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 election commission chairman vows a free and fair vote but inaccurate election rolls might disrupt the democratic process.
BY Larry Jagan
Seven years ago, the landfall of Cyclone Nargis caused the worst natural disaster in Myanmar’s history. How prepared is the country if nature strikes again?
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A community under pressure sticks to itself and gets on with business.
BY Ann Wang
London-based market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), opened its Yangon office in 2013. The general manager of TNS Myanmar, Jason Copland, spoke to Frontier about the company’s work in tracking changes in consumer behaviour and how companies are adapting to those changes.
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Around 600,000 people, or 10 percent of Yangon's population, are believed to be squatting in Myanmar's commercial capital. Many now face eviction.
BY Noe Noe Aung
KFC launches its first outlet in Myanmar and faces supply chain challenges.
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