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- EU Honors Myanmar Rights Advocates at Fourth Schuman Awards
- Accountability Lacking as Civilian Casualties Mount in Myanmar’s Rakhine Conflict
- Fighting Blocks off Food Supplies to Myanmar’s Chin State Township
- Timeline: Irregularities & Significant Events from Toddler Rape Case in Myanmar
- Myanmar Ministers Survive Attack on Military Chopper in Rakhine
- Myanmar’s Garment Factories Face Closure as Coronavirus Blocks Supplies
- World Bank: Myanmar Must Push Deeper Reform for Inclusive Economic Growth
- The Day a Pioneering Myanmar Education Reformer Was Killed
- Coronavirus Slows China’s Belt and Road Push
- Southeast Asia Courts Local Tourists as Virus Shuts Chinese Out
- Virus Death Toll Tops 2,000 in China; Hong Kong Sees 2nd Fatality
| EU Honors Myanmar Rights Advocates at Fourth Schuman Awards Posted: 19 Feb 2020 07:08 AM PST  The EU has bestowed its Schuman Awards on a women's rights activist, a human rights lawyer and a satirical troupe who 'carry the flame of freedom for others' in Myanmar. |
| Accountability Lacking as Civilian Casualties Mount in Myanmar’s Rakhine Conflict Posted: 19 Feb 2020 06:48 AM PST  The Rakhine conflict is increasingly marked by civilian casualties, for which neither of the warring parties is being held accountable. |
| Fighting Blocks off Food Supplies to Myanmar’s Chin State Township Posted: 19 Feb 2020 05:15 AM PST  Fighting between Myanmar's army and the Arakan Army has blocked food supplies to Paletwa in Chin State and left hundreds of civilians stranded. |
| Timeline: Irregularities & Significant Events from Toddler Rape Case in Myanmar Posted: 19 Feb 2020 04:50 AM PST  The Irrawaddy provides an overview of key events and controversies in the prominent child-rape case while the culprit is still at large. |
| Myanmar Ministers Survive Attack on Military Chopper in Rakhine Posted: 19 Feb 2020 04:46 AM PST  A helicopter with the Union minister for social welfare and the Rakhine State chief minister aboard was shot Wednesday as the two went to visit an IDP camp. |
| Myanmar’s Garment Factories Face Closure as Coronavirus Blocks Supplies Posted: 19 Feb 2020 02:51 AM PST  Myanmar's garment factories might be forced to close as China's coronavirus restricts the imports of raw materials. |
| World Bank: Myanmar Must Push Deeper Reform for Inclusive Economic Growth Posted: 19 Feb 2020 02:29 AM PST  A new World Bank report says Myanmar's current reforms fall short and urges steps to address economic mismanagement, resource exploitation, conflict and social exclusion. |
| The Day a Pioneering Myanmar Education Reformer Was Killed Posted: 18 Feb 2020 10:16 PM PST  On this day in 1957, education reformer U Kaung died in a car crash in India. He initiated free education, expanded the school curriculum and promoted foreign study. |
| Coronavirus Slows China’s Belt and Road Push Posted: 18 Feb 2020 09:30 PM PST  The coronavirus outbreak has dealt a blow to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative across Asia, leaving Chinese staff unable to access projects, and cutting supply lines. |
| Southeast Asia Courts Local Tourists as Virus Shuts Chinese Out Posted: 18 Feb 2020 09:16 PM PST  With restrictions on Chinese tourists due to the coronavirus costing billions of dollars, Southeast Asian travel firms, hotels and airlines are wooing domestic tourists. |
| Virus Death Toll Tops 2,000 in China; Hong Kong Sees 2nd Fatality Posted: 18 Feb 2020 08:40 PM PST  China's death toll from the coronavirus has passed 2,000 with more than 74,000 infections; Hong Kong has reported its second fatality. |
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