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Staring March 17,  the country no longer has a single independent newspaper in publication.
The closure of Myanmar’s last independent newspaper marks a new milestone in the country’s...
Published on Mar 18, 2021
Police officer U Myint Aung said survivors who appeared "physically or mentally disabled" must provide medical documents before opening a case. Photo: Kay Zon Nway/Myanmar Now
Discrimination and unnecessary bureaucracy present extra barriers for survivors with autism and...
Published on Nov 2, 2018
A screengrab from a video that circulated on Facebook last month shows Wa soldiers demolishing a Christian cross.
By Lumdau/Myanmar Now The powerful United Wa State Army has freed over 100 Christians who were...
Published on Oct 4, 2018
Authorities arrest and charge protesters who on 3 July demonstrated against the erection of a bronze statue of General Aung San (Pic: Khun Athan)
LOIKAW — One night in 2012, in the Kayah State capital of Loikaw, a group of ethnic Karenni youths...
Published on Jul 19, 2018
A farmer from Auk Magyi Chaung village of Bogalay Township, Ayeyarwady Region. (Pic: Aung Nyein Chan / Myanmar Now)
YANGON — US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch has criticised slow progress in addressing...
Published on Jul 19, 2018
Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone speaks to members of the media at the Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang
YANGON — Jailed Reuters journalist Ko Wa Lone told a Yangon court on July 17 that during a police...
Published on Jul 18, 2018
Daw Khin Ma Ma Myo, director of the Myanmar Institute of Gender Studies (Phyo Thiha Cho / Myanmar Now)
NAYPYIDAW — A gender equality proposal, outlining a 30 percent women’s quota in the peace process,...
Published on Jul 18, 2018
  Naga rebels in the Indian state of Nagaland (Photo: Reuters)
NAYPYIDAW — A faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) will not be allowed to...
Published on Jul 16, 2018
An ambulance belonging to a private charity in Hpa-An, Kayin State. (Zarny Win / Myanmar Now)
Doctors from Yangon’s General Hospital and Medical University are overseeing an ambitious plan to...
Published on Jul 12, 2018
Gen Sumlut Gun Maw of the Kachin Independence Army arrives in Naypyidaw to observe peace negotiations. Pic: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now
Members of a bloc of ethnic armed groups based along Myanmar’s northern border with China have...
Published on Jul 12, 2018
The demolition of newly constructed ethnic Rakhine settlements in Thin Baw Gwe village in Maungdaw Township on July 9. (Aung Kyaw Min)
The government has ordered ethnic Rakhine people who recently settled in burned-out villages in...
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.
Lawyers will not be able to cross-examine U Kyin Lin, the man who gunned down National League for...
Published on Jul 11, 2018
Dala Bridge model. (Ministry of Construction / Facebook)
A bridge over the Yangon River could transform the lives of locals commuting to the city on...
Published on Jul 6, 2018

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