The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• JOOX Prepares World Music Day Online Festival to Shake off COVID-19 Blues
• Myanmar Sees Largest COVID-19 Spike as Migrants Deported from Thailand Test Positive
• Myanmar’s Ethnic Parties Find Strength in Unity as They Prepare for General Election
• Over 8,000 Citizens Prosecuted in Myanmar for COVID-19 Breaches
• KIA Warns Civilians Fighting with Myanmar Military Could Erupt Anytime
• Recalling a Birthday Marked in Silence
• Another Low-Level Administrator Killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

JOOX Prepares World Music Day Online Festival to Shake off COVID-19 Blues Posted: 19 Jun 2020 06:25 AM PDT JOOX World Music Day 2020 features numerous artists from Myanmar and overseas with revelers encouraged to help those struggling during COVID-19.

Myanmar Sees Largest COVID-19 Spike as Migrants Deported from Thailand Test Positive Posted: 19 Jun 2020 05:09 AM PDT Twenty-three COVID-19 cases detected on Friday among migrants deported from Thailand brought the country's largest daily increase since its first reported case in late March.

Myanmar’s Ethnic Parties Find Strength in Unity as They Prepare for General Election Posted: 19 Jun 2020 04:44 AM PDT Having consolidated their bases, Myanmar's ethnic parties plan to work together in the coming election to achieve their common goals of federalism and self-determination.

Over 8,000 Citizens Prosecuted in Myanmar for COVID-19 Breaches Posted: 19 Jun 2020 04:20 AM PDT Violations include assaulting health teams, fleeing quarantine centers, organizing religious gatherings and weddings and failing to follow nighttime curfews.

KIA Warns Civilians Fighting with Myanmar Military Could Erupt Anytime Posted: 19 Jun 2020 03:15 AM PDT The Kachin Independence Army told locals in Kutkai, Shan State that clashes could break out anytime in their area, despite a ceasefire from the Myanmar military over COVID-19.

Recalling a Birthday Marked in Silence Posted: 19 Jun 2020 03:02 AM PDT As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turns 75 today, The Irrawaddy revisits this commemoration of her birthday in 2008—spent, like so many before it, as a prisoner of the military.

Another Low-Level Administrator Killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Posted: 19 Jun 2020 12:47 AM PDT A clerk of the Kyaukphyu Township General Administration Department in Rakhine State was abducted from his home Tuesday night and found dead the next day, police said.

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