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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The recent surge in the value of the kyat against the greenback was due partly to the Central Bank’s inability to prevent currency speculation.
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ထိုသို့တိုက်ခိုက်ခံခဲ့ရသည့်အမှုအား ကချင်ပြည်နယ်အစိုးရက စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးအဖွဲ့ ဖွဲ့စည်းကာ စစ်ဆေး ဖော်ထုတ်သွားမည်ဟု သိရသည်
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Successive Myanmar governments have tried to erase the legacy of colonial rule but a number of archaic laws continue to be enforced.
BY Oliver Slow
Successive Myanmar governments have tried to erase the legacy of colonial rule but a number of archaic laws continue to be enforced.
BY Oliver Slow
Yangon's long-suffering commuters finally have something to celebrate after the launch of the Bus Rapid Transit service.
BY Thi Ri Han
The decision to push back the election of the country’s next head of state until March 17 has focused interest on the Tatmadaw’s likely candidate.
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