Swe Win is editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now, now living in exile in Australia.

Myanmar NOW is an independent news service dedicated to providing accurate and unbiased news about Myanmar in Burmese and English, operating now from exile. Founded in Yangon in 2015 during a period of relative openness in Myanmar, they quickly became known for bold investigative reporting, covering issues such as prison labour camps, ultranationalist monks, and sweetheart deals for businesses with ties to the military.

Myanmar Now’s reporting has won several regional and global awards, including the One World Media Award in 2021 and the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award for Excellence in Human Rights Reporting in 2022, 2023, and 2024. They also won the 2023 Free Media Pioneer Award from the International Press Institute-International Media Support for our “courageous commitment to independent investigative journalism."

Ko Swe Win, has also been the recipient of a number of major awards. In 2019, he received the Ramon Magsaysay Award — often called the “Nobel Prize of Asia” — for his “undaunted commitment to practice independent, ethical, and socially engaged journalism in Myanmar.”

From 1998 to 2005, he spent seven years in jail for distributing anti-junta material.

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