The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Switzerland Agrees to Resettle Wife, Children of Myanmar’s Rakhine Rebel Leader 
• Angry Exchange Between Military MP, Speaker Mars First Day of Myanmar Charter Debate
• Myanmar ICJ Defender to Give Lecture in Yangon
• KNU Rejects Myanmar General’s Appeal to ‘See the Big Picture’
• Myanmar Restaurant Owner Arrested After Child Employee Burned
• Myanmar to Upgrade Urban Infrastructure in State Capitals, Border Town
• Myanmar-China Border Trade Drops US$200 M Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
• Residents of Myanmar’s Biggest City Must Be Educated Not to Litter, Advocacy Group Says
• Coronavirus Deaths in China Top 2,600 as Hubei Records More Infections
• China Bans Trade, Consumption of Wild Animals Due to Coronavirus
• Trump Stumbles on Indian Names, Hindi Word in Cricket Stadium Speech

Switzerland Agrees to Resettle Wife, Children of Myanmar’s Rakhine Rebel Leader  Posted: 25 Feb 2020 06:10 AM PST With the help of the UNHCR, the wife and children of the leader of the Arakan Army will be resettled in Switzerland from Thailand.

Angry Exchange Between Military MP, Speaker Mars First Day of Myanmar Charter Debate Posted: 25 Feb 2020 06:01 AM PST A military MP received a warning from the Myanmar Parliament Speaker after angrily complaining about the accidental omission of one of the military's amendment proposals.

Myanmar ICJ Defender to Give Lecture in Yangon Posted: 25 Feb 2020 05:18 AM PST Professor William Schabas, who defended Myanmar at the International Court of Justice against genocide charges, will deliver a lecture at Yangon University on March 5.

KNU Rejects Myanmar General’s Appeal to ‘See the Big Picture’ Posted: 25 Feb 2020 04:47 AM PST The Karen National Union denounced a Tatmadaw general's claim that they are taking the "narrow view" of the military's project to expand a road in Karen State.

Myanmar Restaurant Owner Arrested After Child Employee Burned Posted: 25 Feb 2020 03:54 AM PST Ayeyarwady police have arrested a Labutta restaurant owner after a 13-year-old employee was allegedly doused in fuel and set on fire.

Myanmar to Upgrade Urban Infrastructure in State Capitals, Border Town Posted: 25 Feb 2020 02:17 AM PST Myanmar has secured international loans to develop three cities in Mon and Karen states that fall along Japan's East-West Economic Corridor linking Yangon to Vietnam.

Myanmar-China Border Trade Drops US$200 M Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Posted: 25 Feb 2020 01:21 AM PST Producers struggle with unsold stocks and garment factories cut their hours as overland trade with China slumps amid the coronavirus outbreak and Chinese New Year.

Residents of Myanmar’s Biggest City Must Be Educated Not to Litter, Advocacy Group Says Posted: 25 Feb 2020 12:04 AM PST To keep Yangon clean, the laws against littering must be explained to the public and strictly enforced, the head of a waste-disposal advocacy group told The Irrawaddy.

Coronavirus Deaths in China Top 2,600 as Hubei Records More Infections Posted: 24 Feb 2020 09:22 PM PST China reported another 71 coronavirus deaths in the 24 hours through Monday, taking the toll to 2,663, with almost all of the new fatalities occurring in Hubei province.

China Bans Trade, Consumption of Wild Animals Due to Coronavirus Posted: 24 Feb 2020 09:21 PM PST China's National People's Congress will ban all trade and consumption of wild animals in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Trump Stumbles on Indian Names, Hindi Word in Cricket Stadium Speech Posted: 24 Feb 2020 09:11 PM PST US Donald Trump entertains a crowd of more than 100,000 people at a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad by mangling Indian names and Hindi words during his state visit to India.

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