Moe Oo, Author at Myanmar Now

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Two local resistance fighters based in Khin-U Township ready themselves for battle against junta forces in 2022 (Photo: Moe Oo)

Moe OoJuly 2, 2025

Hourlong battle breaks out in Khin-U, Sagaing Region

Fighting broke out in the normally quiet town on the east bank of the Mu River

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A house damaged by the earthquake in Sagaing Township on the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River, seen on April 8. (Photo: Moe Oo / Myanmar Now)

Maung Shwe WahMoe OoApril 24, 2025

“We Thought It Was a Bomb”: A Myanmar mother’s loss between an earthquake and war

Fleeing airstrikes, hundreds of families thought they found safety in Mandalay. Then came the earthquake that shattered their lives

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Moe OoMarch 14, 2025

At least nine killed in junta airstrike on busy market in Myanmar’s Mandalay Region

Two children were among the victims of the attack, which targeted a village about 50 miles north of Myanmar’s second-largest city

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Nay Min NiMoe OoMarch 13, 2025

Schoolgirl among five civilians killed in junta airstrikes north of Mandalay

Following ongoing, fierce clashes on the ground, the regime’s air force bombed villages in Madaya and Patheingyi townships throughout the night on Tuesday

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MDY-PDF troops in front of a police station in Singu Township (MDY- PDF)

Moe OoJuly 18, 2024

Forced to flee, Myanmar military sets out to destroy town north of Mandalay

Singu has been bombarded relentlessly since it was captured by resistance forces on Monday, according to residents

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Hourlong battle breaks out in Khin-U, Sagaing Region

“We Thought It Was a Bomb”: A Myanmar mother’s loss between an earthquake and war

At least nine killed in junta airstrike on busy market in Myanmar’s Mandalay Region

Schoolgirl among five civilians killed in junta airstrikes north of Mandalay

Forced to flee, Myanmar military sets out to destroy town north of Mandalay

Making connections in Myanmar’s fractured state

Travelling clinics serve as rare source of aid in war-torn Rakhine State

In Myanmar, a poisoned pill fuels a ruthless conflict

Learning self-defence in a refugee camp: Rohingya women and girls train in taekwondo

Kachin national organisation says leader in China for health reasons

SE Asian nations to express ‘concern’over US tariffs

Thailand eyes reopening key border gate as KNU takes more control

Relatives of Myanmar civil servants restricted from travelling abroad

Junta retakes key Shan State town, launches clearance operations along Karenni border

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three civilians sheltering in Rakhine State monastery

Myanmar’s factories cling to life as power shortages persist

Bought Out or Seized: Mandalay farmers face impossible choices amid land grab

Myanmar junta partners with Chinese firm to build natural gas terminal despite Rakhine State conflict

Myanmar garment makers forced to exchange export earnings at junta-imposed rate

Thai officials call on Myanmar regime to crack down on fraud, trafficking gangs on Thai-Karen State border

Myanmar military continues to lose ground to anti-junta forces in northern Shan State

Despite escalating violence, Myanmar junta leader says elections will proceed

NUG-founded bank set to sell shares to meet ‘emergency needs’

Myanmar’s junta bears ‘sole responsibility’ for Suu Kyi’s health—NLD

Karenni youth fight for freedom at the cost of their lives and limbs

The mothers of the Magway resistance

A Myanmar artist finds freedom behind bars—by portraying prisoners’ oppression

As Myanmar’s revolution beckons, a new breed of activist photographers heeds the call

The man behind the Myanmar junta’s campaign of terror in Sagaing

Authorities tighten restrictions on passport process for Myanmar nationals in Thailand