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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Further changes are needed to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism’s latest draft to ensure the new law meets the sector’s needs and guides sustainable development.
Few foreign visitors make it down to Tanintharyi Region, but those who do will find stunning beaches, untouched islands and long-forgotten colonial outposts.
It is essential that the actions of a few do not result in all members of the state’s Muslim community being viewed as the enemy.
The steady rise in arrivals since 2011 has highlighted the travel sector’s huge potential for growth but managing that expansion poses some challenges for the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.
In the 1970s, the Universities Computer Centre was home to the country’s first computer and an elite group of students who were among the lucky few to study overseas under the Ne Win regime.
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