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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As the latest Panglong conference opens today, civil conflicts in other countries show the common patterns and pitfalls on the path to a successful and sustainable peace process.
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ပြည်ထောင်စုငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးညီလာခံ- ၂၁ ရာစုပင်လုံ ဒုတိယအစည်းအဝေးအား ယနေ့စတင်ဖွင့်လှစ်ခဲ့ရာ အစိုးရ၊ တပ်မတော်နှင့် တိုင်းရင်းသားလက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့များမှ ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ရာပေါင်းများစွာ တက်ရောက်ခဲ့ကြသည်။
BY Oliver Slow
A new cycling tour that follows that travelled by one of Myanmar’s best-known kings in the 16th century aims to create more jobs in the tourism industry, and showcase the country’s greatest asset: its people.
BY Thomas Kean
The second 21st Century Panglong conference finally began on Wednesday but the peace process faces some major hurdles.
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The thoughtless disposal of litter by domestic travellers is creating a growing rubbish problem at destinations ranging from the ancient temples of Bagan to remote waterfalls in Shan State.
BY Htun Khaing
A bus company in Yangon has achieved success, and rare popular acclaim, because its owner has put passengers first with innovations that include an honesty fare system.
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