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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လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ အရည်အသွေး မြှင့်တင်ရေးအတွက် ကျင်းပသည့် လွှတ်တော်ဆိုင်ရာ လုပ်ငန်းများ ရှင်းလင်းရေး အစီအစဉ်သို့ လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ၄၅၀ ခန့်တက်ရောက်
The coming weeks will be critical for the political future of Thura U Shwe Mann, one of the most powerful and controversial figures in the previous parliament.
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Myanmar migrant workers in the booming Thai border trade town of Mae Sot are biding their time as they wait for the day they can return home.
Myanmar migrant workers in the booming Thai border trade town of Mae Sot are biding their time as they wait for the day they can return home.
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The second &Proud film festival in Yangon has again turned a spotlight on the country’s small and largely hidden LGBT community.
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At the very least, the first term of Myanmar's parliament exceeded the low expectations it laboured under.
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