COVID-19 & Coup d'état

From Covid to a Cabinet coup - these are the moments that defined Boris Johnson's premiership.

Myanmar’s Inle Lake is famous for its beautiful scenes and unique cone-shaped fishing nets - used by fishermen slowly moving across the lake’s large surface ... Show more

Boris Johnson has officially resigned as prime minister.

From Covid to a Cabinet coup - these are the moments that defined his premiership.

Myanmar beekeepers have been stung by high prices due to COVID-19 and the 2021 military coup. They say they’re having trouble making a profit.

The quality of jobs has also deteriorated, with more irregular hours and lower pay, ILO says. Read more: https://aje.io/64ves7

When Covid-19 began spreading in Myanmar last year, Ms Zin Zin Aye started to worry for her family there. Then, the military seized power in a coup and her ...

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 military coup have devastated Bagan’s lacquerware industry. Tourism from abroad drives the industry in Myanmar’s ancient ... Show more

Seth takes a closer look at the January 6 committee investigating Donald Trump's coup attempt preparing to hold its first televised hearing in ... Show more

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Myanmar elephants suffer as the coronavirus pandemic and a military coup drive down tourist numbers. One elephant trainer told RFA that elephants become ... Show more

Although the exact origins are unclear, animal release has long been a component of Buddhist practice in Myanmar. People free captive animals to increase ... Show more

Twenty elephants in Myanmar’s Wingabaw Elephant Camp are facing a food shortage - another in the litany of crises facing the nation since the military ... Show more

Myanmar’s Central Bank has ordered state agencies to exclusively use the local kyat currency for domestic transactions ... Show more

A new China-Myanmar railway route has been opened, with the goal of speeding up exports to Myanmar as China bolsters its investments there after the ... Show more

Residents of Yangon celebrated the Buddha’s birthday in Myanmar’s nationwide Kason Festival, considered one of the country’s central religious festivals of ... Show more

Residents of Dala, a township on the southern banks of Myanmar’s Yangon River, rely on an extensive ship and motorboat system to reach the country’s largest ... Show more

Every year, mango merchants lay out their green and golden produce in large baskets on their boats and on the banks of Myanmar’s Yangon River ... Show more

Conditions are grim for workers in post-coup Myanmar. The International Labor Organization estimates that more than 1.6 million Myanmar workers lost their ... Show more

A pattala player laments loss of the traditional Myanmar art form. 83-year-old Kyaw Myint once studied under Myanmar’s top pattala masters ... Show more

Myanmar is battling its worst wave of Covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic, as the country remains mired in bitter and violent political ...

13 medics have been killed and around 150 health workers arrested in Myanmar under the junta's rule.

Myanmar’s latest Covid-19 surge has been worsened by a shortage of medical workers, many of whom have been detained because of their involvement in ...

A military coup and a global pandemic have dealt twin blows to tourism in Bagan. The ancient capital is one of Myanmar’s top tourist destinations ...

Indian media bodies have deplored the forcible takeover of the Kashmir Press Club in Srinagar by a group of journalists who raided the precincts on Saturday ...

Seth takes a closer look at shocking new details in the investigation of the January 6 insurrection that make it clear Trump and his gang were trying to ...

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