The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
BY Sam Foot
The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
BY Sam Foot
Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.
BY Frontier
An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.
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The Constitutional Tribunal has not recovered from a dispute in 2012 that prompted the mass resignation of its members but the NLD could undertake a range of measures to rebuild its powers and contribute to restoring judicial independence.
The Constitutional Tribunal has not recovered from a dispute in 2012 that prompted the mass resignation of its members but the NLD could rebuild its powers.
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The recent arrest of a man who gave an interview about his past as a child soldier has brought the issue to a wider audience but also raised fears about the military’s commitment to ending underage recruitment.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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The proposed expansion of a Shwe Taung cement plant in Tharzi has run up against opposition, but supporters of the International Finance Corporation-backed project argue it will raise standards in the sector.
National Security Adviser U Thaung Tun says the government will only allow those who can prove citizenship and residence to return from Bangladesh.
BY Su Myat Mon
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