Monday, August 10, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Non-Signatories to Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Yet to Decide on Attending Peace Conference

Posted: 10 Aug 2020 06:26 AM PDT

The ethnic armed organizations that are not signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement have yet to accept their invitations to next week's Union Peace Conference.

China’s Strategic Port Project Moves Step Closer to Reality as Myanmar OKs Joint Venture

Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:50 AM PDT

Myanmar's investment agency has approved a joint venture between a government committee and Chinese consortium CITIC to develop the Kyaukphyu SEZ and port in Rakhine.

Former Suu Kyi Ally Behind New Political Party Bows Out of Myanmar Election

Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:38 AM PDT

U Shwe Mann, founder of the Union Betterment Party and ex-chair of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party, says he will not run in Myanmar's election.

Four Ethnic Fighters Jailed for 35 Years for Attack on Myanmar Military’s Defense Academy

Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:35 AM PDT

Four members of the Brotherhood Alliance of EAOs were jailed for 35 years for a 2019 attack on the Defense Services Technological Academy and other sites in Pyin Oo Lwin.

US Coronavirus Cases Top 5 Million, Leading the World

Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:50 PM PDT

The US has now seen more than 5 million coronavirus cases and over 160,000 deaths, according to various surveys; Reuters report finds one in 66 residents is infected.

Nobel Literature Laureate Ishiguro Stresses ‘Supreme Value of Life’ in Nagasaki A-bomb Message

Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:43 PM PDT

British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro offered both a warning and message of hope in a speech marking the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki, his birthplace.
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