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The Irrawaddy4d
Updated Timeline: Key Events in the Life of Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in ...
Opinion
The Irrawaddy8dOpinion
Untested Commander Takes Charge as Myanmar Military Faces Toughest Challenge in Decades
Kyaw Swar Lin, a protege of the junta boss but untested in combat, takes operational command as the army faces a new wave of battlefield challenges on multiple fronts.
The Irrawaddy9dOpinion
How the Myanmar Military’s Propaganda Efforts Have Evolved Over the Decades
Former intelligence officers, generals and ex-officials continue to publish propaganda books aimed at promoting military rule ...
From Flames to Falls: Canada's Indigenous Wildfire Evacuees Take Refuge in Niagara
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) -As wildfires engulfed Manitoba's remote north in late May, Joseph Garry, 63, fled the ...
The Irrawaddy15d
Myanmar Junta Steps Up Arrests of Supporters
The well-known junta backer gained attention for vowing to self-immolate if the Northeastern Command in the northern Shan ...
Myanmar authorities seize 2 million stimulant tablets, 134 kg of heroin in massive drug bust
Myanmar authorities have seized nearly two million stimulant tablets and over 134 kg of heroin in one of the country’s largest recent drug busts, valued at about US $3 million), according to a ...
The Straits Times6y
Reuters journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo receive Pulitzer
NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the two Reuters journalists who were jailed in Myanmar for more than 500 days and convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act, received their ...
Time6y
The Release of Reuters Journalists in Myanmar Is a Victory for Press Freedom. But the War on Truth Isn’t Over
In the 511 days since their arrest, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had become two of the world’s most visible symbols of the fight to protect press freedom. Last year, TIME included them amon ...
Time6y
Myanmar Pardons Two Reuters Reporters Jailed for Exposing Massacre of Rohingya
Reporters Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, walked free Tuesday morning after a presidential pardon, according to Reuters. A post on the news agency’s Twitter account shows the Burmese ...
NDTV6y
2 Pulitzer-Winning Reuters Reporters Freed After 500 Days In Myanmar Jail
The two reporters, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a case that raised questions about Myanmar's progress toward democracy ...
The Washington Post6y
Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters freed from prison in Myanmar
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released as part of an annual amnesty that has freed thousands of prisoners since last month. An additional 6,000 people were released Tuesday. Myanmar officials ...
PBS6y
Myanmar frees Reuters journalists who reported on abuse of Rohingya
Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, walked out of Yangon’s notorious Insein Prison together at about 9:40 a.m. As they passed through the front gate, waving to the gathered crowd, they were mobbed ...