The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Myanmar to Double Health Spending to Supply Free Medicines
• Thailand Allows Stranded Myanmar Migrants to Return
• Investigation of Nursing University Building Collapse Underway
• Almost 200 Homes Set Ablaze in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
• Myanmar Power Plants Delayed by COVID-19 to Start Operating in Coming Months
• Myanmar Police Make Asia’s Biggest-Ever Drugs Bust in Shan State
• Myanmar Court Releases Muslim Boys With Orders Not to Break COVID-19 Restrictions
• Scholar’s Account of Myanmar’s Intelligence Apparatus Lets Its Former Chief Off Lightly
• Progress in Myanmar Will Require Patience: Outgoing US Ambassador Marciel
• Trump Threatens Permanent Freeze in WHO Funding, Weighs US Membership
• India Coronavirus Infections Surge Past 100,000; Deaths Top 3,000
• Colonial Communications Hub Linked Myanmar with Outside World

Myanmar to Double Health Spending to Supply Free Medicines Posted: 19 May 2020 06:17 AM PDT The health ministry will spend 300 billion kyats (US$216 million) in the next fiscal year as the numbers seeking treatment at public hospitals has increased year by year.

Thailand Allows Stranded Myanmar Migrants to Return Posted: 19 May 2020 05:22 AM PDT Buses under police guard will bring migrants from Bangkok to Mae Sot each night as Thailand grants an exception to its travel bans to send migrants home.

Investigation of Nursing University Building Collapse Underway Posted: 19 May 2020 05:08 AM PDT The Myanmar Engineering Society is investigating the partial collapse of the Yangon Nursing University building on Sunday to determine the cause.

Almost 200 Homes Set Ablaze in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Posted: 19 May 2020 03:39 AM PDT Displaced residents of Lekka Village say the Myanmar military burned down over half of their homes, while the military blames the Arakan Army.

Myanmar Power Plants Delayed by COVID-19 to Start Operating in Coming Months Posted: 19 May 2020 03:31 AM PDT Five emergency power projects approved in the wake of outages last year but delayed by COVID-19 will be operating by September, the deputy electricity minister said.

Myanmar Police Make Asia’s Biggest-Ever Drugs Bust in Shan State Posted: 19 May 2020 02:12 AM PDT A massive drug bust in Shan State included a huge haul of liquid fentanyl—a sign that local drug syndicates are moving into the lucrative opioid business.

Myanmar Court Releases Muslim Boys With Orders Not to Break COVID-19 Restrictions Posted: 19 May 2020 02:05 AM PDT A Mandalay juvenile court ordered two Muslim boys not to violate restrictions again after they were arrested for attending a religious gathering in April.

Scholar’s Account of Myanmar’s Intelligence Apparatus Lets Its Former Chief Off Lightly Posted: 19 May 2020 01:55 AM PDT David Scott Mathieson reviews Andrew Selth's 2019 book 'Secrets and Power in Myanmar: Intelligence and the Fall of General Khin Nyunt'.

Progress in Myanmar Will Require Patience: Outgoing US Ambassador Marciel Posted: 18 May 2020 11:35 PM PDT US Ambassador Scot Marciel said the peace process faltered during his posting, but he leaves the country confident it has the human talent needed to reach its goals.

Trump Threatens Permanent Freeze in WHO Funding, Weighs US Membership Posted: 18 May 2020 11:33 PM PDT US President Trump said he would permanently cut off funding to the World Health Organization if it did not agree to 'substantive improvements' within 30 days.

India Coronavirus Infections Surge Past 100,000; Deaths Top 3,000 Posted: 18 May 2020 11:23 PM PDT India's coronavirus outbreak is continuing to spread rapidly, with infections now exceeding 100,000 and more than 3,000 deaths reported.

Colonial Communications Hub Linked Myanmar with Outside World Posted: 18 May 2020 08:00 PM PDT The Central Telegraph Office in Yangon was completed by the British in 1917 and continued to play an important communications role under the Japanese and junta.

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