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File Photo: Pakistani journalists and civil society activists hold placards against the attack on a senior journalist of a local newspaper in Karachi. / Photo: AFP
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07 December 2023
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A man pushes a cart loaded with water bottles on a street in Yangon. Photo: Htet Hkaung Linn/Myanmar Now
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05 May 2016
Myanmar thirsts for bottled water, but quality...
When Myo Arkar returned to his home in Yangon’s North Dagon Township after working...
Kyar Khin, a farmer in Aung Chan Thar village in Kyaukkyi township in eastern Myanmar’s Kayin State, lost both his legs following a land mine injury. (Photo: David Doyle/Myanmar Now) 
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26 April 2016
Landmines: Myanmar’s hidden menace
Two years ago, Kyar Yin was in the forest near his village collecting bamboo to sell when...
Bo Bo Oo, a Lower House MP representing the National League for Democracy party, works in an office in Nay Pyi Taw parliament. (Photo: Swe Win/Myanmar Now)
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22 April 2016
From prison cell to the halls of power: an NLD MP...
In one of the many rooms of Myanmar’s massive parliament building in Naypyitaw, the...
Members and supporters of a Christian based anti-narcotic group gather in Wine Maw, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, 23 February 2016. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
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16 April 2016
People’s War on Drugs in Kachin State: Indication...
The creation of Pat Jasan and its ‘people’s war on drugs' have brought to light a number...
Pwint Phyu Township (2) - A local woman in front of her flood-damaged home in Sipintharyar village (Credit:- Ei Cherry Aung/Myanmar Now) 
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12 April 2016
Months after floods, Magwe communities struggle...
Win ThidaSeint had a bright future to look forward to last August. The 23-year-old was...
HIV/AIDS is posing a challenge, partly because of the stigma involved with the condition. Photo: Mizzima
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04 April 2016
Mother of seven children lives with HIV in...
It’s hard enough for a widowed mother to support seven children, but 43-year-old Jar Raw...
Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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01 April 2016
Delight and disquiet - mixed emotions on Myanmar’...
I was 10 years old when I first found out there was something seriously wrong with my...
Myanmar's newly sworn-in President Htin Kyaw (L) and outgoing President Thein Sein (R) during the official handover ceremony at the presidential palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 30 March 2016. Photo: President's Office
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31 March 2016
As Thein Sein exits, his reform legacy gains...
Shortly after newly elected President Htin Kyaw completed a swearing-in ceremony in...
Hla Oo, a farmer from Ayeyarwady Region's Pantanaw Township, served a one-year prison term in 2013 for trespassing after she ploughed farmland that was seized from her. (Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho / Myanmar Now)
News
30 March 2016
A legacy of land disputes awaits NLD government
As darkness fell in Khanwebo on the night of February 3, a sudden ruckus erupted when...
Chit San, a former soldier and political prisoner who suffered from symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after he was released. (PHOTO CREDIT:- Connor Macdonald/Myanmar Now)
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21 March 2016
Lacking support, Myanmar’s mental health patients...
In May 1989, as the military junta continued its brutal crackdown on those linked to the...
Khee Khee Phown, left, on the long walk to her rural school. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
News
19 March 2016
Long Walk to School
Khee Khee Phown is torn between her family’s farm and the potential freedom that...
Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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16 March 2016
Hopes and hurdles await Myanmar’s new government
Nestled among towers of mouldering paperwork, the few flickering computer screens at...

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