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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Myanmar’s tourism sector will benefit in the long run if officials spend more time managing destinations and less protecting existing hotels, and instead lets the market decide which properties succeed or fail.
BY Vicky Bowman
The decision by the United Wa State Army to invite reporters to its capital at Panghsang and its seizure of territory from a long-term ally reflects serious concern over its future.
A look at the numbers behind the growth of Myanmar's tourism market since 2011, and the top sources of foreign arrivals in Myanmar.
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သင်္ဃန်းကျွန်းမြို့နယ်တွင် ရိုက်နှက်မှု ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့ကြပြီး Facebook လူမှုကွန်ရက်ပေါ်တွင် မှတ်တမ်းဓာတ်ပုံများနှင့်တကွ ရေးသားဖော်ပြခဲ့ရသည့် ဘီအမ်ခရီးသည်တင်ယာဉ်မောင်းနှင့် ယာဉ်နောက်လိုက်များအား ဖမ်းဆီးလိုက်ပြီဖြစ်သည်ဟု ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့က အောက်တိုဘာ ၂၉ ရက်နေ့တွင် သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ခဲ့သည်။
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Few foreign visitors make it down to Tanintharyi Region, but those who do will find stunning beaches, untouched islands and long-forgotten colonial outposts.
The Kachin Independence Organisation says 49 young people who travelled to Laiza did not participate in military training, contrary to government claims.
BY Paul Vrieze
The UWSA says it continues to enjoy good relations with the NDAA despite recent clashes and differences in approach to the government's peace process.
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