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Places in History
Yangon’s colonial-era General Post Office played a key role in opening the isolated former kingdom up to the rest of the world, despite wars and disruption.
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Burma
Sixty Myanmar students are unable to leave Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, after China said it would be ‘very difficult’ to evacuate foreigners.
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Burma
Game meat markets and casinos closed while authorities and ethnic armed groups on the Chinese border increase screening as the flu death toll hits 81.
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Dateline
This week, The Irrawaddy talks to migrant worker advocate Ko Htoo Chit and elections expert Ko Sai Ye Kyaw Swar Myint about prospects for Myanmar voters abroad in 2020.
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Burma
Four hundred more cameras will be installed in already heavily monitored Naypyitaw.
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Burma
Tokyo says it welcomes Myanmar’s move to investigate and prosecute rights abuses and war crimes in Rakhine State reported by a domestic commission of inquiry.
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Burma
Yangon’s authorities are paying for a free monthly ferry service to remote Coco Island but the ship is only available to civil servants and islanders.
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Burma
Yangon police have told activists that any protest at the Chinese Embassy during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit would harm bilateral relations.
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World
A court in Pakistan has overturned ex-president Pervez Musharraf’s death sentence, saying the special tribunal that handed it down was unconstitutional.
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Analysis
Rejecting the NLD and ethnic parties’ constitutional amendment process, the Myanmar military has gone its own way on charter change, submitting proposals independently.
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Burma
Ma May Sabe Phyu, a longtime women’s rights activist from Myanmar, has won the United Nations Development Program’s N-Peace Award.
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Asia
US envoy meets with officials in China, S. Korea and Japan as diplomats race to engage with North Korea ahead of the country’s year-end deadline for talks.
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Burma
After her World Court appearance, State Counselor offers her personal thanks to a group of Myanmar people who braved the cold to support her in The Hague.
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Guest Column
Defending Myanmar against genocide charges in The Hague, the State Counselor finds herself in a position she could not have imagined just a few years ago.
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Burma
Mon national schools are vital to preserving Mon language and culture, but as teachers are underpaid and schools struggle for funds, the future is uncertain.
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