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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Machine-made jewellery is threatening the work of goldsmithing, one of the traditional arts and crafts known as the ‘10 flowers’.
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နေပြည်တော်မှာ ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့တဲ့ NCA လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးပွဲ အခမ်းအနားဟာ NCA အတွက် အပေါင်း ၂ ဖြစ်ပေမယ့် မူလထိုးပြီးသားရှစ်ဖွဲ့နဲ့ အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ ဆောင်မသွားဖို့ သတိပေးခေါင်းလောင်းသံလည်း ဖြစ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
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Amid fresh calls for a boycott of Myanmar’s gems industry, a jewellery store offering Mogok rubies sourced from independent mines is luring conscientious buyers.
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Despite formidable challenges, including legal ambiguity and drivers with an attitude problem, a grassroots group is striving to make Yangon more bicycle friendly.
Despite formidable challenges, including legal ambiguity and drivers with an attitude problem, a grassroots group is striving to make Yangon more bicycle friendly.
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