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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Southern Chin State has been open to foreign travellers since 2015 and offers hundreds of kilometres of roads to explore – if you don’t mind some bumps along the way.
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Scenic, mountainous Chin State has huge potential as a tourist destination, as shown by a big jump in foreign and domestic visitors in the first three months of this year.
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ဘင်္ဂလားဒေရှ့်နဲ့ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် နယ်စပ်ဒေသမှာ စိတ်ကြွဆေးပြား ကုန်သွယ်မှုတွေ မြင့်တက်လာနေသလို ငွေရလွယ်တဲ့ ဒီလိုတရားမဝင်လုပ်ငန်းမှာ ရိုဟင်ဂျာ ဒုက္ခသည်တွေ၊ မူးယစ်ဆေးဂိုဏ်းတွေနဲ့ မြန်မာလက်နက်ကိုင်တွေလည်း ပါဝင်ပတ်သက် ဆက်နွယ်နေပါတယ်။
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The Yangon Region government hopes a new tap system will help solve water shortages in the underdeveloped township of Dala, but residents would prefer authorities focus on improving more than 100 ponds where supplies are quickly diminishing.
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