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Thursday, December 3, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Japan’s Stepped-Up Negotiating Role a Welcome Development in Myanmar
Myanmar’s NLD MPs Can Scrutinize NLD Governments: Party Deputy
Myanmar’s Election Body Rejects Military Moves to Seize Voting Documents
Japanese PM Suga Vows to Utilize Ocean to Achieve Zero-Carbon World
Britain Approves Pfizer Vaccine for COVID-19
Will the Position of State Counselor be Renewed by Myanmar’s New Government?

Japan’s Stepped-Up Negotiating Role a Welcome Development in Myanmar

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 03:06 AM PST

The trust that Japan enjoys on both sides of the Rakhine conflict has already yielded results on the ground; the same cannot be said of other foreign negotiators.

Myanmar’s NLD MPs Can Scrutinize NLD Governments: Party Deputy

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 01:58 AM PST

The National League for Democracy's vice-chairman, Dr. Zaw Myint Maung, says an opposition is not essential when holding NLD regional governments to account.

Myanmar’s Election Body Rejects Military Moves to Seize Voting Documents

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 12:29 AM PST

Myanmar's military says it is carrying out a probe into voter fraud claims made by its defeated political allies.

Japanese PM Suga Vows to Utilize Ocean to Achieve Zero-Carbon World

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 10:19 PM PST

Fourteen world leaders have released a manifesto outlining how their countries will prioritize ocean conservation without impinging on economic activity.

Britain Approves Pfizer Vaccine for COVID-19

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 10:12 PM PST

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government would start the biggest vaccination in the UK's history, now that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has been approved there.