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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It is unlikely that Myanmar will see a more favourable climate for peacemaking for some years to come.
အိမ်အကူကလေးငယ်နှစ်ဦးကို ညှင်းပမ်းနှိပ်စက်မှုဖြင့် လူကုန်ကူးမှုဖြင့် အမှုဖွင့် တိုင်ကြားခံရသည့် အင်းဝ အပ်ချုပ်ဆိုင်အမှုတွင် လူကုန်ကူးမှုကို ဖုံးကွယ်ပေးခဲ့ခြင်းမရှိဟု မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကော်မရှင်အဖွဲ့ဝင်များက ငြင်းဆိုလိုက်သည်။
The ubiquitous little repair shops that were a response to the poverty created by economic isolation are under pressure from municipal by-laws, modernisation and rising incomes.
Lower prices and a level of tolerance from police have made motorbikes a common sight on the streets of Yangon, even though they are prohibited in the city’s urban areas.
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A scrum of dedicated rugby enthusiasts introducing the sport to Myanmar children are tackling the challenge of raising funds … and explaining the offside rule.
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