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- European Firms, Local Dealers Slam Govt’s Tax-Free Car Import Scheme
- AA Releases Executive of Myanmar Military-Backed Mytel, Driver
- Kachin NGOs Ask for Mask Donations for IDPs Near China-Myanmar Border
- Myanmar University Rector Forced to Retire Over Dodgy Contract
- Where are the Assassins?
- A Hero to Remember
- ICJ Gives The Gambia, Myanmar Just Six Months to Prepare Pleadings in Genocide Case
- Rakhine IDPs Top 160,000; More Aid Needed
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Chastises Myanmar Student Protesters
- Ethnic Voters Face Disenfranchisement in Myanmar’s 2020 Election
- India, Bangladesh Consider Evacuating Citizens From China’s Wuhan
- China Virus Toll Passes 130; US Weighs Flight Ban
| European Firms, Local Dealers Slam Govt’s Tax-Free Car Import Scheme Posted: 29 Jan 2020 06:37 AM PST  European firms and car companies in Myanmar are urging the government to drop a plan to allow civil servants to import cars tax-free, saying the move is bad for business. |
| AA Releases Executive of Myanmar Military-Backed Mytel, Driver Posted: 29 Jan 2020 06:31 AM PST  The Arakan Army has freed the Rakhine State director of military-backed telecom operator Mytel and his driver after a month in captivity. |
| Kachin NGOs Ask for Mask Donations for IDPs Near China-Myanmar Border Posted: 29 Jan 2020 06:24 AM PST  Shops have sold out of face masks along the Chinese border as fears about the coronavirus grow. NGOs are asking people to send masks for the crowded IDP camps. |
| Myanmar University Rector Forced to Retire Over Dodgy Contract Posted: 29 Jan 2020 06:07 AM PST  Mandalay University's rector is being forced to retire for breaching government rules about transparent bidding over a new food court. |
| Posted: 29 Jan 2020 05:59 AM PST  To mark the third anniversary of the assassination of lawyer U Ko Ni, The Irrawaddy revisits an article calling for justice in his case. |
| Posted: 29 Jan 2020 05:51 AM PST  To mark the third anniversary of the assassination of lawyer U Ko Ni, The Irrawaddy revisits an editorial published in the wake of his death in 2017. |
| ICJ Gives The Gambia, Myanmar Just Six Months to Prepare Pleadings in Genocide Case Posted: 29 Jan 2020 04:09 AM PST  In a sign that it wants to expedite the Rohingya genocide case, the ICJ has given The Gambia and Myanmar an unexpectedly brief six months each to file their pleadings. |
| Rakhine IDPs Top 160,000; More Aid Needed Posted: 29 Jan 2020 04:05 AM PST  A local Rakhine group says over 160,000 people have been displaced by fighting in northern Rakhine State and the number continues to swell along with calls for more aid. |
| Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Chastises Myanmar Student Protesters Posted: 29 Jan 2020 03:12 AM PST  The State Counselor reproached university students who raised signs in protest at government education policies during a speech she gave in Naypyitaw on Tuesday. |
| Ethnic Voters Face Disenfranchisement in Myanmar’s 2020 Election Posted: 29 Jan 2020 02:55 AM PST  The legitimacy of the 2020 election is threatened by the exclusion of millions of ethnic voters working overseas. Reforms are needed to ensure their participation. |
| India, Bangladesh Consider Evacuating Citizens From China’s Wuhan Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:23 PM PST  Indian, Bangladeshi governments say they are in negotiations to bring citizens home from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the worsening coronavirus outbreak. |
| China Virus Toll Passes 130; US Weighs Flight Ban Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:08 PM PST  The White House is reportedly considering suspending flights between the US and China as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak passes 130. |
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