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The country’s military leaders have acted with impunity for decades, but now there is a mechanism to bring them to justice
Mar 19, 2021
Members of a bloc of ethnic armed groups based along Myanmar’s northern border with China have given conflicting accounts of whether China persuaded them to attend a peace conference...
Jul 12, 2018
The government has ordered ethnic Rakhine people who recently settled in burned-out villages in northern Rakhine State to relocate, and has hit the founders of the new settlements with...
Jul 12, 2018
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 year, because Kyi Lin claimed his...
Jul 11, 2018
A bridge over the Yangon River could transform the lives of locals commuting to the city on disaster-prone boats, but private port operators see a threat.
Jul 6, 2018
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
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
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
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
Jun 18, 2018
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
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
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
