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• China Provides High-Tech COVID-19 Lab in Wa State
• Online Myanmar Library Founder David Arnott Dies
• Mitsubishi to Supply Myanmar With Train Cars for Two Railway Line Upgrades
• Military’s Call for Copies of Voting Documents ‘Unlawful’: Myanmar’s Election Body
• Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 100,000
• Ethnic Armed Groups in Myanmar’s Shan State Clash in Territorial Dispute
• COVID-19 Taking Huge Toll on Myanmar Manufacturing, Service Sectors, World Bank Says
• China’s Growing Influence in Myanmar Ethnic States Raises Alarm
• South Korea to Consider Joining TPP Trade Pact, President Moon Says

China Provides High-Tech COVID-19 Lab in Wa State Posted: 08 Dec 2020 05:21 AM PST The United Wa State Army has unveiled a coronavirus lab that can test more than 30 swabs per hour using the latest Chinese technology.

Online Myanmar Library Founder David Arnott Dies Posted: 08 Dec 2020 05:01 AM PST Arnott set up the Online Burma/Myanmar Library to help establish democracy and human rights in the country.

Mitsubishi to Supply Myanmar With Train Cars for Two Railway Line Upgrades Posted: 08 Dec 2020 03:46 AM PST The Japanese company has inked deals worth 69 billion yen to supply carriages for the Yangon Circular and Yangon-Mandalay railway projects.

Military’s Call for Copies of Voting Documents ‘Unlawful’: Myanmar’s Election Body Posted: 08 Dec 2020 02:53 AM PST The Union Election Commission says it has no legal obligation to provide documents related to voting.

Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 100,000 Posted: 08 Dec 2020 02:31 AM PST Yangon residents have been asked to follow coronavirus rules after crowds have repeatedly gathered in the city that has seen 92.7 percent of Myanmar's COVID-19 deaths.

Ethnic Armed Groups in Myanmar’s Shan State Clash in Territorial Dispute Posted: 08 Dec 2020 01:40 AM PST The Ta'ang National Liberation Army and Restoration Council of Shan State have clashed, accusing each other of invading their territory.

COVID-19 Taking Huge Toll on Myanmar Manufacturing, Service Sectors, World Bank Says Posted: 08 Dec 2020 01:20 AM PST Nearly half of businesses in the two sectors don't expect to survive, the World Bank's survey for October shows.

China’s Growing Influence in Myanmar Ethnic States Raises Alarm Posted: 07 Dec 2020 10:50 PM PST Alarm bells should be ringing in Naypyitaw over China's 'salami slicing' strategy in border regions with its neighbors.

South Korea to Consider Joining TPP Trade Pact, President Moon Says Posted: 07 Dec 2020 10:14 PM PST For the first time, South Korea's president has raised the prospect of Asia's fourth-largest economy joining the 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.

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