| Volunteers Help Myanmar Migrant Workers Register to Vote in Thailand Posted: 05 Aug 2020 07:17 AM PDT  Volunteers are helping Thailand's large population of migrant voters, many of whom are voting for the first time, register to cast ballots early. |
| Myanmar Health Experts Fear Public Complacency Could Lead to Second Wave of COVID-19 Posted: 05 Aug 2020 04:28 AM PDT  Health authorities need to get tougher about enforcing COVID-19 prevention measures to instil a 'new normal' among the public, experts warned amid fears of a second wave. |
| Myanmar OKs Venture With Japan’s AEON to Build Country’s Biggest Mall in Yangon Posted: 05 Aug 2020 03:14 AM PDT  Myanmar's investment agency has approved a venture between local firm Shwe Taung and Japan's AEON, which will build the country's largest mall in Dagon Seikan Township. |
| Chair of Myanmar Military Proxy Party Will Run for Parliament Posted: 05 Aug 2020 03:06 AM PDT  U Than Htay, chair of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, will run for a Lower House seat in Naypyitaw's Zayarthiri Township, which the party won in both 2010 and 2015. |
| Myanmar Govt Restores Internet in Rakhine, Locals Complain of Weak Signal Posted: 05 Aug 2020 01:59 AM PDT  After a year-long internet blackout, 2G service has resumed in western Myanmar's conflict zones but locals say the signal is weak and telecom firms appear to be limiting access. |
| Love of the Lingo Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:17 PM PDT  To mark Monday's passing of John Okell, a noted British instructor of the Burmese language, The Irrawaddy revisits this 2015 profile of the much-loved teacher. |
| Philippines Begins Avigan Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Treatment Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:13 PM PDT  Clinical trials of the Japanese drug Avigan have begun in the Philippines as a possible treatment for COVID-19. |
| China Raps US for Using National Security as Reason to Bully TikTok Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:07 PM PDT  Beijing has urged the US to allow an open investment environment after President Trump vowed to shut down Chinese-owned app TikTok's US operations if they weren't sold. |
| Massive Blast in Beirut Kills at Least 73, Injures 3,700 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 09:39 PM PDT  A huge explosion in Beirut, believed to have originated at a facility storing ammonium nitrate, has killed more than 70 people and injured some 3,700. |
This week, Myanmar moved to join an Indo-Pacific economic pact and approved over US$500 million in investments, including $180 million for what will be Myanmar's largest mall.
This week, The Irrawaddy talks with migrant advocates U Htoo Chit and U Aung Kyaw about whether Myanmar migrants abroad will actually be able to vote in November's election.
