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Former British ambassador Vicky Bowman. Photo: screen grab from TEDxYangon's YouTube
September 3, 2022
Myanmar's junta jailed a former British ambassador Vicky Bowman to the country and her husband for a year on Friday for breaching immigration rules,...
September 2, 2022
Dr. Soe Win Oo, vice chairman of Yangon Region’s NLD party, told Than Lwin Times that some members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) are...
September 2, 2022
An NLD party spokesperson confirmed that three ministers of the Karen State government, who were charged and sentenced to prison terms by the...
The free school in Khamaung Seik village, Maungdaw Township. (Photo: CJ)
September 2, 2022
The Arakan Army (AA) has alleged that Myanmar military personnel torched a free monastic school, its hostel for students and the dining hall of the...
September 2, 2022
The military regime has tightened security measures and beefed up inspections on public buses, the residents told Than Lwin Times. "With the...
September 2, 2022
The junta-controlled Central Bank of Myanmar announced that Myanmar citizens abroad can transfer their earnings through Authorized Dealer Licenses (...
September 2, 2022
The military council has been trying to occupy the Myawaddy-Walley road in KNU Brigade 6 of Dooplaya District for over two months. Since July 7, the...
United Nations' new special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer (L) talking with Myanmar military chief and Chairman of the State Administration Council Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (R) during their meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 17 August 2022. Photo: MNA
September 2, 2022
The United Nations Special Envoy’s recent visit to Myanmar is part of a process that the UN feels its representatives need to go through in attempts...
Central Bank of Myanmar, Yangon. Photo: wikimedia.org
September 2, 2022
To help with a surge in basic commodity prices driven by high fuel prices the junta government will raise more than $200 million through the sale of...
September 2, 2022
38 Burmese people, including alleged spies sent by the Burmese junta, were arrested at a Burmese Buddhist Dharma centre in Thailand’s Mae Sot...
September 2, 2022
Junta forces left a trail of death and destruction through villages in the northern part of Gangaw Township in Magwe Region from 27 to 29 August,...
People displaced by fighting in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State. (Photo: Aung Min Soe)
September 1, 2022
Fierce clashes broke out between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, on the evening of August 30,...