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.
BY Frontier
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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The NLD government must meet three main challenges to achieve its agenda for reform and development and they all involve its relationship with the Tatmadaw.
Eight months after devastating floods, some villagers in Chin State whose homes were destroyed are moving their entire communities to higher, safer ground.
BY Oliver Slow
Frontier looks back over key events during the term of President U Thein Sein, an unassuming former general whose reforms laid the foundation for a transformed Myanmar.
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A new passport kindles memories of an encounter with a Gautemalan Rasta named Fresh, a frog from a Thai market and a bus to Mexico City.
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BY Sean Gleeson
The Mandalay real estate market is in the doldrums and the reasons include factors special to the former royal capital, such as a downturn in the gems trade and a crackdown on drug trafficking.
ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး၊ ကြွယ်ဝချမ်းသာမှု၊ ချစ်ကြည်ရင်းနှီးမှုတွေကို ဒေသတွင်းသာမက တစ်ကမ္ဘာလုံးခံစားနိုင်တဲ့ အခွင့်အလမ်းအနေနဲ့ မျှော်လင့်ထားကြောင်းလည်း ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ပြောကြားခဲ့တယ်
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Three years after it was torn apart by communal violence, Meiktila continues a slow recovery that is being aided by efforts to promote interfaith understanding.
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