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Labors work on the roof of a building at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on the outskirt of Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
Foreign investments flow into the Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
Foreign investments of US$84.267 million have flowed into the Special Economic Zones (SEZs), under the Special Economic Zone Law, as of 6 March in...
Warning and precaution in helping to avoid spreading the Corona Virus, inside an elevator at a office tower in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 March 2020. Photo: EPA
UN staff member in Myanmar tests positive for COVID-19
The United Nations Myanmar office has just confirmed that one of their international staff who has just returned from Switzerland has tested positive...
Photo: Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar
Myanmar COVID-19 cases rise to eight
The Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports has added 3 new cases of COVID-19 out of 62 quarantined suspects in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw bringing the...
Rakhine people who fled from an area struck by conflict between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army, gather at the Nan Shwe Gu Monastery's temporary camps in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, 15 March 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
UNHCR voices concern over mounting Myanmar casualties
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has expressed concern over reports of mounting civilian casualties and growing displacement triggered by the latest...
World Bank rep arrives in Myanmar and self-quarantines in COVID-19 era
The new World Bank Country Director for Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao PDR, Mariam Sherman, has just arrived in Myanmar is taking 14 days to “self-...
People wearing masks wait outside a City Mart supermarket in Yangon, Myanmar, 24 March 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
Myanmar CSOs issue statement of concern over rights during the COVID-19 crisis
An extensive list of 200 Myanmar civil society organizations (CSOs) today issued a joint statement voicing concern about how the Myanmar authorities...
People wear masks at the arrival lounge at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
Myanmar bans international passenger flight arrivals
Myanmar's Yangon International Airport has announced that all international commercial passenger flights will not be allowed in all Myanmar airports...
Myanmar workers wearing protective face masks. Photo: EPA
Myanmar logs two more COVID-19 cases
Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports has notified the public of two more COVID-19 cases bringing the total confirmed cases to 10 in the first week...
Myawady Trade Zone is Myanmar’s second largest border trading post. Photo: MNA
Myanmar-Thailand trade through Htikhee border falls
Bilateral trade between Thailand and Myanmar through the Htikhee border between 1 October and 20 March in the 2019-2020 financial years sharply fell...
People cross a nearly empty street in Yangon as authorities handle cases of COVID-19 coronavirus on March 29, 2020. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
UN to send 50,000 more COVID-19 test kits to Myanmar
The United Nations in Myanmar is taking energetic steps to support the Government of Myanmar in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, which is now...

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