The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Myanmar’s ‘People’s Weatherman’ Dies
• Myanmar Election Commission Seeks to Abolish Military Polling Stations for 2020 Election
• Myanmar Coffee Specialist Wins ASEAN Business Award
• Myanmar’s SNLD Condemns Murder of 3 Party Members in Northern Shan State
• 13 Killed When Coach Slides off Road in Myanmar’s Mandalay
• AA Releases 25 Hostages, Blames Myanmar Military for Deadly Bombing
• Chinese Envoy Meets Members of Myanmar’s Northern Alliance in Yunnan
• The Day Japan Signed War Reparations for Myanmar
• Kachin Medic From Myanmar Working With FBR Killed in Syria
• China’s Xi Urges Cooperation to Bring Down Trade Barriers
• N. Korea Says US Terrorism Report Makes Talks Difficult
• Malaysia Aims to Locate Another $4.3 Billion in 1MDB-Linked Assets

Myanmar’s ‘People’s Weatherman’ Dies Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:07 AM PST Lifelong meteorologist U Tun Lwin died on Monday. He was 72.

Myanmar Election Commission Seeks to Abolish Military Polling Stations for 2020 Election Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:51 AM PST Myanmar's election commission has proposed draft reforms to Parliament that would let military personnel and their family members cast votes outside military barracks.

Myanmar Coffee Specialist Wins ASEAN Business Award Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:46 AM PST Myanmar's Genius Coffee has won a regional business prize for a second year running. The founder says he wants to drive up quality to break into the luxury market.

Myanmar’s SNLD Condemns Murder of 3 Party Members in Northern Shan State Posted: 05 Nov 2019 04:14 AM PST The Shan National League for Democracy has demanded the authorities act to stop civilian deaths in northern Shan State.

13 Killed When Coach Slides off Road in Myanmar’s Mandalay Posted: 05 Nov 2019 04:05 AM PST Two of three coaches taking Buddhist pilgrims from Mon State to Sagaing Region crash, leaving 13 dead and 27 injured.

AA Releases 25 Hostages, Blames Myanmar Military for Deadly Bombing Posted: 05 Nov 2019 03:54 AM PST The Arakan Army has released 25 civilians abducted from a ferry in Rakhine last week but is still holding an unknown number of security personnel hostage.

Chinese Envoy Meets Members of Myanmar’s Northern Alliance in Yunnan Posted: 05 Nov 2019 01:20 AM PST Chinese envoy Sun Guoxiang meets Northern Alliance members in Yunnan province, urges continued engagement with peace process, according to TNLA.

The Day Japan Signed War Reparations for Myanmar Posted: 05 Nov 2019 12:03 AM PST On this day in 1954, Myanmar secured a pledge from Japan to pay reparations for violence and damage caused to the country under Japanese occupation during World War II.

Kachin Medic From Myanmar Working With FBR Killed in Syria Posted: 05 Nov 2019 12:00 AM PST Zau Seng, a Kachin medic and cameraman working with the US-based Free Burma Rangers relief group in Syria, is killed in a mortar strike by Turkish-backed forces.

China’s Xi Urges Cooperation to Bring Down Trade Barriers Posted: 04 Nov 2019 10:32 PM PST Chinese President Xi Jinping says countries need to remove trade barriers, vows to provide more market and investment opportunities.

N. Korea Says US Terrorism Report Makes Talks Difficult Posted: 04 Nov 2019 10:23 PM PST North Korea's inclusion on Washington's list of state sponsors of terrorism preventing progress on denuclearization talks, Pyongyang says.

Malaysia Aims to Locate Another $4.3 Billion in 1MDB-Linked Assets Posted: 04 Nov 2019 10:10 PM PST Malaysian authorities say they are working with five countries to locate $4.3 billion still unaccounted for in 1MDB financial scandal.

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