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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Yangon’s power infrastructure is decayed and disorganised. The city needs more power, but first it needs a grid that can handle it.
Thousands of Shan people converge on Chiang Mai each year for an auspicious, exuberant Buddhist rite of passage in which young boys are ordained as novice monks.
Safety equipment is in short supply for workers employed on projects to extend the national electricity grid, but despite the risks, most enjoy their jobs.
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A tentative start is being made in Myanmar to teach children about sexual and reproductive health but overcoming entrenched conservative attitudes is a challenge.
The Kachin Independence Organisation needs to put the interests of the people of Kachin State ahead of its own and sign a bilateral ceasefire with the government.
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