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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What sanctions still remain against Myanmar?
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There’s huge potential for startups in Myanmar, but entrepreneurs need resilience, determination, passion and financial backing to turn their bright ideas into successful businesses. More government support would help, too.
BY Oliver Slow
While underground metal musicians managed to stay out of jails during the junta era, their jarring sound and brooding political lyrics were once publicly silenced.
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Frontier sits down with Eric Rose, lead director of Herzfeld Rubin Meyer & Rose, the first US law firm established in Myanmar.
The surprise offensive by the Northern Brotherhood alliance in northern Shan State is a setback for the peace process and the cause of national reconciliation.
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Four Myanmar women recently travelled to the US to witness the historic election there, and despite many criticisms of the campaign, still found many positives to be taken from the country’s political system.
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