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• European Firms, Local Dealers Slam Govt’s Tax-Free Car Import Scheme
• AA Releases Executive of Myanmar Military-Backed Mytel, Driver
• Kachin NGOs Ask for Mask Donations for IDPs Near China-Myanmar Border
• Myanmar University Rector Forced to Retire Over Dodgy Contract
• Where are the Assassins?
• A Hero to Remember
• ICJ Gives The Gambia, Myanmar Just Six Months to Prepare Pleadings in Genocide Case
• Rakhine IDPs Top 160,000; More Aid Needed
• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Chastises Myanmar Student Protesters
• Ethnic Voters Face Disenfranchisement in Myanmar’s 2020 Election
• India, Bangladesh Consider Evacuating Citizens From China’s Wuhan
• China Virus Toll Passes 130; US Weighs Flight Ban

European Firms, Local Dealers Slam Govt’s Tax-Free Car Import Scheme Posted: 29 Jan 2020 06:37 AM PST European firms and car companies in Myanmar are urging the government to drop a plan to allow civil servants to import cars tax-free, saying the move is bad for business.

AA Releases Executive of Myanmar Military-Backed Mytel, Driver Posted: 29 Jan 2020 06:31 AM PST The Arakan Army has freed the Rakhine State director of military-backed telecom operator Mytel and his driver after a month in captivity.

Kachin NGOs Ask for Mask Donations for IDPs Near China-Myanmar Border Posted: 29 Jan 2020 06:24 AM PST Shops have sold out of face masks along the Chinese border as fears about the coronavirus grow. NGOs are asking people to send masks for the crowded IDP camps.

Myanmar University Rector Forced to Retire Over Dodgy Contract Posted: 29 Jan 2020 06:07 AM PST Mandalay University's rector is being forced to retire for breaching government rules about transparent bidding over a new food court.

Where are the Assassins? Posted: 29 Jan 2020 05:59 AM PST To mark the third anniversary of the assassination of lawyer U Ko Ni, The Irrawaddy revisits an article calling for justice in his case.

A Hero to Remember Posted: 29 Jan 2020 05:51 AM PST To mark the third anniversary of the assassination of lawyer U Ko Ni, The Irrawaddy revisits an editorial published in the wake of his death in 2017.

ICJ Gives The Gambia, Myanmar Just Six Months to Prepare Pleadings in Genocide Case Posted: 29 Jan 2020 04:09 AM PST In a sign that it wants to expedite the Rohingya genocide case, the ICJ has given The Gambia and Myanmar an unexpectedly brief six months each to file their pleadings.

Rakhine IDPs Top 160,000; More Aid Needed Posted: 29 Jan 2020 04:05 AM PST A local Rakhine group says over 160,000 people have been displaced by fighting in northern Rakhine State and the number continues to swell along with calls for more aid.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Chastises Myanmar Student Protesters Posted: 29 Jan 2020 03:12 AM PST The State Counselor reproached university students who raised signs in protest at government education policies during a speech she gave in Naypyitaw on Tuesday.

Ethnic Voters Face Disenfranchisement in Myanmar’s 2020 Election Posted: 29 Jan 2020 02:55 AM PST The legitimacy of the 2020 election is threatened by the exclusion of millions of ethnic voters working overseas. Reforms are needed to ensure their participation.

India, Bangladesh Consider Evacuating Citizens From China’s Wuhan Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:23 PM PST Indian, Bangladeshi governments say they are in negotiations to bring citizens home from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the worsening coronavirus outbreak.

China Virus Toll Passes 130; US Weighs Flight Ban Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:08 PM PST The White House is reportedly considering suspending flights between the US and China as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak passes 130.

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