Tuesday, January 21, 2020

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Hundreds of Snakes Released in Myanmar’s Shan State to Fight Rampaging Rodents

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 07:29 AM PST

The government of Shan State is providing villages with nonvenomous snakes to fight an infestation of rats that has wiped out rice crops.

Myanmar President Sends Report on Massacres of Rohingya by Security Forces to Military Chief for More Prosecutions

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 06:02 AM PST

ICOE report details mass killings of nearly 1,000 people, other atrocities; the President concurs with its recommendations of prosecutions in civilian, military courts.

Ex-Tanintharyi Region Chief Minister to Face Corruption Charges

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 05:52 AM PST

Former Tanintharyi chief minister Daw Lei Lei Maw and three business chiefs face up to 15 years in jail over corruption claims.

Virgin Mary Statue Destroyed in Myanmar’s Shan State; Ethnic Kayan Accuse Pa-O Militia

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 05:43 AM PST

Kayan leaders are calling on authorities in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone to act after a statue of the Virgin Mary belonging to a catholic Kayan community was destroyed.

Arakan Army Releases Myanmar MP Held Since November

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 04:30 AM PST

NLD parliamentarian U Whei Tin has been released by the Arakan Army, which claimed he was spying for Myanmar's army.

China Pledges 4 Billion Yuan in Aid to Myanmar

Posted: 21 Jan 2020 01:12 AM PST

During his recent visit to Myanmar, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China will give Myanmar over US$580 million in development aid over the next three years.

President Xi Jinping’s Myanmar Excursion: A Historical View

Posted: 20 Jan 2020 10:59 PM PST

Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit is being hailed as a success, but both sides should be wary of pitfalls in the deepening relationship.

China Reports Fourth Death as New Virus Infection Among Humans Confirmed

Posted: 20 Jan 2020 10:19 PM PST

A fourth person has died of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus in Wuhan, China; human-to-human transmission has been confirmed.

Malaysia Ships Plastic Waste Back to France, Britain, Japan

Posted: 20 Jan 2020 10:16 PM PST

Malaysia has sent 150 containers of plastic waste that entered the country illegally back to the US, Britain, France, Japan and a number of other countries.

China’s ‘Mermaid Descendants’ Weave Final Garments From Skin of Fish

Posted: 20 Jan 2020 09:58 PM PST

To preserve their tradition of making clothes from fish skin, elderly people from the Hezhen ethnic minority in China's northeast are looking outside the community. 
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