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- Fears Grow for IDPs in Myanmar’s Rakhine as COVID-19 Outbreak Disrupts Food, Health Services
- China’s Top Foreign Policy Official to Visit Myanmar
- Popular Kachin Party Calls for Abolition of China-Backed Dam in Election Policy Platform
- Myanmar’s Military Blamed for Two Rakhine Civilian Deaths
- Myanmar Police Station in Lockdown After Chief Fails COVID-19 Test
- Thailand Steps Up Moei River Patrols Against Illegal Migrants From Myanmar
- Japan’s Foreign Policy Likely to Continue on Path Set by Abe
| Fears Grow for IDPs in Myanmar’s Rakhine as COVID-19 Outbreak Disrupts Food, Health Services Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:09 AM PDT  With aid groups affected by lockdown orders and COVID-19 infections among staff, Rakhine State's IDP camps are suffering a lack of basic food and health-care services. |
| China’s Top Foreign Policy Official to Visit Myanmar Posted: 31 Aug 2020 06:00 AM PDT  China's foreign affairs supremo, Yang Jiechi, is expected to visit Myanmar at some point this week, the embassy in Yangon has announced. |
| Popular Kachin Party Calls for Abolition of China-Backed Dam in Election Policy Platform Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:54 AM PDT  In its 2020 election manifesto, the Kachin State People's Party vows to push for the scrapping of the suspended, China-backed Myitsone Dam project on the Irrawaddy River. |
| Myanmar’s Military Blamed for Two Rakhine Civilian Deaths Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:50 AM PDT  Amid raging COVID-19 in Rakhine, two civilians were allegedly shot dead by Myanmar's military last week. |
| Myanmar Police Station in Lockdown After Chief Fails COVID-19 Test Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:45 AM PDT  A police station in Rakhine State capital Sittwe has been isolated as the state reels from a rising number of coronavirus cases. |
| Thailand Steps Up Moei River Patrols Against Illegal Migrants From Myanmar Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:02 AM PDT  Thailand has increased patrols along its border with Myanmar and will ask employers to delay hiring workers from the country amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Rakhine. |
| Japan’s Foreign Policy Likely to Continue on Path Set by Abe Posted: 30 Aug 2020 09:44 PM PDT  The successor to outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to continue the long-serving premier's foreign policies, experts say. |
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