Virus team visits China lab as poorer nations get vaccine boost

Security personnel are seen as members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus, arrive at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on February 3, 2021. Photo: AFPBy AFPInternational experts on Wednesday inspected a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan that some US officials had suggested was the source of the coronavirus,...

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Rumours and fake news spread about Kyat notes

Kyat notes with machines. Photo: EPABy MizzimaMyanmar's State Administration Council announced on Wednesday that citizens can continue the use of 5,000 and 10,000 kyat notes trustfully, Xinhua reported.The council said that rumours and fake news were spread in social media about the demonetization of 5,000 and 10,000 kyat notes published by the state officially.Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Myanmar...

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Myanmar-listed shares fall sharply

 (File) A man takes a photograph of an electronic board showing the FMI (First Myanmar Investment) index at Yangon Stock Exchange, Yangon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPABy MizzimaMyanmar-listed shares fell sharply as soon as the country's main bourse resumed trading on Wednesday, following a two-day suspension, reflecting investor doubts about the country's economic prospects, Nikkei Asia reported.According...

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Facebook says services in Myanmar being restricted

Myanmar people gather for refreshement at a teashop in Yangon many hangout to chat and browse facebook with their mobile phone. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFPBy AFPFacebook on Thursday said some of its services were being restricted in Myanmar."We are aware that access to Facebook is currently disrupted for some people," a company spokesperson told AFP."We urge authorities to restore connectivity so that...

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World's longest internet shutdown ends in parts of Myanmar

Rakhine people travel by motorcycle in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 02 February 2021. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPABy AFPThe world's longest internet shutdown -- affecting more than a million people for 19 months in one of Myanmar's ethnic conflict zones -- has come to an end, according to a mobile operator based in the region.The internet in parts of Myanmar's troubled northern states of Rakhine...

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi charged with breaking 'import/export law': party spokesman

(File) Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech on the Myanmar government's efforts with regard to national reconciliation and peace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 19 September 2017. Photo: EPAAFPA Myanmar court has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with breaching an import and export law, a spokesperson from her National League for Democracy (NLD) said Wednesday."We have got reliable...

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Indonesia detains British woman on terror suspect list

File photo of Indonesian police personnel standing guard. (Photo: AFP)AFP Indonesia has detained a British woman named on a list of global terror suspects and plans to deport her for visa violations, authorities told AFP Tuesday. Tazneen Miriam Sailar -- a Manchester-born convert to Islam married to an Indonesian jihadist who was killed in Syria -- is not charged with terror offences. But she...

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Myanmar aerobics instructor dances through military coup

CAPTURE: This woman from Myanmar was recording her aerobics class. Unbeknownst to her, she records the military Junta arriving to the parliament for a coup d'etat in the backgroundAFP Pumping her arms to an electronic ditty, aerobics instructor Khing Hnin Wai appeared oblivious as a convoy of armoured vehicles drove by -- accidentally capturing Myanmar's military coup-in-progress in a surreal...

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First ministerial meeting held

Mizzima Myanmar held the first meeting among newly appointed ministers after a recent major cabinet reshuffle by the military in capital city of Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday morning, according to a release from the Military True News Information Team Xinhua reported. The Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, acting President U Myint Swe and nine newly appointed...

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Ethnic armed groups condemn Myanmar military's coup

Karen National Union (KNU) guerillas. Photo: EPAAFP Myanmar's ethnic armed groups condemned the military Tuesday for ousting Aung San Suu Kyi's government and signalled a halt to the country's long-running peace process, citing a lack of trust in the army. Myriad armed rebel groups control an estimated one-third of Myanmar's territory, some fighting for decades against the state for more autonomy....

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310 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases reported

A man drives a bicycle near the shelters of a shutdown COVID-19 test center near Sule Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, 02 February 2021. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA Mizzima The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 140,664 as of Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health and Sports Xinhua reported. A total of 310 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country on Tuesday. The...

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UN Security Council searches for unity on Myanmar

(File) UN Security Council Meeting. Photo: EPAAFP The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Myanmar Tuesday but was unable to agree on a statement about the country's military coup, with diplomats saying negotiations will continue. "China and Russia have asked for more time," one diplomat told AFP following the behind-closed-doors videoconference meeting in New York that lasted just ...

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NLD calls for release of Suu Kyi, other leaders

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: EPAAFPMyanmar's National League for Democracy party called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other detained leaders on Tuesday, describing the declaration of a state of emergency a day earlier as a "stain" on the military's history.Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, was detained by the military in the early hours of Monday along with President...

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Myanmar state of emergency tests Biden democracy push but with few options

US President Joe Biden. Photo: EPAAFPMyanmar's state of emergency marks an early test case of President Joe Biden's determination to advocate democracy but, unlike a decade ago when the United States nurtured a transition there, he has limited options.The rise of democracy in Myanmar had initially been hailed as a key achievement of former president Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as number...

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