Defying Myanmar’s newly extended ban on flights, a US delegation arrived this week promising to boost investment in Myanmar.
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Myanmar’s Older Voters Cast Early Ballots
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Advance voting has been arranged for citizens aged 60 and older to vote at polling stations or at mobile ballot boxes for the Nov. 8 general election.
Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 50,000
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The number of new cases being reported in Yangon appears to have been falling since peaking on Oct. 10.
Yangon Begins Cash Payments to Pandemic-Affected Workers Not Covered by Welfare
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The Yangon government has started making 30,000-kyat cash payments to workers affected by the COVID-19 slowdown who are not covered by its social welfare safety net.
COVID-19 Rips Through Myanmar’s Prisons
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Maubin Prison has reported over 100 positive coronavirus cases as the second prison reports an outbreak this month.
Myanmar President and Suu Kyi Vote Early in Myanmar’s General Election
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State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint have avoided breaching COVID-19 travel restrictions by voting early in Naypyitaw.
Myanmar Volunteers Play Vital Role in Yangon’s Battle Against COVID-19
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From transporting patients to helping collect swabs to cleaning wards, more than 15,000 people have assisted medical professionals in hospitals and quarantine sites.
US Delegation Looks to Boost Investment in Myanmar
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The US International Development Finance Corporation says it wants to deepen bilateral ties with Myanmar to rebuild after COVID-19.
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Myanmar’s New COVID-19 Cases Decrease in Yangon but Climb Outside City
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The rate of COVID-19 infections is easing in Yangon but increasing elsewhere, with Rakhine, Bago, Mandalay and Ayeyarwady seeing between 20 and 100 new cases a day.
Myanmar Receives 16 Proposals for New Yangon City Project
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Sixteen international proposals have been submitted for the New Yangon City project to challenge the bid by the China Communications Construction Co.
The Day Japan’s ‘Death Railway’ was Completed in Myanmar
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In 1943, Japanese forces finished the short-lived “death railway” at the cost of over 100,000 lives.
Irrawaddy Business Roundup
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Myanmar continues to attract foreign investment from Europe and Hong Kong, despite the impact of COVID-19, which continues to hit exporters.
Myanmar’s COVID-19 Deaths Exceed 1,000
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Coronavirus cases continue to spiral in Yangon as the authorities struggle to contain the outbreak.
Myanmar Signs up with EU’s EuroCham for More Investment
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The European Chamber of Commerce is looking to streamline the flow of investment from EU countries to Myanmar.
Politicians in Myanmar’s Rakhine Must Stop Fighting Each Other: Independent Candidate
Myanmar Court Sentences Man to Five Years in Prison Under Colonial Sodomy Law
When Myanmar’s Women Were Given a Seat at the Table
Women Photographers Expose a Different Side of Myanmar-Bangladesh Ties
Myanmar’s Older Voters Cast Early Ballots
Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 50,000
Yangon Begins Cash Payments to Pandemic-Affected Workers Not Covered by Welfare
COVID-19 Rips Through Myanmar’s Prisons
The Day Japan’s ‘Death Railway’ was Completed in Myanmar
The Day Myanmar’s Military Intelligence Chief was Sacked
The Day Myanmar’s First Locally Made Feature Film Premiered
The Day When a US President Praised a Student From Myanmar
A Strictly Segregated Watering Hole of British Rangoon
Myanmar’s Destroyed Heritage: Rangoon University Student Union
Standing for Nearly 170 Years, This Yangon Monastery Has Been a Key Site for Two Religions in Myanmar
The Site That’s Still Publishing Myanmar’s Official Documents After More Than a Century