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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
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.
Myanmar’s sun-drenched vineyards bear fruit
Yamethin Township in Mandalay Region is the largest grape-growing area in Myanmar. Though grapes can be cultivated in many parts of Myanmar, different regions—with differing climates...
Jul 4, 2018
A worker in a vineyard in Yamethin Township, seen in early May.
Grape growers feed an expanding wine market in Myanmar
YAMETHIN, Mandalay Region — Workers prised grapes from rows trained on Y-shaped trellises, loading them into their baskets, while vehicles weighted with lugs of fresh grapes left the...
Jul 4, 2018
A Pa-O tea grower plucks tea leaves in Pinlaung (Photo: Myanmar Now).
Change afoot in southern Shan State’s premier tea town
PINLAUNG, Shan State — Visitors to Pinlaung, a hilly town perched 1,500 metres above sea level in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone of southern Shan State, are greeted with the scent of...
Jul 2, 2018
Myanmar Now Articles Nominated by SOPA
These three articles were nominated for the Society of Publishers in Asia Awards 2020 under the Excellence in Investigative Reporting category
Jul 1, 2018
Fugitive in rape case escapes justice for seven years, becomes ward administrator
Fugitive in rape case escapes justice for seven years, becomes ward administrator
Jun 18, 2018
The girls were allegedly raped inside the shrine of the Buddhist monastery in the town of Pathein in Ayeyarwady Region.
Girls raped for months in Ayeyarwady monastery
A village monk repeatedly raped four girls under his care, and is now on the run. Parents say the monk took advantage of their poverty.
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
Abandoned Babies Indicate Single Mother, Sex Education Problems
YANGON — During a power blackout on a hot night in May, Thidar Han heard a baby crying at around 9 pm in a back lane of Yangon’s Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township, where she works as a...
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
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
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 ruling party. Meikhtila, a city in...
Nov 24, 2015
Last September, a group of Buddhist monks walked in front of the office of Union Solidarity and Development Party in the town of Pathein in the Ayeyarwady Delta to join a rally which which was held to celebrate the success of ‘race and religion’ laws. (Photo: Swe Win/Myanmar Now)
Myanmar public dismisses Buddhist nationalism with a ballot
In both Myanmar and abroad, the National League for Democracy’s landslide election win is seen as a victory of the people over the military and its ruling political elite. It’s a price...
Nov 19, 2015
Members of National League for Democracy (NLD) party steer horse-drawn coaches during an election campaign rally in the town of Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay region, Myanmar, 24 October 2015. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
In “army town” Pyin Oo Lwin, NLD hopes for victory
Voting was brisk in the hotly-contested constituency of PyinOoLwin in Mandalay Region on Sunday, where opposition candidates are mounting a strong challenge to ruling party dominance...
Nov 8, 2015
Thein Nyunt campaigning recently in Yangon. (PHOTO : Myanmar Now/Htet Khaung Lin)
“I have sensed the danger of an ‘elected dictatorship”
Thein Nyunt, chairman of the New National Democracy Party, is a well-known MP in the Lower House of parliament. He was an elected candidate of Thinganggyun Township constituency,...
Nov 7, 2015

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