ASEAN
Brunei foreign minister to grapple with Myanmar crisis as Asean special envoy
Brunei foreign minister to grapple with Myanmar crisis as Asean special envoy The Straits Times
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Conflict
Bullets fall into China as fighting in N Myanmar breaks out
Bullets fall into China as fighting in N Myanmar breaks out CGTN
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Rising cry for civil war in Myanmar - Asia Times
As Myanmar’s crisis deepens amid a spiraling Covid outbreak, collapsing economy and repressive military coup, rising anger and insecurity are galvanizing calls for the shadow National Unity Governm…
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CDF Free Religious Leaders In Chin State | Burma News International
The Chinland Defence Force (CDF) in Hakha Township released a Catholic monk and a Baptist pastor that the civilian resistance group claimed it detained for allegedly reporting its activities to the Burma Army (BA). Catholic monk Rev Fr Noel Hrang Tin Thang and Pu Cung Hnin, the pastor, were detained on July 26 while on their way to Hakha town to visit the military, a CDF official said. CDF told Khonumthung News the duo from Surkhwa town was freed on August 4 after they promised to stop informing to the military. “They agreed to our demands and signed a promise.
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Coup
Campaign Links Myanmar’s 8888 Uprising With 2021 Anti-Regime Movement
On the 33rd anniversary of the 1988 protests on Sunday, people are being called on to show eight fingers on social media, wear red and throw red paint in the streets.
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Myanmar’s junta on a path of no return
The democracy-killing day everybody anticipated finally arrived on July 26. That day, Myanmar’s Union Election Commission (UEC), formed by the country’s military junta after staging a democracy-suspending coup on February 1, announced the official annulment of the 2020 general election result overwhelmingly won by the National League for Democracy (NLD). The annulment marked the second […]
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Ex-Thai Ambassador Rules Out Resolution of Myanmar Crisis by Force
Ex-Thai Ambassador Rules Out Resolution of Myanmar Crisis by Force UrduPoint News
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Two charged with Myanmar’s UN envoy death plot
US prosecutors said Friday they had charged two Myanmar citizens with plotting to attack the country’s UN ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tun, an outspoken supporter of the democracy movement who has refused junta orders to quit. In an alleged conspiracy foiled by US investigators, the pair spoke of hiring hitmen who would force Kyaw Moe Tun […]
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Prospects for a people’s war in Myanmar
BANGKOK – It has taken peaceful protests, bloody massacres, economic collapse and a lethal pandemic but six months after Myanmar’s military seized power from an elected government, one reality has become entirely clear: For all the anguished outrage and diplomatic hand-wringing, the “international community” is not coming to the rescue. The people of Myanmar are […]
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Blinken wants Myanmar junta to end the violence; expresses US concern about China's growing nuclear arsenal
Blinken wants Myanmar junta to end the violence; expresses US concern about China's growing nuclear arsenal The Star Online
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'Voodoo dolls' hurled at Myanmar embassy in Canberra amid calls for ambassador to reject military junta - ABC News
Activists say they are trying to convey the depth of anger among members of Australia's Myanmar community, who are disappointed the ambassador has not defected from the military junta.
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Senior US Diplomat Speaks With Myanmar’s Shadow Government
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke with Daw Zin Mar Aung, acting foreign minister in the National Unity Government.
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COVID
Myanmar Citizens Reject Junta’s Immunization Plans and Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines — Radio Free Asia
Doctors support vaccination but say they understand why people do not trust the military government.
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Imports of required medical supplies, COVID-19 devices continue
As the Ministry of Commerce is making continuous efforts to make sure import of anti-COVID-19 medicines, equipment and necessary medical […]
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Myanmar's unchecked epidemic threatens COVID-19 'tsunami'
Myanmar's unchecked epidemic threatens COVID-19 'tsunami' Nikkei Asia
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COVID-19: People in Myanmar forced to 'keep corpses in their homes for days' amid worsening third wave
COVID-19: People in Myanmar forced to 'keep corpses in their homes for days' amid worsening third wave Sky News
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COVID-19 infections rise to 322,838 in Myanmar
COVID-19 infections rise to 322,838 in Myanmar ANI News
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Myanmar Junta Vaccinating Prisoners Against COVID-19
Myanmar Junta Vaccinating Prisoners Against COVID-19 The Irrawaddy News Magazine
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The Burmese army is making a bad pandemic worse | The Economist
The covid-19 death rate is one of the highest in the world | Asia
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Economy
They Wait Hours to Withdraw Cash, but Most A.T.M.s Are Empty
Myanmar has been crippled by a cash shortage since the military seized power six months ago, plunging the Southeast Asian nation into a financial crisis.
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Japanese exodus from Myanmar accelerates
Japanese exodus from Myanmar accelerates NHK WORLD
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Refugees Facing Rising Food Costs as COVID-19 Restrictions Disrupts Supplies to Thai-Burma Border Camps | Burma News International
Restrictions imposed by public health officials to try to contain recent Covid-19 outbreaks and the spread of infections in Thailand, including in the refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border has resulted in a shortage of consumer goods getting to the refugee community. Refugee camp residents said the rising price of food items and shortages of food supplies in the camps because of COVID-19 restrictions is causing problems. Refugees told Karen News their situation will get more difficult the longer the epidemic continues and if travel restrictions remain.
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Healthcare
Funding gaps hampers WFP’s lifesaving operations as hunger deepens in Myanmar
YANGON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that its lifesaving operations in Myanmar are being held back by a major funding shortfall, with over 70 percent of its funding needs over the coming six months still unmet. A massive wave of COVID-19 infections currently surging throughout the country is compounding hunger, […]
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Badly Needed Doctors In Myanmar Are Being Hunted By Military For Opposing Coup : NPR
Myanmar is reeling under a new wave of COVID-19 infections. The health care system has all but collapsed as badly needed doctors are hunted by the military for their opposition to the Feb. 1 coup.
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Weather & Environment
Quake info: Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - Myanmar (Burma): 151km WSW of Burma, Myanmar, on 2021-08-07 01:46:07 IST
Quake info: Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - Myanmar (Burma): 151km WSW of Burma, Myanmar, on 2021-08-07 01:46:07 IST VolcanoDiscovery
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