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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
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in the International Court of Justice in December last year. (Photo: Reuters)
As the deadline approaches to answer to the UN’s top court about abuses against the Rohingya, the government and the military are using the same old tricks
May 22, 2020
Lawmakers vote on constitutional amendments in March (Photo : Nyan Hlaing Lin/Myanmar Now)
Parliament decided a 10bn kyat public vote was not worth it to tweak language referring to the elderly and people with disabilities
May 21, 2020
The Y-Complex Project is currently under construction at the corner of U Wisara and Pan Tra roads in Yangon. (Photo: Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
The $330m project sits on land leased from the military for over $2m a year with ‘zero civilian oversight’
May 21, 2020
Prisoners prepare for daily labour at the Yazagyo prison labor camp in Kale, Sagaing region. (Photo : Myanmar Now)
Officers helped inmates buy 5,000-kyat methamphetamine pills, amnestied drug offender says
May 16, 2020
Myanmar migrant workers are seen in Thailand's Samut Sakhon province in September 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the globe. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing/ Myanmar Now)
With businesses closed and travel restricted, tens of thousands are running out of food, money and options
May 14, 2020
Internet providers have already blocked 221 websites. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Move will be seen as another attack on free speech, with foreign companies like Telenor playing along
May 14, 2020
A warehouse for storing rice in Yangon (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Mass sell-off of public property means state no longer owns enough storage space for disaster stockpiles
May 14, 2020
A woman casts a vote in a 2018 byelection in Yangon. (Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/ Myanmar Now)
Some feel Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings will hurt smaller campaigns, entrench incumbent advantage
May 5, 2020
Female labourers work at a garment factory (Photo- Myanmar Now)
New policy announced after health ministry barrs pregnant women from working during the outbreak
May 4, 2020
Emergency doctors at Yangon General Hospital receive a patient on April 8. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing/ Myanmar Now)
Facing high infection risk, many have moved to temporary dwellings to keep loved ones safe
Apr 29, 2020
Factory workers strike over benefits and layoffs at the Grand Enterprises Garment factory in the East Dagon industrial zone on March 26, 2020. (Photo- Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Loan scheme equals less than 0.1% of GDP, compared to nearly 10% in neighbouring countries
Apr 28, 2020
David Lah, who said faith in Christ protects against Covid-19, tests positive after event
Apr 15, 2020

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