Phyo Thiha Cho

Gen Sumlut Gun Maw of the Kachin Independence Army arrives in Naypyidaw to observe peace negotiations. Pic: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now
Politics
Conflicting accounts of China’s influence on northern armed groups in peace conference
Members of a bloc of ethnic armed groups based along Myanmar’s northern border with China have given conflicting accounts of whether China persuaded...
Published on Jul 12, 2018
A photo by an anonymous user posted on Facebook shows U Ko Ni holding a child at Yangon International Airport the moment before he was assassinated.
Politics
Lawyers barred from questioning man who shot Ko Ni
Lawyers will not be able to cross-examine U Kyin Lin, the man who gunned down National League for Democracy legal advisor U Ko Ni in January last...
Published on Jul 11, 2018
Tint Lwin, who writes under the name Maung Lwin Mon (Kathar), outside the NLD office in Pazuntaung Township, Yangon on Dec. 3. Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho / Myanmar Now
POETIC JUSTICE: MYANMAR WRITERS TO PEN NEW ERA AS LAWMAKERS
Since colonial days, Myanmar’s poets have put pen to paper to express the mood of the people, describing their trials and tribulations through verse as the country endured one political upheaval after another
Published on Dec 5, 2015
Officials at the office of the Meikhtila Township Election Commission on the evening of the election on Nov. 8. (PHOTO: Phyo Thiha Cho / Myanmar Now)
Why Meikhtila went green - how USDP won in a traumatised city
In the sea of the National League for Democracy’s overwhelming victory in Myanmar’s Nov. 8 elections there was a small island of success for the...
Published on Nov 24, 2015
A woman on a balcony in an apartment block in Thinganggyun Township, Yangon, with USDP campaign material bearing the president's image, on Nov. 3. (PHOTO: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now)
Ruling USDP commands shy support in Myanmar’s elections
Twenty-two-year-old Lu Zaw took a day’s leave from his office job this week to join a political rally of the Union Solidarity and Development Party,...
Published on Nov 6, 2015
People walking in a street in Mawlamyine city, Mon State, Myanmar. (Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/Mizzima)
As polls near, attacks in Mon State capital raise fears of communal violence
Several unexplained night-time attacks on members of different religious communities in Mawlamyine have put the Mon State capital on edge in recent...
Published on Nov 4, 2015
Toe Toe Aung, Mon State Minister for Civil Development at the USDP office in Mawlamyaing, Mon State. (PHOTO : Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now)
“Joining a Ma Ba Tha event is a USDP member’s right and choice”
Dr. Toe Toe Aung is the Mon State Minister for Civil Development for the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). He is contesting a...
Published on Nov 2, 2015
Nay Zin Latt, former presidential advisor and founder of NDP, speaks at a rally on Oct. 12 in the Mon State capital Mawlamyine, where he pledged to protect Myanmar's race and Buddhist religion. (Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now)
Myanmar’s new nationalist party surges into election race
With just weeks before Myanmar’s landmark elections, a fleet of cars covered with stickers of the National Development Party carrying flag-waving...
Published on Oct 29, 2015
Mi Kon Chan speaking to the public in Paung Township in Mon State. (Photo: Myanmar Now)
Amending the constitution? We’ll try our best
Mi Kon Chan comes from a distinguished family in Mon state in eastern Myanmar. Her father is the vice -chairman of the Mon National Party, Naing Thet...
Published on Oct 22, 2015
A young supporter holds the picture of Aung San, father of Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's founding father, on Martyrs' Day commemorations in Yangon, July 19, 2015. (PHOTO : Myanmar Now/ Hkun Lat)
Beyond NLD, Yangon voters stumped on smaller parties
It’s the National League for Democracy or nothing, according to a straw poll of voters in Yangon townships carried out with four weeks to go before...
Published on Oct 10, 2015
Khin Ma Ma Myo, founder of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security Studies (PHOTO : Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now)
Politics
‘Politicians should design a clear roadmap for change and restore public trust’ - Khin Ma Ma Myo
Khin Ma Ma Myo is the founder and executive director of the Yangon-based Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security Studies (MIPSS), which was set up...
Published on Oct 8, 2015
USDP members campaigning in Myaungmya in September, 2015. (Photo: Mizzima)
Activists in race to push an apathetic electorate to register and vote
On a recent hot afternoon on a bustling street in Hlaing Thayar Township, residents and stall keepers were shading themselves from the blistering sun...
Published on Oct 5, 2015

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