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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A short guide to the events, politics and legacy of Burma’s decades under British India.
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The largest monastic school in the country has more than 9,000 students, and while the curriculum is the same as the state sector, the approach is vastly different.
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The fatal poisoning of Kim Jong-un's half-brother in Malaysia in February came more than 30 years after Pyongyang sent assassins to Yangon to try to kill the South Korean president.
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The poisoning of Kim Jong-un's half-brother in Malaysia came more than 30 years after Pyongyang sent assassins to Yangon to try to kill the South Korean president.
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China had a historical role in contributing to conflict along Myanmar’s northern border and it has a responsibility to help bring the fighting to an end.
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