Since health authorities introduced stay-at-home orders for Yangon in September, informal workers and small business owners have faced a grim struggle to make ends meet amid a lack of government assistance.
Since health authorities introduced stay-at-home orders for Yangon in September, informal workers and small business owners have faced a grim struggle to make ends meet amid a lack of government assistance.
The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page took advantage of the grey area between outright disinformation and legitimate political commentary to spread a nationalist, pro-military agenda.
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Nationalist writer Shwe U Daung adapted Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous literary creation and transported him to Rangoon in the 1930s to espouse his political views.
BY Oliver Slow
ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်ကိုလည်း ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံကို ထပ်မံလာရောက်လည်ပတ်ဖို့ ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံခြားရေးဝန်ကြီးက ဖိတ်ခေါ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်
BY Frontier
The National League for Democracy is alienating powerful ethnic parties over its refusal to consult on key appointments and issues.
After being banned for nearly 30 years, the tradition of performing satirical songs during Thingyan is enjoying a revival as a new generation mocks the authorities.
BY Verena Hölzl
National League for Democracy stalwart and former political prisoner Nang Khin Htwe Myint, 62, is the new Chief Minister of Kayin State. Her nomination by President U Htin Kyaw was unanimously approved by the 23 Kayin State assembly MPs on March 28 and she was sworn in with her cabinet two days later.
BY Hein Ko Soe
Warnings to women over their attire and behaviour during Thingyan are regarded by feminists as examples of victim-blaming that reinforces rape culture.
ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်များ တားဆီးထားသည့်ကြားမှ ဆန္ဒပြလူအုပ်ကြီးသည် သံရုံး၏မျက်နှာခြင်းဆိုင် ပလက်ဖောင်းပေါ်တွင် စုရုံးပြီး အမေရိကန်သံရုံးကို ဆန့်ကျင်သည့် ကြွေးကျော်သံများ အော်ဟစ်ခဲ့ကြသည်
BY Hein Ko Soe
A ban on commercial pandals brought subdued celebrations in Yangon for the traditional New Year, and contributed to a boost for the domestic travel industry.
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