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.
BY Frontier
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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Two altruistic organisations are creating and publishing books for children that carry messages aimed at fostering diversity, tolerance and peace.
BY Sing Lee
Dr Mathuram Santosham of John Hopkins University speaks to Frontier about combatting rotavirus in Myanmar.
BY Oliver Slow
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It is expected that foreign investors will likely be allowed to partake in Myanmar’s first bourse by the end of this year. Here is a helpful guide to getting your company listed.
BY Ross Taylor
Food delivery services using staff on bicycles are proving popular in Yangon, partly because they offer convenience for customers keen to avoid the city’s worsening traffic congestion.
BY Sing Lee
The Myanmar Police Force seems to have been devoting more time and effort to hunting down journalists than suppressing crime and maintaining law and order.
မျိုးဆက်ပေါင်းများစွာ သူတို့ကို ဒုတိယတန်းနေရာပဲပေးပြီး ခွဲခြားဆက်ဆံမှုကို ခံကြရတဲ့ အတားအဆီးတွေကို ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်၊ ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့နယ်က အမျိုးသမီးတွေက ထိုးဖောက်ကျော်လွန်နိုင်ခဲ့ကြပြီ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
Residents of a small village in Mon State were victims of a scam that went nationwide. One man involved in the scheme is showing a distinct lack of remorse.
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