Myanmar suspends new rice export licenses to ensure domestic supply
NAY PYI TAW, Apr 2, 2020, RFA. Myanmar has stopped issuing rice export licenses following…
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Chinese province bars citizens from leaving the country to stop coronavirus spread
HONG KONG, Apr 1, 2020, SCMP. The southwestern province of Yunnan has banned Chinese citizens…
Thai migrant workers hit hard by lockdown
BANGKOK, Mar 31, 2020, The ASEAN Post. On Thursday, Thailand declared a state of emergency…
Myanmar man self-isolates in tree house when he returned from Thailand
TAK, Mar 31, 2020, Bangkok Post. A migrant worker refused entry to his home village…
Myanmar warns people against anti-malaria, antibiotic drugs
NAY PYI TAW, Mar 31, 2020, Myanmar Times. The Myanmar Food and Drug Administration has…
Alarm as thousands of returning workers from Thailand ignore quarantine orders in Myanmar
NAY PYI TAW, Mar 29, 2020, Frontier Myanmar. Government efforts to make workers returning from…
Four Chinese arrested in Thailand trying to cross into Myanmar by boat
TAK, Mar 29, 2020, Bangkok Post. Four Chinese nationals were arrested on Saturday trying to…
Coronavirus pandemic hits all 10 ASEAN members as Laos confirms first 2 cases
BANGKOK< Mar 24, 2020, Kyodo, The Laotian Times. Laos on Tuesday confirmed its first two...
Migrants from Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam let through ‘shut’ checkpoints in Thailand
BANGKOK, Mar 24, 2020, Bangkok Post. Thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam…
Thailand to shut one of two border crossings with Myanmar
NAY PYI TAW, Mar 21, 2020, The Irrawaddy. The governor of Thailand’s Tak province has…
Malaysia’s govt seeking 2,000 Rohingya for checks after mosque outbreak
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 19, 2020, FMT. Authorities are scrambling to track down about 2,000 Rohingya…
Garment factories in Yangon are under shutdown
YANGON, Mar 19, 2020, Myanmar Times. At least 20 out of the 500 factories in…