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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In rural Kayin State, residents are uniting against a military-owned corporation’s plan to expand cement production using coal power.
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The managing director of City Mart Holding says the government needs to adjust its policies on finance, trade, real estate and business regulation to attract the sort of investors who can bring benefits to Myanmar's economy.
BY Win Win Tint
A renowned author is pioneering inclusive tourism within the Kayan community of remote Kayah State through an internationally funded project.
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Myanmar Investment Commission secretary U Aung Naing Oo speaks to Frontier about the new Investment Law and the outlook for foreign investors.
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First-hand accounts of criminal acts spread on social media are fuelling perceptions of a crime epidemic, even though police say crime has not markedly increased.
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Myanmar Investment Commission secretary U Aung Naing Oo speaks to Frontier about the new Investment Law and the outlook for foreign investors.
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