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Nationwide protests against the coup have been responded with murders, torture and mass arrests by the military regime. (Myanmar Now)
The country’s military leaders have acted with impunity for decades, but now there is a mechanism...
Published on Mar 19, 2021
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
A farmer in a vineyard close to harvest time. Cultivation methods suited to local conditions can reduce costs on inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides.
Yamethin Township in Mandalay Region is the largest grape-growing area in Myanmar. Though grapes...
Published on Jul 4, 2018
A worker in a vineyard in Yamethin Township, seen in early May.
YAMETHIN, Mandalay Region — Workers prised grapes from rows trained on Y-shaped trellises, loading...
Published on Jul 4, 2018
A Pa-O tea grower plucks tea leaves in Pinlaung (Photo: Myanmar Now).
PINLAUNG, Shan State — Visitors to Pinlaung, a hilly town perched 1,500 metres above sea level in...
Published on Jul 2, 2018
These three articles were nominated for the Society of Publishers in Asia Awards 2020 under the...
Published on Jul 1, 2018
Fugitive in rape case escapes justice for seven years, becomes ward administrator
Published on Jun 18, 2018
The girls were allegedly raped inside the shrine of the Buddhist monastery in the town of Pathein in Ayeyarwady Region.
A village monk repeatedly raped four girls under his care, and is now on the run. Parents say the...
Published on May 10, 2018
Shocked bystanders gather around an abandoned newborn found in Mingalar Taung Nyunt township, and a lactating mother immediately breast-feeds the baby, on May 12in Yangon. Photo: Thidar Han / Myanmar Now
YANGON — During a power blackout on a hot night in May, Thidar Han heard a baby crying at around 9...
Published on Jun 7, 2016
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
Since colonial days, Myanmar’s poets have put pen to paper to express the mood of the people,...
Published on Dec 5, 2015

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