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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Private equity company Ascent Capital has launched Singapore’s first Myanmar-focused fund, with backing from high-profile investors including sovereign wealth fund Temasek and the Asian Development Bank.
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The UN refugee agency has begun phasing out the protection it provides in Malaysia to tens of thousands of Chin, most of whom do not want to return to Myanmar.
BY Eva Hirschi
Rakhine nationalists were outraged when the government warned them not to support the Rakhine armed group and accused it of colluding with Rohingya militants.
Hundreds gathered recently in a remote mountain village to celebrate the inauguration of a ‘peace park’ backed by the Karen National Union.
BY Ben Dunant
The cancellation of a study tour to Myanmar is a concerning sign of the country's political climate.
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BY Ye Mon
တက်လမ်းကနေ အသက်သွင်းပေးလိုက်တဲ့ ငွေစုငွေချေးအဖွဲ့ငယ်တွေဟာ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အတွင်းက ဝေးလံခေါင်ဖျားတဲ့ကျေးရွာတွေမှာ အမျိုးသမီးတွေအတွက် လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်နဲ့ အစွမ်းအစတွေဖော်ထုတ်ပြသနိုင်ရာ စင်မြင့်တွေဖြစ်လာကြပါတယ်။
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