Kyaw Phyo Tha Archives - The Irrawaddy

Nearly 90, Myanmar Painter Can’t Put Down the Brush

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U Thet Nyunt, one of Myanmar’s most senior artists and the father of prominent 88 Generation Students leader Ko Min Ko Naing, died Tuesday morning. He was 93 years old.

The President Intervenes to Save Yangon from Its Govt

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Commentary

By Kyaw Phyo Tha

The regional administration’s canceled budget request for 16 billion kyats for non-essential items was just the latest in an embarrassingly long line of missteps.

Housekeeper Recalls Swimmer Who Surprised Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Detention

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By Kyaw Phyo Tha

On the occasion of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's 74 birthday today, The Irrawaddy revisits a 2017 story about her time under house arrest and the strange visit of an American who showed up

18 June 2019 Buddhist Nationalists Urge Voters to Shun NLD at Ballot Box

10 June 2019 Yangon Nationalists March in Support of U Wirathu, Against ‘Oppression of Buddhism’

5 June 2019 Firebrand Monk’s Arrest Warrant Is Beginning of the End for Buddhist Nationalists

14 May 2019 Myanmar Can No Longer Afford to Ignore the Threat of Nationalism

29 April 2019 Myitsone Dam Flashback

4 April 2019 Myanmar Media Outlets Threatened over Rakhine Coverage

4 April 2019 The Renaissance Man

15 March 2019 NLD Must Address Local Governments’ Woeful Performances

8 March 2019 New Yangon City Chief Grilled Over Chinese Contractor’s Reputation

6 March 2019 Public Needs Reassuring Over BRI-Related New Yangon City Project

28 February 2019 USDP Finds It’s Not Easy Shedding Its Reputation as ‘Party of Thieves’

25 February 2019 A Tale of 3 Myanmar Political Assassination Plots