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- Lightning Strikes Have Killed 62 in Myanmar This Year
- Myanmar’s Military Returns to Facebook to Provide ‘Accurate’ News
- Two-Thirds of Myanmar Businesses Struggle to Survive Pandemic: Survey
- Former Myanmar State, Regional Govts Have Yet to Return More Than 3 Billion Kyats in Misspent Funds
- New York City Starts Phased Reopening but Many Remain Cautious
- Don’t Meddle in Hong Kong, Beijing Warns Britain
- The Site That’s Still Publishing Myanmar’s Official Documents After More Than a Century
- Irrawaddy Business Roundup
| Lightning Strikes Have Killed 62 in Myanmar This Year Posted: 09 Jun 2020 05:05 AM PDT  Lightning strikes are among the deadliest natural disasters in Myanmar, killing around a hundred people annually in recent years. |
| Myanmar’s Military Returns to Facebook to Provide ‘Accurate’ News Posted: 09 Jun 2020 03:10 AM PDT  After withdrawing from Myanmar's most popular social media platform in 2018, the generals have set up two accounts to get their statements back on Facebook. |
| Two-Thirds of Myanmar Businesses Struggle to Survive Pandemic: Survey Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:51 AM PDT  The Asia Foundation found that Myanmar businesses need an additional stimulus of up to US$1.5 billion to stay afloat until September. |
| Former Myanmar State, Regional Govts Have Yet to Return More Than 3 Billion Kyats in Misspent Funds Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:37 AM PDT  Billions of kyats in development funds improperly spent by former state and regional governments have yet to be returned as ordered, the Auditor-General's Office said. |
| New York City Starts Phased Reopening but Many Remain Cautious Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:54 PM PDT  An attitude of wariness prevailed as some New York businesses began reopening under restrictions as the city's COVID-19 shutdown was eased Monday. |
| Don’t Meddle in Hong Kong, Beijing Warns Britain Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:42 PM PDT  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his British counterpart to keep out of China's internal affairs amid condemnation of a planned new security law in Hong Kong. |
| The Site That’s Still Publishing Myanmar’s Official Documents After More Than a Century Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:00 PM PDT  Yangon's Government Press Building played a key role in the official life of British Burma, and has continued printing documents for Myanmar's governments ever since. |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2020 08:30 PM PDT  This week, Myanmar saw a major loan commitment from Japan, government loans for tourism businesses and new data on the drop in trade across the Chinese border. |
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