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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In World War I, Meiktila and Thayetmyo became the unlikely final resting places for hundreds of Ottoman Empire troops sent to Burma by the British after being captured during fighting in the Middle East.
A British resident of Yangon has created a website that highlights the dramatic changes development has brought to the former capital since the turn of the 20th century.
BY Oliver Slow
မြို့ပြ၌ နေထိုင်သူများကြားတွင် ကိတ်မုန့်နှင့် ပေါင်မုန့်များ စားသုံးမှု များပြားလာသောကြောင့် ပြည်တွင်းရှိ နို့ထွက်ပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်သည့် လုပ်ငန်းများလည်း တိုးတက်လာနေသည်။ ကလေးသုံးယောက်လျှင် တစ်ယောက်မှာ အာဟာရချို့တဲ့နေသည့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် နွားနို့မှာ အဓိကထားရမည့် အာဟာရတစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။
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The recent resignation of a minister in Ayeyarwady Region has cast doubt on the future of fisheries industry reforms, under which leases were taken off local investors and given to groups of fishermen.
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The Anti-Corruption Commission appointed in 2014 had little discernable impact, but a new team under former information minister U Aung Kyi is pushing for changes to give it more bite.
An organisation representing former political prisoners says they are not receiving the health care support they deserve from the government and is lobbying MPs to change the situation.
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