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.
BY Frontier
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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For the 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to southeast Bangladesh in the past nine months, the approaching monsoon season poses a serious threat.
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More than five decades of government propaganda and draconian censorship in Myanmar has contributed to a culture of denial.
Rosalie Metro deftly explores some of the key issues confronting Myanmar in her debut novel Have Fun in Burma.
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Rosalie Metro deftly explores some of the key issues confronting Myanmar in her debut novel Have Fun in Burma.
BY Frontier
A new art exhibition space at Yangon’s Secretariat building aims to showcase the city’s ability to become an international capital for culture.
BY Oliver Slow
Two recent — seemingly well-intentioned — statements from the NLD leadership highlight only serve to highlight how far the government is from achieving peace and reconciliation.
BY Sai Wansai
President’s Office says it has accepted U Kyaw Win’s resignation as Anti-Corruption Commission prepares to wrap up investigation launched earlier this month.
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In the final instalment of a two-part series, Frontier’s senior correspondent Mratt Kyaw Thu charts the rise of the Tablighi Jamaat movement and the deep divisions its growing popularity has created within the Muslim community.
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