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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Kite Tales Myanmar aims to document many of the country’s personal accounts that might otherwise have been lost to history.
The government is coming under pressure from human rights groups to open northern Rakhine State to independent observers so they can investigate claims of abuses by the security forces.
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Myanmar’s infrastructure development, building and construction supported by foreign and local companies at BUILD MYANMAR 2016, Yangon
The Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Reserve sits in the crosshairs of illegal logging, aggressive farming, and lax management.
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