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PHNOM PENH: The vibrant spirit of Myanmar’s cinemas in 1920 still echoes in Yangon today. In June, as rains flooded Yangon streets, movie theatres premiered “Mingala Pwe” (“The Wedding ...
American citizen Nathan Maung, who has been detained in Myanmar since March 9, was released and deported to the United States on Tuesday after charges against him were dropped, his lawyer said.
The Directors’ Guild of Japan has called on authorities in Myanmar to release filmmaker Maung Thein Dan. He has been detained and jailed pending a trial. Myanmar was wracked by a military coup ...
Myanmar's state-run media say security forces have arrested the son-in-law of the country's former longtime military ruler, Than Shwe, for allegedly posting inflammatory statements on his Facebook ...
The majority of the movie goers are also people from the rural areas, and the only form of content seems to be going to cinemas in those areas,” Yangon-based television series director Min Thant Maung ...