The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.
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An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.
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A brief survey of the tales of might and magic in Myanmar’s most important historical text.
The government and the Tatmadaw need to review their approach to the peace process to help to ensure that it can be a success.
A decade after the death and devastation of Cyclone Nargis, there’s dissatisfaction over storm shelters in some of the worst-affected Ayeyarwady Delta villages.
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Donors need to plan for the “tragic reality” that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh won’t be coming home any time soon, says think-tank.
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Preceding the release of Facebook’s latest report on enforcing community standards, Frontier interviewed the company’s vice president for community integrity on what it’s doing to tackle hate speech in Myanmar.
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