Shoon Naing
@Shoon_Naing
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Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist #SeniorCorrespondent #MyanmarTeamLeader @Reuters_in_Myanmar , Views are on my own.
Myanmar
Joined July 2016
Always proud to be part of this team wining the Human Rights Reporting award @walone4 @poppymcp @DevjyotGhoshal
@tw_reporter_org @thewire_in @nytimes @WhyNot_WaiNao @cnni @initiumnews @mongabay @TheEconomist @news_cts @malaysiakini @BBCNewsAsia 🏆 Human Rights Reporting - Award for Excellence - Global group goes to @Reuters! From burned villages to hidden famine, this cross-border investigation used tech and trusted sources to expose grave abuses in Myanmar. Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 📰 https://t.co/W7sewN85nA
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Heavy rain and strong winds hit quake-stricken Mandalay Saturday night. Thousands have been sleeping on the streets since the 7.7 magnitude earthquake last week. Many will face another night without shelter. #Mandalay #Earthquake #DisasterRelief Video by Zaw Win Naing
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Meanwhile in Bangkok ! ( However, the poster was taken down shortly after) #BIMSTECSummit2025 #Myanmar #Thailand
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Meanwhile quite a line here: while Mandalay residents are digging survivors out of the rubble with their bare hands, the military is...shooting at Chinese Red Cross trucks, stopping aid at checkpoints and...setting up stages for Thingyan. @Shoon_Naing
https://t.co/uVWRG8Xuwi
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(Reuters) MYANMAR STATE TELEVISION ON TELEGRAM: AT LEAST 144 PEOPLE DEAD AND 732 INJURED BY QUAKE MYANMAR JUNTA CHIEF ON MRTV: HAVE PERMITTED INDIA AND ASEAN TO PROVIDE HELP INVITES ANY COUNTRY AND ANY ORGANISATION TO HELP AND DONATE #MyanmarQuake
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(Reuters) AT LEAST THREE DEAD AFTER MOSQUE PARTIALLY COLLAPSES IN MYANMAR QUAKE – EYEWITNESSES #MyanmarQuake
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Another witness in the city, Htet Naing Oo, told Reuters that a tea shop had collapsed with several people trapped inside. "We couldn’t go in," she said. "The situation is very bad." A third witness said a mosque in the city was badly damaged.
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One witness in the city ( Mandalay) told Reuters: "We all ran out of the house as everything started shaking. I witnessed a five-storey building collapse in front of my eyes. Everyone in my town is out on the road and no one dares to go back inside buildings."
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(Reuters) Â MYANMAR JUNTA CHIEF SAYS WILL HOLD ELECTION IN DECEMBER 2025 OR JANUARY 2026 - STATE MEDIA Â MYANMAR JUNTA CHIEF SAYS 53 POLITICAL PARTIES READY TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTION - STATE MEDIA #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Explainer: What are Southeast Asia's scam centres, and why are they being dismantled?
reuters.com
Scam centres that operated along the Thai-Myanmar border for years have drawn fresh attention after the high-profile abduction and release of a Chinese actor in Thailand.
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A moment of silence for Pe Kha Lau, the Burmese refugee who died after U.S aid cuts shut down the hospital she relied on for oxygen, at the U.S House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday. Read her story, by @Shoon_Naing: https://t.co/7VGif6feZc
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Congressman Brad Sherman highlighted the importance of Burmese refugees conditions from the consequence of USAID freeze The story of Pe Kha Lau https://t.co/gq4fuWUSjh
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A Burmese refugee with lung problems died after she was discharged from a U.S.-funded hospital on the Myanmar-Thai border that was ordered to close as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's freeze...
Congressman Brad Sherman defends foreign aid #USAID
https://t.co/7C1lXdYc63
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Congressman Brad Sherman defends foreign aid #USAID
https://t.co/7C1lXdYc63
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When she fell ill at home on Saturday night she asked to go back to the hospital, her daughter Yin Yin Aye, 50, told Reuters through tears. “I had to tell her that there is no hospital,” she said by phone. https://t.co/v7XzPr6Syu
reuters.com
A Burmese refugee with lung problems died after she was discharged from a U.S.-funded hospital on the Myanmar-Thai border that was ordered to close as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's freeze...
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Open Letter to the Government of the Netherlands, Airbus SE's domicile, calling for scrutiny of Airbus' business with AVIC https://t.co/czCWIuXaef
#AirBus2Airstrikes
#Airbusted
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#BloodMoneyCampaignMM
@eelcoheinen @SchoellhornMike
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Whenever I think back to that day four years ago, I feel like I can’t breathe, like I’m sinking into an endless black hole. It’s not just that one day, though — it’s the whole stretch of four years. https://t.co/TKteJUbJXE
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L.O.S.T Whenever I think back to that day four years ago, I feel like I can’t breathe, like I’m sinking into an endless black hole. It’s not just that one day, though it’s the whole stretch …
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