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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Young Myanmar artists are helping to bring innovative design ideas to traditional crafts as part of an effort to ensure the survival of the industry.
BY Thi Ri Han
An ‘evolutionary approach’ to change management offers a practical solution to the challenge of reforming Myanmar's system of government.
BY Henrich Dahm
The expectations of ethnic parties are complicating the race for the next chief minister of Shan State, where the Union Solidarity and Development Party and the Tatmadaw bloc have a narrow majority in the regional assembly.
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တိုင်းရင်းသားရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာနသည် ပြည်တွင်းငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် ဖက်ဒရယ်စနစ် ထွန်းကားရေးအတွက် အားကောင်းသော အထောက်အပံ့တစ်ခု ဖြစ်လာမည်ဟုလည်း တိုင်းရင်းသား အမတ်များက မျှော်လင့်နေကြသည်
What is the NLD's strategy in the Sittwe assembly?
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BY Oliver Slow
National League for Democracy MPs elected last November have performed badly in tests of their knowledge about parliamentary procedures.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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