Once alive with promise, Yangon is now gripped by hunger, despair, and a rising wave of suicides Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/when…

By turns inspiring, frustrating, and heartbreaking, my recent trip to Bangladesh underscored how international tension can thwart progress in addressing even the most urgent humanitarian needs Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/we-c…

Civilians describe a life of terror: bombings, arrests, and forced conscription pushes thousands to flee into Thailand’s Mae Sot town. Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/no-h…

The recent death of activist Wut Yee Aung is just the latest example of the junta’s deliberate—and deadly—neglect of injured political prisoners Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/insi…

Impoverished Rohingya girls and women in refugee camps are embracing the new opportunity to learn martial arts, striving not only to become skilled in self-defence but to bring attention to their persecuted community on the world stage Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/lear…

Many put their loyalty to their favourite team above their pride in a compatriot who scored a winning goal against them Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/a-st…

The country’s recent deadly earthquake has revived painful memories of Cyclone Nargis in 2008 -- a national trauma that put the callousness and ineptitude of its military rulers on full display myanmar-now.org/en/news/stil…

A volunteer who sought to save lives relates his experiences from Myanmar’s heartland, where hundreds of thousands lost loved ones and homes to the earthquake that struck the region in late March myanmar-now.org/en/news/she-…

FEATURE: Darkness under military rule: The blackouts the coup brought to Myanmar As Myanmar’s newest dictatorship enters its fourth year since seizing power, its people are suffering through worsening scarcity and daily chaos, exemplified by the power outages hitting cities every day myanmar-now.org/en/news/dark…

Responding to the prosecutor’s statement about holding the regime’s top general accountable for anti-Rohingya atrocities, activists and refugees said Rohingya people are still the targets of growing violence in Myanmar and called for more to be done myanmar-now.org/en/news/icc-…

Having met in the aftermath of the 2021 military coup, a young couple from Mogok navigate conflict, conscription, and life as migrants Read More : tinyurl.com/fyy86ffw #Myanmar #Mogok

Breaking News Kokang army says it has captured Myanmar junta’s Northeastern Regional Military Command HQ myanmar-now.org/en/news/koka…

Myanmar’s military-appointed acting president Myint Swe gravely ill: regime-run media ---------------- Two weeks ahead of a scheduled meeting at which the junta was expected to extend the “state of emergency” in Myanmar to maintain its veneer of constitutional legitimacy, it appears the 73-year-old acting president will be unavailable to authorise the extension bit.ly/3WsMet6 #Myanmar

Correction: Earlier versions of this story misstated the estimated numbers of displaced civilians in Rakhine State’s Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships. The corrected and updated version is available here: myanmar-now.org/en/news/dang…

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated estimated number of people displaced by fighting in Rakhine State’s Buthidaung and Maungdaw. Original figure, also reported in other outlets, was from a statement by UN OHCHR, which corrected it today. The agency said in the May 24 statement that 45,000 people had fled their homes, but a spokesperson told Myanmar Now on Tuesday that the figure is in fact 4,000, attributing the difference to an “inadvertent typographical error.” myanmar-now.org/en/news/dang…