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Chinese national flags flying on the border between Kokang and China’s Nansan township in Lincang, southwest China’s Yunnan province. Photo: AFP
February 7, 2020
Migrant workers returning to Myanmar from China’s Yunnan province because of coronavirus fears are walking away from their jobs without receiving the...
February 7, 2020
With many migrant workers returning to Myanmar from China because of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) thermal scanners have been installed at border...
Kachin Manau Park, Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State
February 7, 2020
After a controversy over its name, leading to its cancellation in January, the Manau festival in Myitkyina has been rescheduled from February 5 to 12...
February 7, 2020
Members of the Chin National Front (CNF) said they will boycott the 72nd Chin National Day in Thangtlang town after the government denied the...
February 7, 2020
Youth in Hakha, capital of Chin State, are opposing a shopping mall the government wants to build at the location of their football ground. “I think...
February 7, 2020
An Ann Township resident charged under Myanmar’s counter-terrorism law was acquitted by the Kyaukphyu District Court and released on February 4...
February 7, 2020
Internet access has again been blocked in five townships of western Myanmar, just over a month after parliamentarians and activists demonstrated...
Bangkok Post | Pedestrians wearing face masks cross a road during the Lunar New Year of the Rat public holiday in Hong Kong on Jan 27 as a preventative measure following the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
February 6, 2020
Sai Wansai — When novel coronavirus exploded with a vengeance in China’s Wuhan, Hubei Province, the first worry for the people of Burma or Myanmar is...
February 6, 2020
Mon people must pay close attention to conserve the Mon ethnic nationality in order to prevent it from disappearing. The Chair of the New Mon State...
Opium poppies at a poppy field near Pekon township, southern Shan State. Photo: EPA
February 6, 2020
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar declined a further 11% in 2019 to 33,100 hectares (ha), according to the Myanmar Opium Survey released yesterday...
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February 6, 2020
Suu Myat May Zaw — Dr. Thinn Thinn Hlaing from Bago Region, Public Health Department, Vaccination and Infectious Disease Unit said that 37 Chinese...
February 6, 2020
The government shut down internet access again in Rakhine and Chin states. Internet services in Rathaytaung, Buthitaung, Maungdaw, Myaebon townships...