Journalists are allegedly suffering exploitation and abuse at exiled news outlets, but there’s debate over whether the responsibility to respond falls on donors or a media industry that is taking gradual steps to self-regulate.
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Journalists are allegedly suffering exploitation and abuse at exiled news outlets, but there’s debate over whether the responsibility to respond falls on donors or a media industry that is taking gradual steps to self-regulate.
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With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.
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After ethnic armed groups conquered Myanmar’s northern Shan State, residents have welcomed their efforts to restore public order, but continued instability keeps the economy hobbled while ethnic tensions remain.
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A story by a former political prisoner, set on the other side of the thick green line that ruled Myanmar for fifty years. After waging war in the ethnic states, it is in the then-capital, Yangon, during the 1988 national uprising, where soldier Nyo Aung is compelled to question the authority of those above and accept responsibility for his own.
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A story by a former political prisoner, set on the other side of the thick green line that ruled Myanmar for fifty years.
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Prominent human rights lawyer Ms Amal Clooney appealed to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar.
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A project to document orchids in a conflict-hit area of Kayin State has uncovered almost 100 rare species – and some unknown varieties – while also encouraging women to take on leadership roles in their communities.
On September 18, the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2017 released a meticulous and damning report.
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The government has rolled out incentives for Asian tourists, but industry insiders say more could be done to woo back westerners.
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