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- Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 20,000
- With No One on the Streets to Make Merit, a Myanmar Bird Seller Struggles to Get By
- Ahead of Poll, Myanmar Public’s Trust in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Rises: Survey
- Myanmar’s Military and Arakan Army Suffer Casualties in Heavy Clashes
- Myanmar’s 1990 Election: Born of a Democratic Uprising, Ignored by the Military
- Lockdown Extension Leaves Yangon Factory Workers Broke, Facing Eviction: Myanmar Labor Groups
- Trump Eager to Debate Biden, Claims to Be Free of COVID Symptoms
- Worries Grow Among Japanese Firms in SE Asia as COVID-19 Cases Surge
| Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 20,000 Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:12 AM PDT  Myanmar has stepped up coronavirus checks to more than 8,000 per day since the arrival of antigen testing kits. |
| With No One on the Streets to Make Merit, a Myanmar Bird Seller Struggles to Get By Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:08 AM PDT  Risking his health, a Yangon bird seller waits for the few pedestrians still looking to make merit on the streets of the city's Hledan quarter amid the COVID-19 lockdown. |
| Ahead of Poll, Myanmar Public’s Trust in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Rises: Survey Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:49 AM PDT  A survey by Myanmar's leading poll monitor found that the level of public trust in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has risen to 79 percent from 70 percent last year. |
| Myanmar’s Military and Arakan Army Suffer Casualties in Heavy Clashes Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:09 AM PDT  Sources say fighting is for control of major river and road links across Rakhine State. |
| Myanmar’s 1990 Election: Born of a Democratic Uprising, Ignored by the Military Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:02 AM PDT  After the National League for Democracy won 90 percent of the vote in the first democratic election in 30 years, military leaders refused to hand over power in 1990. |
| Lockdown Extension Leaves Yangon Factory Workers Broke, Facing Eviction: Myanmar Labor Groups Posted: 07 Oct 2020 12:50 AM PDT  Despite government promises of help, many factory workers in Yangon are destitute, as they have been unpaid since the COVID-19 lockdown was extended, labor groups say. |
| Trump Eager to Debate Biden, Claims to Be Free of COVID Symptoms Posted: 06 Oct 2020 10:29 PM PDT  Insisting that he is recovering from COVID-19, US President Donald Trump said he intends to go ahead with his second debate against Democratic rival Joe Biden next week. |
| Worries Grow Among Japanese Firms in SE Asia as COVID-19 Cases Surge Posted: 06 Oct 2020 10:16 PM PDT  In Myanmar and elsewhere in the region, Japanese firms face disruptions as factory workers are subject to restrictions and a rising danger of coronavirus infection. |
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