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- Myanmar Military Begins Treating Civilian COVID-19 Patients as Govt Facilities Struggle to Cope
- Many Myanmar Migrants in Thailand To Be Denied Vote as Extra Polling Stations Ruled Out
- Chinese Companies Flocking to Southern Myanmar’s Industrial Complex Megaproject
- Rakhine Villagers Defy COVID-19 Lockdown to Flee Myanmar’s Military Offensive
- Myanmar Reports Over 1,000 COVID-19 Cases in a Day
- Clothing Factories Forced to Close in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region After COVID-19 Cases
- Westerner Behind the Wheel
- Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Arrested for 2019 Mask Protest
- The Day the Leader of a Historic Challenge to British Rule Died
| Myanmar Military Begins Treating Civilian COVID-19 Patients as Govt Facilities Struggle to Cope Posted: 25 Sep 2020 07:11 AM PDT  The Tatmadaw has admitted 150 civilian COVID-19 patients at a military medical center in Yangon as government facilities struggle to cope with the soaring caseload. |
| Many Myanmar Migrants in Thailand To Be Denied Vote as Extra Polling Stations Ruled Out Posted: 25 Sep 2020 06:32 AM PDT  Many Myanmar migrants in Thailand won't be able to vote in the upcoming election, as polling stations outside Bangkok and Chiang Mai have been ruled out due to COVID-19. |
| Chinese Companies Flocking to Southern Myanmar’s Industrial Complex Megaproject Posted: 25 Sep 2020 03:44 AM PDT  Chinese investors are far outpacing their Japanese and Thai counterparts in proposing projects for the $8-billion Dawei Special Economic Zone in Tanintharyi Region. |
| Rakhine Villagers Defy COVID-19 Lockdown to Flee Myanmar’s Military Offensive Posted: 25 Sep 2020 02:39 AM PDT  Nearly 3,000 villagers have fled their homes after naval shelling and the threat of military raids in response to alleged action by the Arakan Army. |
| Myanmar Reports Over 1,000 COVID-19 Cases in a Day Posted: 25 Sep 2020 02:30 AM PDT  Twenty deaths were reported in a single day in Myanmar as Yangon, at the center of the outbreak, looks for a different strategy. |
| Clothing Factories Forced to Close in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region After COVID-19 Cases Posted: 25 Sep 2020 02:20 AM PDT  Four staff in Pathein factories have tested positive for coronavirus, forcing a two-week closure for all garment operations across the region. |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2020 01:03 AM PDT  In the sixth and final installment of his series on driving outside Yangon, Oliver Hargreave visits sacred pagodas and majestic palaces in the Mon heartland and Bago. |
| Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Arrested for 2019 Mask Protest Posted: 24 Sep 2020 10:12 PM PDT  Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested Thursday for demonstrating last year against a law that aimed to prevent pro-democracy protesters from concealing their faces. |
| The Day the Leader of a Historic Challenge to British Rule Died Posted: 24 Sep 2020 07:00 PM PDT  On this day 77 years ago Myanmar lost Thakin Pho Hla Gyi, a pivotal figure in the struggle for independence and workers' rights, to cancer at the age of just 35. |
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