Friday, October 25, 2019

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Does Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Follow Ne Win’s ‘Neutrality’?

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 08:26 AM PDT

Whereas previous governments walked a diplomatic tightrope to achieve 'neutrality' in foreign affairs, the current government seems less surefooted.

Yangon Prepares for Halloween With Chilling Events

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 07:02 AM PDT

Yangon Timeout picks out the cultural highlights from the sinister week ahead.

Two Dead After AA Attacks Police Truck in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 06:36 AM PDT

The Arakan Army reportedly attacked a border guard police truck in Rakhine State with a remote-detonated mine as it was escorting a prisoner transport to Buthidaung Township.

Stray Myanmar Artillery Injures Villagers in Northern Shan State

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 06:32 AM PDT

The TNLA says government forces are ignoring a ceasefire and attacking a hilltop out-post meaning civilians are being injured by misfired artillery.

Internationally Scandal-Tainted Chinese Company Working on Second Yangon Project

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 06:21 AM PDT

CCCC, a Chinese firm with a reputation for fraud, is working on an extension for a major Yangon hotel; it is already linked to the controversial New Yangon City project.

Chinese Company Debarred by World Bank Wins Bid for Yangon Power Plant

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 04:48 AM PDT

Myanmar has awarded the tender for a new power plant in Yangon to a Chinese state-owned company that was recently debarred by the World Bank for committing fraud.

NLD Warns MPs: Party Affiliation Alone No Longer Enough to Win Election in 2020

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 04:42 AM PDT

National and regional NLD leaders warn party lawmakers to work hard and earn voters' trust ahead of 2020 elections.

Myanmar Objects to Bangladeshi Minister’s Remarks Over Rohingya at NAM Meeting

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 04:10 AM PDT

International Cooperation Minister U Kyaw Tin objects after Bangladesh minister refers to Rohingya issue as ethnic cleansing at meeting of Non-Aligned Movement.

Myanmar ‘Toddler Rape’ Lawyer Bullish Over Lawsuit

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 04:08 AM PDT

A defense lawyer facing a lawsuit for linking the two teenage sons of a Naypyitaw nursery school supervisor with a toddler rape case says he will not be silenced.

Families of Myanmar Migrant Workers on Death Row Submit Pardon Appeal to Thai King

Posted: 25 Oct 2019 12:53 AM PDT

Aided by lawyers and Myanmar officials, families of two migrant workers controversially sentenced to death for UK tourists' murders submit appeal for pardon to Thai king.

Young Thais Battle Seniority Culture to Raise Climate Awareness

Posted: 24 Oct 2019 10:13 PM PDT

Two young Thais, one 21, the other just 11, battle cultural pressure against youth speaking out as they try to boost awareness among the Thai public about climate change.

Chinese Paper Says Britain Must Accept Responsibility for Truck Deaths

Posted: 24 Oct 2019 09:57 PM PDT

China's Global Times says Britain, Europe must take some responsibility for deaths of 39 people, apparently Chinese migrants, found dead in truck near London.

China Orienteering Team Disqualified From World Military Games

Posted: 24 Oct 2019 09:44 PM PDT

China's orienteering team disqualified from World Military Games—which is being hosted by the People's Republic—for cheating, the sport's governing body says.
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