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- The House That Shaped Myanmar’s History
- Myanmar Labor Activists Fined for Factory Protest
- Myanmar Military Chief Expected to Appoint Loyalists as Reshuffle Looms
- Chinese State Firm, HK’s VPower to Implement Three Electricity Projects in Myanmar
- Facebook Removes More Than 20 Accounts, Pages Linked to Myanmar Military-Backed Mytel
- Bangladesh Police Arrest Eight in Trafficking Crackdown After Boat Tragedy
- Coronavirus Death Toll Leaps in China’s Hubei Province; Party Bosses Sacked
- Cruise Ship Shunned Over Coronavirus Fears Arrives in Cambodia
- First Group of Japanese Evacuees From Wuhan Completes Quarantine
| The House That Shaped Myanmar’s History Posted: 13 Feb 2020 06:52 AM PST  The Aung San Museum in Yangon is where the independence leader wrote his speeches and prepared the Panglong Agreement. Decisions made there continue to shape Myanmar. |
| Myanmar Labor Activists Fined for Factory Protest Posted: 13 Feb 2020 06:05 AM PST  Yangon labor activists say they have lost trust in government – with the November election looming – after they were prosecuted for asking the authorities for help. |
| Myanmar Military Chief Expected to Appoint Loyalists as Reshuffle Looms Posted: 13 Feb 2020 05:40 AM PST  The recent appointment of an officer seen as loyal to Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing as Home Affairs chief is expected to be followed by a shake-up of the Tatmadaw's top brass. |
| Chinese State Firm, HK’s VPower to Implement Three Electricity Projects in Myanmar Posted: 13 Feb 2020 05:24 AM PST  A joint venture between a Chinese state-owned company and Hong Kong's VPower will invest in three power projects in Myanmar with total capacity of 900 megawatts. |
| Facebook Removes More Than 20 Accounts, Pages Linked to Myanmar Military-Backed Mytel Posted: 13 Feb 2020 01:51 AM PST  Facebook has removed a total of 23 accounts and pages linked to military-backed telecom operator Mytel for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior' |
| Bangladesh Police Arrest Eight in Trafficking Crackdown After Boat Tragedy Posted: 13 Feb 2020 01:46 AM PST  Bangladesh police have arrested eight suspected traffickers in Cox's Bazar over Tuesday's boat sinking in the Bay of Bengal that killed 15 Rohingya women and children. |
| Coronavirus Death Toll Leaps in China’s Hubei Province; Party Bosses Sacked Posted: 13 Feb 2020 12:33 AM PST  The death toll from the coronavirus in China's Hubei surged by a daily record of 242 and daily cases jumped by 14,840 under a new diagnosis method. |
| Cruise Ship Shunned Over Coronavirus Fears Arrives in Cambodia Posted: 12 Feb 2020 11:57 PM PST  The cruise ship MS Westerdam, which was barred entry by five countries amid the coronavirus outbreak, has been allowed to anchor near Cambodia's port of Sihanoukville. |
| First Group of Japanese Evacuees From Wuhan Completes Quarantine Posted: 12 Feb 2020 11:40 PM PST  Nearly 200 Japanese people evacuated from China amid the coronavirus outbreak have been allowed to go home after two weeks of quarantine at sites near Tokyo. |
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