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• Myanmar Military Questions Authenticity of Soldiers’ Confessions on Rakhine Atrocities
• Myanmar Election Campaign Muted by COVID-19
• During High-Level Visit, China Takes Note of Myanmar’s ‘High Standards’ on BRI Projects
• Myanmar’s Main Opposition Party Accuses NLD of COVID-19 Rules Breach During Campaign
• Myanmar Reports 12th COVID-19 Death
• Dozens of Aides to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Quarantined
• Beijing Expects Japan’s Next PM to Be Conciliatory Amid US-China Tensions
• ASEAN Talks Begin With Pandemic, S. China Sea, Rohingya on Agenda

Myanmar Military Questions Authenticity of Soldiers’ Confessions on Rakhine Atrocities Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:08 AM PDT Legal experts also say Myanmar troops' videotaped confessions to killing Rohingya civilians may have been made under duress while in AA custody and might not hold up in court.

Myanmar Election Campaign Muted by COVID-19 Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:08 AM PDT Candidates struggle with coronavirus restrictions – on top of security, transport and internet troubles – as the general election campaign starts with a whimper.

During High-Level Visit, China Takes Note of Myanmar’s ‘High Standards’ on BRI Projects Posted: 09 Sep 2020 03:02 AM PDT When Beijing sent a member of its elite Politburo to press for implementation of China's BRI projects, Myanmar officials stressed the need for 'quality investment'.

Myanmar’s Main Opposition Party Accuses NLD of COVID-19 Rules Breach During Campaign Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:18 AM PDT Campaigners from the National League for Democracy gathered in large numbers in the capital, Naypyitaw, breaking health guidelines, claims the USDP's chairman.

Myanmar Reports 12th COVID-19 Death Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:53 AM PDT Four coronavirus deaths have occurred in 12 hours as Yangon's case numbers overtake those in Rakhine State.

Dozens of Aides to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Quarantined Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:05 PM PDT Nearly 30 staff of the Union President's Office and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's State Counselor's Office have been quarantined after an official tested positive for COVID-19.

Beijing Expects Japan’s Next PM to Be Conciliatory Amid US-China Tensions Posted: 08 Sep 2020 10:55 PM PDT China is expecting the likely next Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, to continue outgoing leader Shinzo Abe's conciliatory attitude toward Beijing.

ASEAN Talks Begin With Pandemic, S. China Sea, Rohingya on Agenda Posted: 08 Sep 2020 10:46 PM PDT ASEAN foreign ministers are meeting via videoconference to discuss COVID-19, the South China Sea dispute and the failure to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.

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