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• ‘New City’ on Thai-Myanmar Border Part of BRI Despite China’s Denials, Developer Claims
• Myanmar Sets Another Daily COVID-19 Record With 107 New Cases
• Myanmar Garment Factories Report 75% Fall in Orders Amid COVID-19
• Myanmar Archbishop Urges Citizens to Go Vote
• Myanmar Authorities Hunt More Than 4,000 Returnees from Rakhine in COVID-19 Clampdown
• NLD Chief Minister of Myanmar’s Kayah State Impeached
• Nearly 7,000 Candidates Approved to Run in Myanmar’s November Election
• Beijing, Prague Exchange Protests Over Czech Senate Leader’s Taiwan Trip

‘New City’ on Thai-Myanmar Border Part of BRI Despite China’s Denials, Developer Claims Posted: 01 Sep 2020 07:03 AM PDT In a bizarre statement, Yatai IHG also insists it is not behind illegal gambling going on at the site, while revealing plans for a 'twin city' project on the Thai side.

Myanmar Sets Another Daily COVID-19 Record With 107 New Cases Posted: 01 Sep 2020 05:07 AM PDT Myanmar reported 107 new cases of COVID-19—all but two of them locally transmitted—in five states and regions on Monday.

Myanmar Garment Factories Report 75% Fall in Orders Amid COVID-19 Posted: 01 Sep 2020 05:01 AM PDT Clothing bosses in Yangon say they have received as little as 20 percent of last year's orders as COVID-19 hammers consumer demand in the US and EU.

Myanmar Archbishop Urges Citizens to Go Vote Posted: 01 Sep 2020 02:48 AM PDT Amid the 'No Vote' campaign, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo says voters should back parties that support peace, federalism and democracy.

Myanmar Authorities Hunt More Than 4,000 Returnees from Rakhine in COVID-19 Clampdown Posted: 01 Sep 2020 02:40 AM PDT Yangon's health chiefs say thousands of people who returned from coronavirus-hit Rakhine State during August cannot be traced for testing and quarantine.

NLD Chief Minister of Myanmar’s Kayah State Impeached Posted: 01 Sep 2020 01:55 AM PDT Kayah State Chief Minister L. Phaung Sho of the NLD has become the first state leader to be constitutionally impeached after state MPs voted in support of his removal.

Nearly 7,000 Candidates Approved to Run in Myanmar’s November Election Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:49 PM PDT Dozens of applicants rejected due to issues with citizenship and false information; one serving Rakhine State MP disqualified for alleged ties to Arakan Army.

Beijing, Prague Exchange Protests Over Czech Senate Leader’s Taiwan Trip Posted: 31 Aug 2020 09:34 PM PDT China has vowed retribution after the leader of the Czech senate visited Taiwan.

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