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Burma
Yoma Central strikers say they are not being paid their wages or social-security allowances.
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Burma
The government began the process of naming Mrauk-U as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2019 only for the historic capital to be damaged in fighting with the Arakan Army.
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Burma
The March 27 parade will follow coronavirus restrictions, says the military’s spokesman.
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Burma
The first doses of the vaccine are expected to arrive from India in February.
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Myanmar’s hotels have been closing and the authorities axed a deal to develop a giant economic zone. Meanwhile, an alarming fall in foreign trade has been reported.
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Asia
Concerns have arisen in Thailand over the efficacy of a Chinese vaccine the government has hastily decided to procure in order to inoculate Thais as soon as possible.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
The country is trying to buy millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines and offset the economic impact of coronavirus.
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Asia
After quarantining for two weeks, the experts are set to visit a market that was the first hotspot, and a lab at the center of rumors the virus was accidentally released.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Coronavirus cases are falling in Yangon as the government talks about allowing people to go back to work.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
More than 1,000 hotels in Myanmar have closed since March last year with the Shangri-La in Yangon the largest operation to shut its doors so far.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Health authorities in Samut Sakhon province plan to test more than 35,000 migrant workers in the next 10 days.
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Asia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo received his first shot of a Chinese-made vaccine on Wednesday, as Beijing’s top diplomat visited the country.
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Burma
Visiting Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing would supply 300,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Myanmar.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
With a vaccine due to arrive in February, the government asked for help from the public to pay the bill. The public responded generously.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
China says it has erected border fencing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but Myanmar says it encroaches on neutral land.