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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Increased rents and advanced technology have made life difficult for publishers in the commercial capital, but a new “Book Street” could inspire more people to read, vendors say.
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With the next Union Peace Conference to begin in the coming weeks, an image of a grief-stricken grandmother provokes a reflection on the innocent civilian victims of decades of conflict among armed organisations in Myanmar.
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Former student leaders have discussed forming a party to serve as an effective opposition against the NLD, but the nation has more important concerns.
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ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်ရဲ့ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနဲ့ တိုင်းပြည်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး လုပ်ငန်းစဉ်များအပေါ် မျှော်လင့်ချက်ကြီးစွာ ထားရှိတယ်လို့ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းနဲ့အတူ ပင်လုံစာချုပ်ကို လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးခဲ့ကြတဲ့ တိုင်းရင်းသားခေါင်းဆောင်များရဲ့ မိသားစု ဝင်အချို့က ပြောကြားကြပါတယ်။
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Now that Myanmar is well and truly connected, 2017 is set to be all about the content.
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