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.
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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.
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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.
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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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A prodigy who produced his seminal work at just 28, celebrated economist U Hla Myint – who passed away on March 9 in Bangkok aged 97 – enjoyed a glittering career abroad but endured many frustrations in his home country.
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The government’s most important non-state partner in the peace process risks a return to conflict without a stronger commitment to political dialogue from Nay Pyi Taw.
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The nationalist group known as Ma Ba Tha and one of its leading members, U Wirathu, have reacted defiantly to moves aimed at curbing their malevolent influence, posing a delicate problem for the NLD government.
Reporting by Su Myat Mon, Hein Ko Soe, Kyaw Phone Kyaw and Sean Gleeson in Yangon, Htun Khaing in Mong Hsu and Mratt Kyaw Thu in Ann.
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