Sought by the junta, NLD member Myat Thida Htun draws strength from her last conversation with her father, who passed away after going into hiding following the coup.
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Honest, Brave, Hardworking: Myanmar’s Detained President Has Always Put Country First
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U Win Myint’s insistence that he would rather die when told to quit by the generals doesn’t surprise those familiar with his decades of self-sacrifice as a politician.
Myanmar LGBTQ Makeup Artist Swaps Beauty Salon for Border Hideout and Revolution
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Having narrowly escaped arrest for his anti-junta activities, May Oo sometimes misses his former life but is focused on helping the revolution achieve a better future.
Myanmar Regime Offers no Help as Kalaymyo Struggles With COVID-19 Outbreak
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The town in northwest Myanmar is at the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus crisis, while local resistance fighters battle junta forces.
In Myanmar, Pair of Protest Activists Share Common Goal: Root Out Dictatorship
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Meet two of the most prominent faces in the protests in Mandalay and Monywa.
Myanmar Migrants Flock to Bangkok to Vote
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Registered voters based in Thailand are taking time off work, traveling overnight and braving COVID-19 restrictions to take part in the Nov. 8 general election.
Westerner Behind the Wheel
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In the sixth and final installment of his series on driving outside Yangon, Oliver Hargreave visits sacred pagodas and majestic palaces in the Mon heartland and Bago.
Westerner Behind the Wheel
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In the fifth of six articles about touring by car outside Yangon, Oliver Hargreave visits Mawlamyine’s surrounds, finding war graves, a huge Buddha and a seaside pagoda.
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While Elephants Enjoy Some Rest, Humans Suffer as COVID-19 Hits Thai Tourism
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At one of Thailand's biggest elephant parks in Chiang Mai, the pachyderms and Myanmar migrants wait in vain for tourists to return.
Westerner Behind the Wheel
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In the second of six articles about touring by car outside of Yangon, Oliver Hargreave journeys through Bago before making it to Mon State’s Thaton by nightfall.
Westerner Behind the Wheel
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In the first of six articles about touring by car outside Yangon, Oliver Hargreave describes his first experience driving in Myanmar.
Weaving Local Threads: How A Myanmar Designer Built Her Brand, Art Che Lone
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A local Yangon clothing designer has built a made-in-Myanmar brand selling trendy, colorful and simple clothes for women, made entirely from Inle Lake cotton.
Mysterious Signs of Impending China-Backed Railway Worry Villagers in Myanmar’s Shan State
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Strange markers in villages along a planned China-backed railway in Shan State suggest the project is proceeding without input from locals, who fear for their futures.
Treading Lightly in Shan State: The Civilian Casualties of Myanmar’s Landmines
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Local residents in northern Shan State are struggling with landmine use and some report that soldiers are extorting money from those who trigger their mines.
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