The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Claiming Electoral Fraud, Myanmar Military and Proxy Party Calls Special Parliament Session
• No Security Guarantees Made for Rakhine Voting: Myanmar Government
• Local Militia Officer Behind Controversial Chinese Casino Hub on Thai-Myanmar Border Quits
• China Has to Remove Any Permanent Border Fences in Buffer Zone: Myanmar President Office
• Myanmar, China to Conduct Feasibility Study on Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Rail Link
• More Thais Returning From Casinos in Myanmar Test Positive for COVID-19
• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Takes Over Party’s Top Position From Late Father
• Indonesia Locates ‘Black Box’ Recorders From Crashed Airliner
• The Day the Burma Road Between Myanmar and China Opened

Claiming Electoral Fraud, Myanmar Military and Proxy Party Calls Special Parliament Session Posted: 11 Jan 2021 06:06 AM PST Aiming to discredit the NLD's landslide victory, the military and Union Solidarity and Development Party have pressed to take the election fraud claims to parliament.

No Security Guarantees Made for Rakhine Voting: Myanmar Government Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:36 AM PST Voting for most Rakhine State residents was canceled ahead of the November 8 general election amid fears of Arakan Army violence.

Local Militia Officer Behind Controversial Chinese Casino Hub on Thai-Myanmar Border Quits Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:09 AM PST Major Saw Maw Tho of the Karen BGF reportedly resigned under pressure from the Myanmar military over illicit activities at the China-backed Shwe Kokko project in Myawaddy.

China Has to Remove Any Permanent Border Fences in Buffer Zone: Myanmar President Office Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:02 AM PST China says it has erected border fencing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but Myanmar says it encroaches on neutral land.

Myanmar, China to Conduct Feasibility Study on Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Rail Link Posted: 11 Jan 2021 02:13 AM PST After a year of talks, China's CREEG and Myanma Railways have inked an MoU to begin a study on constructing the Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Railway, part of Beijing's BRI scheme.

More Thais Returning From Casinos in Myanmar Test Positive for COVID-19 Posted: 10 Jan 2021 11:22 PM PST Despite a Myanmar government-ordered 'lockdown', gambling operations in Myawaddy continue to fuel illegal movement back and forth across the Thai border.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Takes Over Party’s Top Position From Late Father Posted: 10 Jan 2021 09:16 PM PST The leader was elected general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at its first congress in five years.

Indonesia Locates ‘Black Box’ Recorders From Crashed Airliner Posted: 10 Jan 2021 09:04 PM PST The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 crashed into the sea off Jakarta on Saturday with 62 people aboard.

The Day the Burma Road Between Myanmar and China Opened Posted: 09 Jan 2021 06:00 PM PST On this day in 1939, colonial authorities opened the Burma Road, creating a short-lived lifeline for Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese nationalist forces fighting the Japanese.

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