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Staring March 17, the country no longer has a single independent newspaper in publication.
Myanmar becomes a nation without newspapers
The closure of Myanmar’s last independent newspaper marks a new milestone in the country’s political descent
Mar 18, 2021
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...
Dec 5, 2015
Calling for donations to save cattle, a roadside poster in the Ayeyarwady Delta town of Kyaungon depicts an image of a cow and a verse glorifying the animal's mythical role as "mother" to mankind. (Myanmar Now)
Myanmar’s radical Buddhists target Muslim businesses, with official help
Since late 2013, a campaign supported by Ma Ba Tha has forced dozens of Muslim-owned slaughterhouses and beef-processing facilities across the Ayeyarwady Region to shut down.
Oct 13, 2015
Buying underage girls for sex is fuelled in part by a belief that sleeping with virgins has health benefits, such as long life and curing HIV (Photo - Khun Latt / Myanmar Now)
Poverty drives Myanmar girls into underage sex work
RANGOON — Sixteen-year-old Wut Yee, left to fend for herself and her younger brother, was relieved when her exhausted mother finally came home after a week’s disappearance, but the...
Aug 13, 2015

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