Around the clock, Yangon’s volunteer charity workers keep COVID patients supplied with oxygen and deliver them to hospitals—or crematoriums and cemeteries.
World Bank halts payment requests on Myanmar projects made after February coup
The World Bank has halted payments to projects in Myanmar on withdrawal requests that were made after a February 1 coup by the country’s military, the bank …
World Bank halts payment requests on Myanmar projects made after February coup
The World Bank has halted payments to projects in Myanmar on withdrawal requests that were made after a February 1 coup by the country’s military, the bank …
Over 400,000 Myanmar Civil Servants Still on Strike Against Military Regime
By some estimates, the number of staff who have joined the Civil Disobedience Movement since the coup is almost half of the country’s total government employees.
Over 400,000 Myanmar Civil Servants Still on Strike Against Military Regime
By some estimates, the number of staff who have joined the Civil Disobedience Movement since the coup is almost half of the country’s total government employees.
Between COVID and the Coup, a Humanitarian Emergency Is Underway in Myanmar
Over the past 13 years, the Mae Tao Clinic has grown from a small house serving pro-democracy students escaping the 1988 crackdown to a busy clinic providing free healthcare for Myanmar migrant …
Between COVID and the Coup, a Humanitarian Emergency Is Underway in Myanmar
Over the past 13 years, the Mae Tao Clinic has grown from a small house serving pro-democracy students escaping the 1988 crackdown to a busy clinic providing free healthcare for Myanmar migrant …
Ex-Myanmar military leader Than Shwe recovers from COVID-19
The former longtime military ruler of Myanmar, Than Shwe, and his wife have been released from a capital city hospital after both being successfully treated for COVID-19, a hospital official said. The …
How Myanmar’s coup fuelled a rise in the illegal drugs trade
They say the narcotics originate from neighbouring Myanmar, which has spun into political chaos and civil conflict since February’s military coup toppled Aung San Suu Kyi. Inside Myanmar, almost all …
Need to Counter China Will Make It Hard for Asian Powers to Shun Myanmar Junta
Fears of an expansion of Chinese influence in an isolated Myanmar may overwhelm whatever human rights concerns exist in New Delhi, Tokyo, Washington and Canberra.