced by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, but experts say the story doesn’t add up.
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Breast milk is best for babies in the first six months of their lives but many mothers use formula because they are unaware that it can be detrimental to an infant’s health.
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The Chinese government is advising the Ministry of Electricity and Energy on a white paper for hydropower policy at the same time as pressuring Myanmar to revive the long-stalled Myitsone dam.
BY Thomas Kean
Historic grievances and Bamar chauvinism are among the factors that have fuelled Rakhine nationalism and supported the emergence of the Arakan Army.
တောင်တန်းထူသော မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအရှေ့ပိုင်း မြေပြန့်များနှင့် အမြင့်ပိုင်းနေရာများတွင် ခရမ်းရောင်ဘိန်းခင်းများ တခေါ်တမျှော် နေရာယူထားပြီး တောင်သူများအား အခြားသီးနှံပြောင်းစိုက်ရေးအတွက် မက်လုံးများ ပေးထားသော်လည်း ဝင်ငွေကောင်းသည့် သီးနှံကို စွန့်လွှတ်ရန် ၎င်းတို့ ဆန္ဒမရှိကြပေ
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The response from the government and military to the Arakan Army’s January 4 attacks is disproportionate and bound to backfire by strengthening support for the AA within Rakhine State.
An open letter to President U Win Myint has focused attention on discriminatory material in the government’s civics education curriculum for primary schools.
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