Artist U Marlar, Favorite of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Dies of COVID-19 - The Irrawaddy

Then State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (center left) attends the opening of ‘Shades of Art, Colors of Inspiration’, an exhibition of works by artist U Marlar (center right), at the National Museum of Myanmar in Yangon in 2016. Artist U Marlar, a favorite of detained State Counselor Daw Aung S...

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Ousted Mandalay Chief Minister in Intensive Care with COVID-19

Mandalay Region Chief Minister Dr. Zaw Myint Maung. / The Irrawaddy Myanmar’s detained National League for Democracy (NLD) vice-chairman Dr. Zaw Myint Maung, who is also Mandalay Region’s chief mi...

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Myanmar Surgeon Arrested by Junta Dies After Contracting COVID-19 in Prison

Dr. Maung Maung Nyein Tun died of COVID-19 while in detention. A 45-year-old surgical lecturer from Mandalay arrested by the military regime in June died of COVID-19 at a local hospital on Sunday...

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Myanmar's COVID-19 Third Wave Yet to Peak

Dead bodies awaiting cremation at Kyesu Cemetery in Dagon Seikkan, Yangon on July 17. / NKM While Myanmar has been experiencing massive political and economic turmoil since the February coup, a de...

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Official Myanmar COVID-19 Deaths Exceed 10000

Bodies await cremation at a cemetery in Yangon in mid-July. / The Irrawaddy Myanmar’s total COVID-19 death toll has exceeded more than 10,000, while the total confirmed cases is more than 310,000...

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