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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Ko Mratt Kyaw Thu received the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Monday for his courageous coverage of ethnic conflict in Myanmar's borderlands.
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The domestic edible oil sector, which continues to struggle in a competitive market and needs more government support, industry leaders say.
Low energy prices and the high cost of offshore exploration are prompting some energy companies to give back blocks won in a 2014 tender – a development that could hurt Myanmar’s ability to meet its power needs in the years ahead.
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Police said they believed that the culprit had 'mental health problems'.
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As civil society groups campaign for greater inclusion of women in the peace process, Frontier profiles women playing important roles in communities across the country.
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Even if the refugees did want to return, the question remains as to where they will eventually be resettled.
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