Week in Review


Myanmar's Army Chief Min Aung Hlaing salutes during the 73rd Martyrs' Day ceremony in Yangon, 19, 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
The Tatmadaw (military) on January 26 raised the prospect of a coup d’etat if the government could not...
Final sunset of 2020. Photo: Mar Naw/The Myanmar Times
Week in Review 22 Jan 2021
Myanmar’s tourism sector saw a 75 percent drop in foreign tourist arrivals last year compared to 2019, said a...
Myanmar military officers, who serve as members of parliament, attend a session of Union Assembly (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) at the parliament building in Naypyitaw, March 10, 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
Week in Review 15 Jan 2021
Parliament rejected the demand by the Tatmadaw (military) and military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development...
A high school teacher at work at a school in Yangon, July 21, 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
Week in Review 08 Jan 2021
The Myanmar government wants to restructure and increase investment in the education system during the next five...
Myanmar President U Win Myint casts his advance  vote in Nay Pyi Taw on October 29. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing/The Myanmar Times
Week in Review 18 Dec 2020
President U Win Myint has called for elections to be held in nine townships in Rakhine State where they were...
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (C), talks with Myanmar's president Win Myint (C-R) during their dinner of the third session of the 'Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong' in Naypyitaw, July 11. 2018. Photo: EPA-EFE
Week in Review 11 Dec 2020
The Myanmar government seeks the immediate resumption of peace talks with the 10 ethnic armed groups that have...
A woman reads a COVID-19 prevention pamphlet during a bus ride on December 3. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing/The Myanmar Times
Myanmar's healthcare system is struggling to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19, said U Than Naing Soe,...
A large combo-picture of Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi made by portraits of 7500 supporters holding wish placards towers over a building on the day ahead of her 75th birthday in Yangon, June 18, 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
Week in Review 27 Nov 2020
The government will give top priority to revitalising the country’s COVID-19-ravaged economic, social, education...
Supporters of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) protest in Yangon, November 20, 2020. Photo: Mar Naw/The Myanmar Times
Week in Review 20 Nov 2020
The opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has repeated its call for an investigation of alleged...
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) shakes hands with members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) during their meeting in Naypyitaw, May 12, 2017. Photo: EPA-EFE
Week in Review 13 Nov 2020
The government and Tatmadaw (military) will prioritise peace talks after last Sunday’s elections, aiming to...
An advance voter is seen in Thingangyun Township on October 30. Photo: Manaw / The Myanmar Times
Week in Review 06 Nov 2020
Fake seals were found in advance voting in Ayeyarwady Region and Mon State, an official of the ruling National...
A volunteer of the We Love Yangon community-based charity group works inside a COVID-19 facility in Yangon, 02 October 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
Week in Review 30 Oct 2020
The Myanmar government plans to spend more than US$101 million on testing and treating non-communicable diseases,...

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