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WEB3 days ago · Myanmar NOW is an independent news service providing free, accurate and unbiased news to the people of Myanmar in Burmese and English. Independent media is under attack in Myanmar… help us hold the powerful to account.
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WEB3 days ago · Child, displaced people among 18 killed by Myanmar junta airstrikes in Rakhine State. The people slain or injured in a series of recent attacks by the air force in Rakhine State included children, a monk, displaced people, and religious observers participating in sabbath rituals at a monastery. Read More ». AFP September 27, 2024.
Myanmar military’s bombs kill mother of six as junta struggles to ...
WEB1 day ago · The Myanmar military conducted an airstrike in Hpapun, Karen (Kayin) State on Wednesday, killing a woman in her 50s with six children, according to the Karen National Liberation Army, the ethnic armed organisation controlling the town. Brigade 5 of the KNLA—which operates as the armed wing of the long …
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WEBSep 23, 2024 · The Myanmar team of the United Nations’ rights office described ‘depraved’ torture methods used by the military junta against dissenters, attributing the pervasiveness of human rights abuses to a ‘vacuum of rule of law’ under the regime. Read More ». News. Myanmar Now September 17, 2024.
Flood-hit Myanmar braces for more as meteorology department …
WEB2 days ago · Aung Zay October 3, 2024. Flood-damaged houses in Kalaw, Shan State, as seen on September 19 (AFP) More flooding is feared in Myanmar as the junta-controlled meteorology department warned on Wednesday that much of the country is facing another round of heavy rain and strong winds from remnants of …
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WEBSep 26, 2024 · Myanmar NOW is an independent news service dedicated to providing accurate and unbiased news about Myanmar in Burmese and English.. With a mission to expose injustice in society and to hold the powerful to account, Myanmar Now prioritises news that matters most to those who care about the vulnerable and voiceless in society.. Founded in Yangon in 2015 during a period of relative openness in ...
Three years on, Myanmar’s military remains on the road to ruin
WEBJan 29, 2024 · Three years on, Myanmar’s military remains on the road to ruin. Min Aung Hlaing and his fellow coup makers are incapable of learning from their failures, according to military insiders. Myanmar Now January 29, 2024. Vice Senior General Soe Win visits injured soldiers at Mingaladon Military Hospital in Yangon in late December 2023 (State ...
Battlefield update: November 17 - Myanmar Now
WEBNov 17, 2023 · Battlefield update: November 17. The body of a civilian killed during fighting in Loikaw is pictured being carried out by rescuers on November 14 (Esther J / Myanmar Now) Karenni. Rescue teams found the bodies of at least 15 civilians, including children, killed in battles between resistance forces and the military in the Karenni (Kayah) State ...
Myanmar’s military dictatorship won’t be around forever
WEBOct 9, 2023 · The false assumption of Myanmar military invincibility led the international community to pressure ethnic revolutionary organisations to engage in the sham “peace process” 11 years ago. We warned them that the military’s claims that it wanted peace were not genuine. For the military, this was just a pause button, not a stop button, we said.
Lens of defiance: The Myanmar film industry’s fight to survive in a …
WEBSep 30, 2023 · By reinstating draconian restrictions lifted during Myanmar’s decade-long era of relative freedom, the junta has moved to either silence filmmakers or force them to help it shape the narrative. Unwilling to accept either fate, Na Gyi has taken a third option—life in exile.