Friday, June 19, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

JOOX Prepares World Music Day Online Festival to Shake off COVID-19 Blues

Posted: 19 Jun 2020 06:25 AM PDT

JOOX World Music Day 2020 features numerous artists from Myanmar and overseas with revelers encouraged to help those struggling during COVID-19.

Myanmar Sees Largest COVID-19 Spike as Migrants Deported from Thailand Test Positive

Posted: 19 Jun 2020 05:09 AM PDT

Twenty-three COVID-19 cases detected on Friday among migrants deported from Thailand brought the country's largest daily increase since its first reported case in late March.

Myanmar’s Ethnic Parties Find Strength in Unity as They Prepare for General Election

Posted: 19 Jun 2020 04:44 AM PDT

Having consolidated their bases, Myanmar's ethnic parties plan to work together in the coming election to achieve their common goals of federalism and self-determination.

Over 8,000 Citizens Prosecuted in Myanmar for COVID-19 Breaches

Posted: 19 Jun 2020 04:20 AM PDT

Violations include assaulting health teams, fleeing quarantine centers, organizing religious gatherings and weddings and failing to follow nighttime curfews.

KIA Warns Civilians Fighting with Myanmar Military Could Erupt Anytime

Posted: 19 Jun 2020 03:15 AM PDT

The Kachin Independence Army told locals in Kutkai, Shan State that clashes could break out anytime in their area, despite a ceasefire from the Myanmar military over COVID-19.

Recalling a Birthday Marked in Silence

Posted: 19 Jun 2020 03:02 AM PDT

As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turns 75 today, The Irrawaddy revisits this commemoration of her birthday in 2008—spent, like so many before it, as a prisoner of the military.

Another Low-Level Administrator Killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Posted: 19 Jun 2020 12:47 AM PDT

A clerk of the Kyaukphyu Township General Administration Department in Rakhine State was abducted from his home Tuesday night and found dead the next day, police said.
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