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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 ...
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 ...
Myanmar's rebranded State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC) has announced elections for December 28, in a flurry of ...
Myint Swe, who became Myanmar’s acting president under controversial circumstances after the military seized power from the ...
YANGON: The Myanmar Motion Pictures Organisation (MMPO) has issued a warning to its members over involvement in online gambling promotions and illegal commercial advertisements.
Junta boss auditions for president in his hometown, energy sector investment dries up, and the regime this week repelled ...
Figurehead president of military-ruled Myanmar dies aged 74 Myint Swe headed Myanmar as president from 2021 to 2024 following the military’s power grab.
Myanmar military courts have sentenced a dozen individuals – including five Chinese nationals – to life imprisonment for their involvement in multiple human trafficking cases, state-run media ...
Urging loyalty to the junta’s proxy party, Min Aung Hlaing toured seven towns and Yangon to promote his regime’s election, ...
Myanmar’s generals are planning an election the opposition has slammed as a sham. They could see Trump’s interest in the country as a way of legitimising the polls.
Myint Swe, the figurehead acting president handpicked by the military junta that seized power from Myanmar's democratically elected government in 2021, died on Thursday after a long illness, the ...