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Business Roundup
To break the COVID-19 blues, Myanmar’s government has extended tax exemptions and held talks with South Korea to boost bilateral trade.
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Burma
The public’s cooperation has kept coronavirus cases to a manageable level, says one of Yangon’s medical chiefs.
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Election 2020
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, monitoring and reporting by Myanmar citizens will be remotely overseen by international specialists.
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Election 2020
The party's chairwoman says it has no intention to ditch a candidate who has been revealed to have nationalist sympathies.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
The military’s spokesman, Major General Zaw Min Tun, tells The Irrawaddy that thousands of civilians could be quarantined on military land across Myanmar.
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Burma
South Korea has reaffirmed its commitment to deepen economic ties with Myanmar after projects agreed during President Moon’s visit last year were delayed due to COVID-19.
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Burma
Those directly involved in the functioning of Naypyitaw’s ministries were tested as a priority.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
The rapid rise in coronavirus continues with deaths reaching 39 and calls for Yangon residents to be extra careful with preventative measures.
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Burma
Myanmar’s military says its deployments along the Bangladeshi border are to tackle rebel groups, not threaten its western neighbor.
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Burma
Ten illegal migrants from Myanmar were detained without travel documents in Thailand’s Tak province as officials there tighten border security amid COVID-19 fears.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
The Ayeyarwady Foundation is converting a football stadium in Yangon into a makeshift COVID-19 treatment center as the city’s hospitals reach capacity.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Myanmar reported 12 more fatalities from COVID-19 on Monday—11 in Yangon and one in Sittwe; the country’s death toll now stands at 32 with 3,299 total cases.
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Burma
A chief medic in Sittwe says the current strain of coronavirus is more virulent but less deadly than earlier this year.
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Burma
Over 40 coronavirus cases have now been reported in Naypyitaw, with civil servants and their relatives accounting for half of the cases.
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Burma
The Asian Development Bank is hopeful that Myanmar’s economy will spring back from the current 1.8 percent growth to 6 percent in the next financial year.
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