Under sanctions and desperate for hard currency, the military regime is forcing Myanmar workers abroad to remit earnings through formal channels, with some warning it will only push more migrants to become undocumented.
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Under sanctions and desperate for hard currency, the military regime is forcing Myanmar workers abroad to remit earnings through formal channels, with some warning it will only push more migrants to become undocumented.
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The regime’s planned population count threatens to boost its powers of surveillance and leave dissidents with few places to hide.
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People living with HIV are finding it harder to access life-saving care due to civil war and a crumbling healthcare system, while also facing continued social stigma and discrimination.
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The United Wa State Army has lambasted the peace process in a paper circulated ahead of a meeting it called of ethnic armed groups that are yet to sign the 2015 national ceasefire accord.
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As the Human Rights Council session in Geneva gets underway, Frontier’s Thomas Kean speaks to special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar Ms Yanghee Lee about her call for a commission of inquiry into alleged abuses in Rakhine State.
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Authorities are mulling a ban on climbing the site’s temples in order to protect them, but experts warn that such a move could have a negative impact on the country’s growing tourism industry.
BY Htun Khaing
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Frontier speaks to the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar about her call for a commission of inquiry into alleged abuses in Rakhine State.
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