Monday, January 11, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Claiming Electoral Fraud, Myanmar Military and Proxy Party Calls Special Parliament Session

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 06:06 AM PST

Aiming to discredit the NLD's landslide victory, the military and Union Solidarity and Development Party have pressed to take the election fraud claims to parliament.

No Security Guarantees Made for Rakhine Voting: Myanmar Government

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:36 AM PST

Voting for most Rakhine State residents was canceled ahead of the November 8 general election amid fears of Arakan Army violence.

Local Militia Officer Behind Controversial Chinese Casino Hub on Thai-Myanmar Border Quits

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:09 AM PST

Major Saw Maw Tho of the Karen BGF reportedly resigned under pressure from the Myanmar military over illicit activities at the China-backed Shwe Kokko project in Myawaddy.

China Has to Remove Any Permanent Border Fences in Buffer Zone: Myanmar President Office

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:02 AM PST

China says it has erected border fencing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but Myanmar says it encroaches on neutral land.

Myanmar, China to Conduct Feasibility Study on Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Rail Link

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 02:13 AM PST

After a year of talks, China's CREEG and Myanma Railways have inked an MoU to begin a study on constructing the Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Railway, part of Beijing's BRI scheme.

More Thais Returning From Casinos in Myanmar Test Positive for COVID-19

Posted: 10 Jan 2021 11:22 PM PST

Despite a Myanmar government-ordered 'lockdown', gambling operations in Myawaddy continue to fuel illegal movement back and forth across the Thai border.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Takes Over Party’s Top Position From Late Father

Posted: 10 Jan 2021 09:16 PM PST

The leader was elected general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at its first congress in five years.

Indonesia Locates ‘Black Box’ Recorders From Crashed Airliner

Posted: 10 Jan 2021 09:04 PM PST

The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 crashed into the sea off Jakarta on Saturday with 62 people aboard.

The Day the Burma Road Between Myanmar and China Opened

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 06:00 PM PST

On this day in 1939, colonial authorities opened the Burma Road, creating a short-lived lifeline for Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese nationalist forces fighting the Japanese.
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