AllSBNews: The Irrawaddy Magazine

Monday, February 10, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Local Woman Who Worked for US, Myanmar Operators of Cannabis Farm Is Freed
Myanmar Maid Quarantined in Yangon After Boss in Singapore Infected With Coronavirus
Yangon Govt Leases $750M of Land to Malaysian Conglomerate
Military MPs Oppose Merging Myanmar Charter-Change Proposals
Another NLD Member Abducted by Unknown Armed Group in Western Myanmar
Who Is Myanmar’s New Home Affairs Minister?
British Troops’ Bloodiest Crackdown on Anti-Colonial Protestors in Myanmar
60 More Test Positive for Coronavirus on Cruise Ship in Japan
Virus Death Toll Tops 900 in China as Businesses Reopen After Long Holiday
On Thai Buddhist Holy Day, Gunman’s Carnage Shatters Temple Peace
South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ Beats Hollywood Greats to Make Oscar History
American Dies of Coronavirus in China; Five Britons Infected in French Alps

Local Woman Who Worked for US, Myanmar Operators of Cannabis Farm Is Freed

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 05:42 AM PST

A Mandalay court has freed a local employee after 10 months in jail in a cannabis plantation case. Her employer said it had official permission to grow the drug.

Myanmar Maid Quarantined in Yangon After Boss in Singapore Infected With Coronavirus

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 05:26 AM PST

A Myanmar domestic worker, who returned from Singapore and her coronavirus-infected employer, is being held in isolation at Yangon's Waibargi Hospital.

Yangon Govt Leases $750M of Land to Malaysian Conglomerate

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 05:02 AM PST

Yangon's regional government has inked a $750-million development deal with Malaysian conglomerate Berjaya; Myanmar's Investment Commission has yet to approve it.

Military MPs Oppose Merging Myanmar Charter-Change Proposals

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 04:32 AM PST

Military-appointed MPs in Parliament object to a committee's plan to have their charter-change proposals debated together with those submitted by the ruling party.

Another NLD Member Abducted by Unknown Armed Group in Western Myanmar

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 02:05 AM PST

A leader of the local National League for Democracy chapter on Rakhine State's Ramree Island was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen Saturday evening.

Who Is Myanmar’s New Home Affairs Minister?

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 12:00 AM PST

The Parliament has approved Lt-Gen Soe Htut as home affairs minister; the incoming minister is viewed as being very close to military chief Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.

British Troops’ Bloodiest Crackdown on Anti-Colonial Protestors in Myanmar

Posted: 09 Feb 2020 11:55 PM PST

On this day in 1939, colonial troops in British Burma launched their deadliest crackdown on anti-colonial protestors when they fired on unarmed crowds in Mandalay, killing 17.

60 More Test Positive for Coronavirus on Cruise Ship in Japan

Posted: 09 Feb 2020 11:50 PM PST

More than 60 new cases of coronavirus have been reported on a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama, Japan, taking the total number of infections on the vessel to some 130.

Virus Death Toll Tops 900 in China as Businesses Reopen After Long Holiday

Posted: 09 Feb 2020 11:42 PM PST

The death toll from the coronavirus in China has risen to 910 with over 40,000 infections; businesses began reopening Monday after an extended Lunar New Year Holiday.