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( Reuters)-Authorities in Myanmar currently have no plan to include minority Rohingya Muslims living in densely-packed camps as they begin vaccinating priority groups against COVID-19 in western Rakhine State, the junta-appointed local administrator said. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh during military operations in 2017 and those who remain complain of discrimination and mistreatment in a country that does not recognise them as citizens. Local administrator Kyaw Lwin told R

The private sector investment cycle is showing signs of revival.... The previous high was in March 2023 when large aircraft orders may have skewed numbers( chart 1).... The current uptick is spread out across multiple sectors....

YANGON( REUTERS)-Myanmar will vaccinate minority Muslim Rohingya people against the coronavirus, a spokesman for its ruling military said on Friday( Aug 27), adding that no one will be left behind in its inoculation campaign. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh during military operations in 2017 and those who remain complain of discrimination and mistreatment in a country that does not recognise them as citizens. Military spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the authorities were making pr

Myanmar has an elected civilian government, but the military is independent under the Constitution, which it drafted. The authorities have repeatedly targeted journalists in recent years.... Khaing was not at the office and is now said to be in hiding. The police seized computers and detained three Narinjara journalists, who were released that evening.“ We are not committing a crime.... We are doing our job, ” said U Thant Myat Khaing, a reporter who was detained and interrogated....