The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
BY Sam Foot
The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
BY Sam Foot
Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.
BY Frontier
An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.
BY Frontier
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မြန်မာရွှေ့ပြောင်း လုပ်သားများအား နိုင်ငံကူးလက်မှတ်များ ထုတ်ပေးရန် အစီအစဉ်ရှိသည်ဟု ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံသို့ ရောက်ရှိနေသည့် နိုင်ငံတော် အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ဇွန် ၂၃ ရက်နေ့က ပြောကြားသည်။
BY Frontier
Government interference and corruption have left Myanmar's legal fraternity in a shambles, its lawyers poorly trained and its judges cowed by police.
Whether for business, pleasure or to acquire a deeper understanding of Myanmar’s culture and society, an increasing number of foreigners are learning Burmese.
BY Thi Ri Han
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Myanmar officials must refer to the oppressed Rohingya Muslim minority as "people who believe in Islam" rather than by their name as a UN rights envoy visits the country.
BY AFP
A Dutch tattoo artist and his team have been in Myanmar as part of an innovative global project to publicise the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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