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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Maurice Collis wrote prolifically about Burma and his experiences as a colonial public servant, but 80 years after he lived in the country, few readers of English have heard of him.
BY Oliver Slow
The real estate sector is in the doldrums after the boom that followed the 2010 election but market sources are hoping for better times after the change of government.
Maurice Collis wrote prolifically about Burma and his experiences as a colonial public servant, but 80 years after he lived in the country, few readers of English have heard of him.
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The leader of the National League for Democracy faces some daunting challenges when she takes charge of the peace process after her government assumes power on April 1.
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သူရဦးရွှေမန်းနှင့် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်တို့ လာရောက်ပြီးနောက်တွင် တည်းခိုဆောင် အခန်းများထဲရှိ ကုတင်များမှ မွှေ့ယာအပါးများကို မွှေ့ယာအထူများဖြင့် လဲလှယ်ပေးခဲ့
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