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Myanmar NowDecember 9, 2022

Leader of disbanded party gets another six years in prison

The latest sentence against United Democratic Party chair Kyaw Myint raises doubts about his prospects for a pardon under the current regime

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October 2, 2022

Members of party abolished under NLD plan comeback

Even with its controversial leader, Kyaw Myint, still behind bars, some in the UDP believe that the party has a future under the current regime

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Myanmar NowSeptember 28, 2021

Junta mouthpiece criticises NLD-led decision to disband Union Democratic Party last year

UDP leader Michael Kyaw Myint was still in jail in July despite the junta’s apparent objections to the handling of his case

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Hay Man PyaeDecember 17, 2020

Former UDP chair facing two new charges

Kyaw Myint, the former chair of the United Democratic Party, is already serving time for fleeing prison two decades ago

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November 26, 2020

Judge drops immigration charge against Kyaw Myint in rare win for defence team

The case against the former United Democratic Party chair must be reopened in Yangon or Muse, the judge said

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Leader of disbanded party gets another six years in prison

Members of party abolished under NLD plan comeback

Junta mouthpiece criticises NLD-led decision to disband Union Democratic Party last year

Former UDP chair facing two new charges

Judge drops immigration charge against Kyaw Myint in rare win for defence team

Myanmar nationals working abroad threatened with penalties for failing to remit 25 percent of their earnings

Myanmar military escalates airstrikes in areas held by resistance, ethnic armed groups

Myanmar resistance forces capture junta surveillance drone in Sagaing Region

Myanmar junta airstrikes injure eight civilians in Mandalay Region

Women of the MDY-PDF explain their role in Myanmar’s armed resistance

Myanmar nationals working abroad threatened with penalties for failing to remit 25 percent of their earnings

Myanmar military escalates airstrikes in areas held by resistance, ethnic armed groups

Myanmar resistance forces capture junta surveillance drone in Sagaing Region

Myanmar junta airstrikes injure eight civilians in Mandalay Region

Wa armed group allows work on Chinese-backed dams in Myanmar despite public opposition

Myanmar regime tightens rules on importing pharmaceuticals

More than 25,000 businesses have closed in Myanmar since the coup

Japan supermarket director detained in Myanmar released: junta

China-owned company wins contract to expand Shwe gas project off Myanmar’s west coast

Singaporean company pulls out of Myanmar energy project

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