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• Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 20,000
• With No One on the Streets to Make Merit, a Myanmar Bird Seller Struggles to Get By
• Ahead of Poll, Myanmar Public’s Trust in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Rises: Survey
• Myanmar’s Military and Arakan Army Suffer Casualties in Heavy Clashes
• Myanmar’s 1990 Election: Born of a Democratic Uprising, Ignored by the Military
• Lockdown Extension Leaves Yangon Factory Workers Broke, Facing Eviction: Myanmar Labor Groups
• Trump Eager to Debate Biden, Claims to Be Free of COVID Symptoms
• Worries Grow Among Japanese Firms in SE Asia as COVID-19 Cases Surge

Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 20,000 Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:12 AM PDT Myanmar has stepped up coronavirus checks to more than 8,000 per day since the arrival of antigen testing kits.

With No One on the Streets to Make Merit, a Myanmar Bird Seller Struggles to Get By Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:08 AM PDT Risking his health, a Yangon bird seller waits for the few pedestrians still looking to make merit on the streets of the city's Hledan quarter amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

Ahead of Poll, Myanmar Public’s Trust in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Rises: Survey Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:49 AM PDT A survey by Myanmar's leading poll monitor found that the level of public trust in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has risen to 79 percent from 70 percent last year.

Myanmar’s Military and Arakan Army Suffer Casualties in Heavy Clashes Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:09 AM PDT Sources say fighting is for control of major river and road links across Rakhine State.

Myanmar’s 1990 Election: Born of a Democratic Uprising, Ignored by the Military Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:02 AM PDT After the National League for Democracy won 90 percent of the vote in the first democratic election in 30 years, military leaders refused to hand over power in 1990.

Lockdown Extension Leaves Yangon Factory Workers Broke, Facing Eviction: Myanmar Labor Groups Posted: 07 Oct 2020 12:50 AM PDT Despite government promises of help, many factory workers in Yangon are destitute, as they have been unpaid since the COVID-19 lockdown was extended, labor groups say.

Trump Eager to Debate Biden, Claims to Be Free of COVID Symptoms Posted: 06 Oct 2020 10:29 PM PDT Insisting that he is recovering from COVID-19, US President Donald Trump said he intends to go ahead with his second debate against Democratic rival Joe Biden next week.

Worries Grow Among Japanese Firms in SE Asia as COVID-19 Cases Surge Posted: 06 Oct 2020 10:16 PM PDT In Myanmar and elsewhere in the region, Japanese firms face disruptions as factory workers are subject to restrictions and a rising danger of coronavirus infection.

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