Burma

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said Myanmar needs international support to cut off funding, arms, recruits and popular support for terrorist groups.

The election commission said there is no law barring electoral campaigns from using images of national hero General Aung San—father of State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Jordan’s ban on international flights has left hundreds of migrants stuck without work as many face boredom and hunger.

After six new coronavirus cases over the weekend, the government has extended bans on international flights and visas, apart from in exceptional cases.

The government has vowed to investigate the Forward Media Group site after it published fake comments by an NLD spokesman about a senior government official.

The evacuation prompted diplomatic missions in Myanmar to issue a statement on the worsening humanitarian and security situation in Rakhine and southern Chin State.

The Irrawaddy talks with U Sai Nyunt Lwin of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy about the 2020 election and whether ethnic parties might join a coalition government.

Some 250,000 Myanmar workers at home and abroad have lost their jobs since March as factories and other employers have shut due to COVID-19, the Labor Ministry said.

Myanmar’s military says it is hunting three young men who reportedly went missing after looking for a drone that belonged to the armed forces.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in Moscow to discuss cooperation, as analysts say Myanmar seeks to balance Chinese influence.