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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Five years ago, a group of architects, historians, businesspeople and others banded together to form the Yangon Heritage Trust in a last-ditch attempt to preserve Yangon’s unique character. While the initial aim was to save the city’s heritage buildings, which were in danger of being torn down, the group’s focus has since expanded to broader questions of urban development.
BY Thomas Kean
The centuries-old informal money transfer system known as hundi is built on trust, rapport and friendship. It’s still thriving in Myanmar, though it might be a drain on the official economy.
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Frontier sits down with Dr Thant Myint-U, founding chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust.
BY Thomas Kean
The naming of a former Tatmadaw officer as a key suspect in the death of Ko Ni has left many despairing that those responsible for the murder will never face justice.
Months after a report on abuses and corruption in prison labour camps prompted calls for reforms and investigations, little has changed.
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Six years after a fresh outbreak of conflict, internally displaced persons there are more worried than ever over ongoing fighting in Kachin State.
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