The Irrawaddy Magazine |
- Myanmar Rebel Coalition Calls for Military to Extend Ceasefire to Rakhine
- Myanmar Hostels Cut Rent as COVID-19 Closures Hit Workers
- All Signs Point to a Worsening of Myanmar’s Rakhine Conflict
- Mandalay Steps Up Mask Campaign with Fines as City Begins to Reopen
- Myanmar to Receive $2B in COVID-19 Relief from Int’l Development Organizations
- Younger Myanmar Military Officers Promoted to Key Roles in Reshuffle
- One Flew Over the Pigeon’s Nest
- China’s Wuhan Reports First Coronavirus Cluster Since Lifting Lockdown
- The Day a Renowned Rakhine Buddhist Scholar Died
| Myanmar Rebel Coalition Calls for Military to Extend Ceasefire to Rakhine Posted: 11 May 2020 06:43 AM PDT  Ethnic armed groups say the Myanmar military must extend its recently announced unilateral ceasefire to include conflict zones in Rakhine and Chin states. |
| Myanmar Hostels Cut Rent as COVID-19 Closures Hit Workers Posted: 11 May 2020 06:32 AM PDT  Numerous hostels in Yangon's industrial hub, Hlaing Tharyar, are helping tenants cope with the closure of their factories. |
| All Signs Point to a Worsening of Myanmar’s Rakhine Conflict Posted: 11 May 2020 05:22 AM PDT  With the military's new ceasefire excluding Rakhine State, and a tough young general promoted to Tatmadaw HQ, the war with the Arakan Army can only get worse. |
| Mandalay Steps Up Mask Campaign with Fines as City Begins to Reopen Posted: 11 May 2020 04:59 AM PDT  Mandalay and other cities have begun issuing fines to anyone found outside with their face uncovered. |
| Myanmar to Receive $2B in COVID-19 Relief from Int’l Development Organizations Posted: 11 May 2020 02:28 AM PDT  The support would fund the implementation of Myanmar's COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan (CERP) to mitigate the economic impacts of the pandemic. |
| Younger Myanmar Military Officers Promoted to Key Roles in Reshuffle Posted: 11 May 2020 02:04 AM PDT  In an apparent bid to retain his influence after he retires, military chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing has handed out key promotions to a number of younger officers. |
| One Flew Over the Pigeon’s Nest Posted: 11 May 2020 12:22 AM PDT  In its implausible account of her 'adventures' in military-ruled Myanmar, Amaryllis Fox's dishonest, self-serving memoir typifies too much Western writing on the country. |
| China’s Wuhan Reports First Coronavirus Cluster Since Lifting Lockdown Posted: 10 May 2020 10:45 PM PDT  The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the COVID-19 pandemic began, has reported its first cluster of new infections since lifting its lockdown a month ago. |
| The Day a Renowned Rakhine Buddhist Scholar Died Posted: 10 May 2020 06:44 PM PDT  On this day in 1932, renowned Buddhist scholar U Shwe Zan Aung, who made the first translation of the ancient Buddha Abhidhamma texts into English, passed away. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Irrawaddy. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
