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Crops flood damage down from last year

Myanmar crops suffered less damage from monsoon flooding this year, U Myo Tint Tun, deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation said. Myo Tint Tun claimed that although 728,000 hectares of farmland were affecte

Five killed and thousands displaced in monsoon flooding

At least five people have been killed, and tens of thousands displaced, amid flooding in large parts of the country in the past week. An official from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement confirmed to AFP that five people had been

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Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted
February 26, 2021
German containerline Hapag Lloyd has announced a decision to temporarily suspend cargo bookings into Myanmar …
Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect
February 26, 2021
In a February 24th update to its February 11th statement, Facebook through its Director of …
Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military
February 26, 2021
Despite distancing itself from other major Western states imposing sanctions on military-linked individuals and entities, …

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Crops flood damage down from last year

Five killed and thousands displaced in monsoon flooding

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Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted

Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect

Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military

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