Saturday, June 27, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


The Day When Myanmar’s First Christian Convert was Baptized

Posted: 26 Jun 2020 07:30 PM PDT

U Naw was ostracized for abandoning Buddhism for Christianity and he died in obscurity but his baptism is still marked annually, 201 years later.

The Irrawaddy Business Roundup

Posted: 26 Jun 2020 07:00 PM PDT

This week, many regions in Myanmar approved new investments, the World Bank released a new GDP projection and local firm Yoma moved to back mobile money company Wave Money.

Will Myanmar’s Next Govt Be an Ethnic-NLD Coalition?

Posted: 26 Jun 2020 06:30 PM PDT

The Irrawaddy talks with U Sai Nyunt Lwin of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy about the 2020 election and whether ethnic parties might join a coalition government.