AllSBNews: The Irrawaddy Magazine

Monday, August 31, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Fears Grow for IDPs in Myanmar’s Rakhine as COVID-19 Outbreak Disrupts Food, Health Services
China’s Top Foreign Policy Official to Visit Myanmar
Popular Kachin Party Calls for Abolition of China-Backed Dam in Election Policy Platform
Myanmar’s Military Blamed for Two Rakhine Civilian Deaths
Myanmar Police Station in Lockdown After Chief Fails COVID-19 Test
Thailand Steps Up Moei River Patrols Against Illegal Migrants From Myanmar
Japan’s Foreign Policy Likely to Continue on Path Set by Abe

Fears Grow for IDPs in Myanmar’s Rakhine as COVID-19 Outbreak Disrupts Food, Health Services

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:09 AM PDT

With aid groups affected by lockdown orders and COVID-19 infections among staff, Rakhine State's IDP camps are suffering a lack of basic food and health-care services.

China’s Top Foreign Policy Official to Visit Myanmar

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 06:00 AM PDT

China's foreign affairs supremo, Yang Jiechi, is expected to visit Myanmar at some point this week, the embassy in Yangon has announced.

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:54 AM PDT

In its 2020 election manifesto, the Kachin State People's Party vows to push for the scrapping of the suspended, China-backed Myitsone Dam project on the Irrawaddy River.

Myanmar’s Military Blamed for Two Rakhine Civilian Deaths

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:50 AM PDT

Amid raging COVID-19 in Rakhine, two civilians were allegedly shot dead by Myanmar's military last week.

Myanmar Police Station in Lockdown After Chief Fails COVID-19 Test

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:45 AM PDT

A police station in Rakhine State capital Sittwe has been isolated as the state reels from a rising number of coronavirus cases.

Thailand Steps Up Moei River Patrols Against Illegal Migrants From Myanmar

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:02 AM PDT

Thailand has increased patrols along its border with Myanmar and will ask employers to delay hiring workers from the country amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Rakhine.