Swe Win, Chan Thar, Author at Myanmar Now

Swe WinChan TharDecember 31, 2020

Ghosts in the wind: Police said an ex-cop killed his family and then himself, but they misled the public about key evidence

Myanmar Now investigation finds police appear to have lied about forensic doctor’s finding in case that shocked the country

In-Depth

Swe WinHay Man PyaeOctober 2, 2020

A Lexus, $3,600 cognac, and ex-military men shining shoes – arrested party leader’s lavish lifestyle on hold

He enjoyed years of freedom despite being a fugitive. Now, Kyaw Myint is back in the same prison he escaped from 20 years ago

News

Swe WinMay 16, 2019

Nationalist Mob Shuts Down Ramadan Prayers in Yangon

One man was threatened with a knife during the unrest but police made no arrests

Politics

Swe WinApril 2, 2019

Founder of Human Dignity Film Institute hit with military defamation lawsuit

Complaint comes after Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi criticised the military’s role in politics on Facebook

News

Swe WinMarch 3, 2019

Protestors rally in support of NLD’s charter change bid

One demonstrator said it is ‘crucial to remove the army from politics’

Swe Win

Ghosts in the wind: Police said an ex-cop killed his family and then himself, but they misled the public about key evidence

A Lexus, $3,600 cognac, and ex-military men shining shoes – arrested party leader’s lavish lifestyle on hold

Nationalist Mob Shuts Down Ramadan Prayers in Yangon

Founder of Human Dignity Film Institute hit with military defamation lawsuit

Protestors rally in support of NLD’s charter change bid

Trapped in a war zone: Civilians and the displaced in Nawnghkio, northern Shan State

‘Don’t leave me behind’: The earthquake that shattered a Buddhist sanctuary

‘Still haunted’ by Nargis: Remembering the worst disaster in Myanmar’s history

Devastating quake leaves Myanmar junta on shaky ground

Myanmar regime intensifies Facebook propaganda campaign in wake of school airstrike

Myanmar junta attacks another school, killing two in Chin State’s Mindat Township

Reports of Indian navy forcing Rohingyas into sea ‘unconscionable’: UN expert

Strategic junta camp near Thai-Myanmar border falls to KNU Brigade 7 forces

Ousted Myanmar ambassador charged with trespass in London residence row

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