Myanmar Factories Ignoring COVID-19 Rules Face Prosecution: Suu Kyi Posted: 22 Apr 2020 05:49 AM PDT State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has threatened to prosecute factories that defy coronavirus closure orders. |
Villager Killed, Nine Hurt as Myanmar Military, AA Clash in Rakhine State Posted: 22 Apr 2020 04:52 AM PDT A 30-year-old woman was killed and nine people were injured when several villages in Rakhine State's Minbya Township were shelled as the Tatmadaw battled the AA. |
COVID-19 Swabs to be Flown from Myanmar’s Rakhine After Fatal Shooting Posted: 22 Apr 2020 04:44 AM PDT Coronavirus test samples will be flown from war-torn Rakhine State after a World Health Organization driver was shot dead while transporting samples by road. |
Over 200 People Exposed to COVID-19 Patient in Myanmar’s Shan State Posted: 22 Apr 2020 04:39 AM PDT Health officials say that 223 people were exposed to a nurse from Tachileik, Shan State who has tested positive for the coronavirus. |
Factories in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region to Close Ahead of COVID-19 Checks Posted: 22 Apr 2020 03:03 AM PDT Workers in Ayeyarwady Region face further disruption after their factories were ordered to close until the authorities inspect coronavirus preventative measures. |
Shan State Ministers, Over 30 State Employees in Quarantine for COVID-19 Posted: 22 Apr 2020 02:16 AM PDT Five Shan State government ministers and over 30 state employees were placed in facility quarantine on Monday as two of their colleagues are being monitored for COVID-19. |
Myanmar Vows to Probe Killing of WHO Driver Transporting COVID-19 Swabs Posted: 22 Apr 2020 01:49 AM PDT Amid international condemnation of the killing of a WHO staffer delivering COVID-19 swabs in Rakhine State, the government has promised to investigate the shooting. |
Myanmar’s Green Future Art and Environment Festival Moves Online Amid COVID-19 Posted: 22 Apr 2020 12:23 AM PDT Marking its 10th anniversary—and the 50th Earth Day—amid the COVID-19 restrictions, this year's Green Future Art and Environment Festival has moved online. |
China Reports 72 New COVID-19 Cases; Flare-Up Continues in North Posted: 21 Apr 2020 11:10 PM PDT All of the new local transmissions of the coronavirus reported in China on Wednesday occurred in the northern province of Heilongjiang, officials said. |
Singapore Extends Partial Lockdown Until June 1 as Infections Surge Posted: 21 Apr 2020 11:07 PM PDT Singapore's partial lockdown has been extended by four weeks until June 1 as authorities try to curb a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in the city-state. |
Indonesia Bans Traditional Ramadan Exodus to Rein in Coronavirus Posted: 21 Apr 2020 10:50 PM PDT Indonesia's annual 'mudik' exodus to the countryside to mark the end of the Muslim fasting month, Ramadan, has been banned to curb the spread of the coronavirus. |
When Japanese Forces Took Burma Off the Airwaves Posted: 21 Apr 2020 09:47 PM PDT On this day in 1945, retreating Japanese forces destroyed Myanmar's state-run radio system, then the one-and-only form of mass media entertainment in the country. |
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