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.
BY Sam Foot
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.
BY Sam Foot
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.
BY Frontier
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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Open to the public but almost forgotten, Yangon’s towering and lavish National Drug Elimination Museum is a living relic of military propaganda.
Open to the public but almost forgotten, Yangon’s towering and lavish National Drug Elimination Museum is a living relic of military propaganda.
A brief history of the kingdoms and conquests of one of Myanmar’s oldest peoples.
More than 60 years after a plane crashed in the Kayin Hills at the end of World War Two, killing all 16 allied soldiers onboard, families of the deceased have paid their respects at a ceremony in Yangon, finally bringing some closure.
BY Thomas Kean
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Fifteen years ago, dozens of military students from a newly established technology college were jailed after protesting against what they said were broken promises and disrespect from Tatmadaw officers.
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The former ruling party and 12 other parties have generated controversy by seeking a meeting of a powerful, military-dominated panel that is empowered under the constitution to run the country during an emergency.
An international troupe that includes trapeze artists, acrobats and jugglers is enchanting Yangon audiences with traditional and contemporary circus performances rarely seen in Myanmar.
BY Su Myat Mon
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