The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Amid Chinese Flu Fears, Mandalay Goes Without Masks While Dealers Make Profits
• KNU Denies Targeting Myanmar Military Officer Killed in Mine Blast
• Myanmar’s Karen Education Group Sounds Alarm Over Sharp Cut to Funding
• Beats and Breaks in Burma: Myanmar’s Biggest Dance Crew
• Myanmar Parliamentary Committee Chairman Says Members Returned Cash Gifts to Mining Company
• A Tale of 3 Myanmar Political Assassination Plots
• Myanmar ‘On Waiting List’ to Evacuate Students From Virus-Hit Wuhan
• Japan Scrambles to Contain Coronavirus as Evacuees Return
• US Evacuees From Virus-Hit Wuhan Quarantined at California Air Base
• The Day Author and Traveler Somerset Maugham Revisited Myanmar

Amid Chinese Flu Fears, Mandalay Goes Without Masks While Dealers Make Profits Posted: 30 Jan 2020 06:34 AM PST Face-mask supplies are running low in Mandalay, although pharmacies say dealers are buying them in the hope of selling them on later for profit.

KNU Denies Targeting Myanmar Military Officer Killed in Mine Blast Posted: 30 Jan 2020 06:22 AM PST The KNU has rejected the military's claim it deliberately targeted a battalion commander killed while providing security for a road project the ethnic group opposes.

Myanmar’s Karen Education Group Sounds Alarm Over Sharp Cut to Funding Posted: 30 Jan 2020 05:59 AM PST The Karen Teacher Working Group says a key donor will cut 80% of its funding for the Karen education system, putting over 1,500 Karen schools at risk of losing teachers.

Beats and Breaks in Burma: Myanmar’s Biggest Dance Crew Posted: 30 Jan 2020 05:18 AM PST After winning 'Myanmar's Got Talent', Junior Creative dance crew took to the 'America's Got Talent' stage and will soon compete in Asia's version of the competition.

Myanmar Parliamentary Committee Chairman Says Members Returned Cash Gifts to Mining Company Posted: 30 Jan 2020 03:42 AM PST Members of an Upper House committee did not realize gifts they received from a mining company included cash, the panel's chairman said after bribe accusations.

A Tale of 3 Myanmar Political Assassination Plots Posted: 30 Jan 2020 01:56 AM PST Three years after the murder of prominent NLD lawyer U Ko Ni, The Irrawaddy revisits a 2019 commentary on the history of political assassinations in modern Myanmar.

Myanmar ‘On Waiting List’ to Evacuate Students From Virus-Hit Wuhan Posted: 29 Jan 2020 11:26 PM PST The government said plans are in place to evacuate and conduct health checks on 63 Myanmar students in virus-hit Wuhan, China, pending approval from Chinese authorities.

Japan Scrambles to Contain Coronavirus as Evacuees Return Posted: 29 Jan 2020 09:40 PM PST Japan has confirmed eight coronavirus infections and is scrambling to implement containment measures as more than 200 evacuees return from China.

US Evacuees From Virus-Hit Wuhan Quarantined at California Air Base Posted: 29 Jan 2020 09:25 PM PST The US State Department has airlifted nearly 200 Americans from virus-hit Wuhan, China to a California air base, where they will be observed for 72 hours.

The Day Author and Traveler Somerset Maugham Revisited Myanmar Posted: 29 Jan 2020 05:30 PM PST On this day in 1960, the 86-year-old British author W. Somerset Maugham visited Yangon to recount stories of his 1923 exploration of the country during colonial rule.

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