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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The Ministry of Social Welfare plans to introduce a by-law that will require businesses to allocate two percent of their jobs to people with disabilities or face heavy fines – but some question whether the target is realistic, or even advisable.
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None of the 15 Myanmar players made the halfway cut of the tournament, which was won by Australian tour rookie Todd Sinnot.
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တနင်္သာရီ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးသို့ အလည်အပတ် သွားကြသူ နိုင်ငံခြားသား ခရီးသွား အနည်းအကျဉ်းသာ ရှိသည့်တိုင် သွားရောက်ကြသူများမှာ ရင်သပ်ရှုမောဖွယ်ရာ ကမ်းခြေများ၊ လူသူအရောက်အပေါက်နည်းသော ကျွန်းများနှင့် ကာလရှည်ကြာ မေ့လျော့ထားခဲ့သော ကိုလိုနီတပ်
Bangladesh on Wednesday rebuked Myanmar for opening fire on a boat in the Naf River that marks their border and killing one fisherman.
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Friends of the taxi driver shot dead while chasing the gunman who killed high-profile lawyer U Ko Ni have paid tribute to a man of courage who was known for his sense of justice.
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