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NLD members wear masks with Aung San Suu Kyi’s face on them at a campaign event in Pabedan township, Yangon on September 8 (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Party office in opposition leader’s target constituency is silent as Suu Kyi cancels opening...
Published on Sep 8, 2020
Photo : Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now
A spokesperson for the bloc said Myanmar should not take its tariff-free access for granted
Aug 19, 2020
A rescue team carries the dead body of a person retrieved from the Wai Khar jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin on July 4, 2020. (Photo: Myanmar Fire Service Department)
Soe Htut among largest shareholders in military conglomerate with more jade licenses than any other company in Myanmar
Jul 8, 2020
The entrance to Namjin village seen on March 6 (Photo- Chan Thar/ Myanmar Now)
The Yunnan-based company has been criticised as secretive as some question whether it is equipped to run such a project
Jul 7, 2020
Leaders from Arakan National Party hold a meeting at party headquarters in Sittwe, Rakhine state, in October 2019 (Photo: Arakan National Party)
The party won the third largest share of the national vote in 2015 and is confident Rakhine nationalist sentiment will secure similar results this year
Jul 3, 2020
A netizen scrolls through the USDP Facebook page (Photo- Myo Set Paing/ Myanmar Now)
With large gatherings banned, campaigns will shift focus to Myanmar’s 22 million social media users, raising new questions for election commission
Jun 30, 2020
Students take part in a rally demanding peace at the war-torn Kachin State in Yangon, Myanmar May 6, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang
After five years of empty political rhetoric, Myanmar’s torture victims deserve bold action
Jun 26, 2020
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The UK government’s overseas anti-poverty fund is “urgently looking into” why a business it owns complied with demands from the Myanmar government to block independent media in the...
Jun 10, 2020
Construction proceeds on the Y-Complex project at the corner of Shwedagon Pagoda Road and Pan Tra Street on May 21, 2020. (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Military’s $2m lease to luxury hotel does not appear in defence budget, but auditor general’s hands tied
Jun 10, 2020
T Khun Myat enters parliament in 2019. (Photo: Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now)
It is the first attempt to impeach a speaker in a decade
May 29, 2020
Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) Building in Yangon. (Photo: Reuters)
Military conglomerate holds majority stake in Ever Flow River port project while its board members regulate ports, customs
May 28, 2020
Grade 11 students leave their exam rooms in Mandalay in March (Photo Yan Moe Naing/Myanmar Now)
High schools will be the first to go back followed by middle and primary schools if all goes well, says education official
May 28, 2020
Xi Jinping and Win Myint meeting in January 2020
With the economy taking a battering, Myanmar will have less room to negotiate over big infrastructure projects
May 27, 2020

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