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RANGOON — More than 1,000 trawlers have been given the greenlight to go back to catching fish off Burma’s coast after the fishing industry lodged a complaint over what had been a three-month ban on any fishing in the country’s territorial waters. [1]

Though he has been dead for nearly a decade, long-serving military regime official Aung Thaung’s corrupt legacy lives on in the junta-allied business empires run by his children and their families and associates, whose interests now spread across Mya... [2]

Four unidentified gunmen robbed a former state-owned bank and stole over 100 million kyats (US$61,000) in Yangon on Monday. The Global Treasure Bank (GTB)’s chairman U Maung Maung Thein confirmed the robbery at a branch in No. [3]

RANGOON — The Burmese government and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced a plan to protect the biodiversity of Burma’s oceans on Friday at the World Ocean Summit in Bali, Indonesia. [4]

RANGOON — Burma’s Union Parliament on Tuesday approved its annual spending bill, with expenses totaling more than 20 trillion kyats (US$19.3 billion) for the fiscal year that began this month. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-06-03 · 100% match

Burma Eases 3-Month Fishing Ban

RANGOON — More than 1,000 trawlers have been given the greenlight to go back to catching fish off Burma’s coast after the fishing industry lodged a complaint over what had been a three-month ban on any fishing in the country’s territorial waters.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-08-28 · 100% match

Children of Notorious Ex-Myanmar Junta Minister Continue Corrupt Legacy

Though he has been dead for nearly a decade, long-serving military regime official Aung Thaung’s corrupt legacy lives on in the junta-allied business empires run by his children and their families and associates, whose interests now spread across Mya

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-08-30 · 100% match

Gunmen Steal More Than $60,000 From Bank in Myanmar’s Yangon

Four unidentified gunmen robbed a former state-owned bank and stole over 100 million kyats (US$61,000) in Yangon on Monday. The Global Treasure Bank (GTB)’s chairman U Maung Maung Thein confirmed the robbery at a branch in No.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-02-24 · 100% match

Govt Announces Plan to Protect Burma’s Oceans

RANGOON — The Burmese government and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced a plan to protect the biodiversity of Burma’s oceans on Friday at the World Ocean Summit in Bali, Indonesia.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-04-01 · 98% match

Parliament Approves US$19b Annual Budget

RANGOON — Burma’s Union Parliament on Tuesday approved its annual spending bill, with expenses totaling more than 20 trillion kyats (US$19.3 billion) for the fiscal year that began this month.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-04-11 · 40% match

The Irrawaddy Business Roundup

YANGON—Business activity in Myanmar has slowed significantly since the country confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in late March. Where possible, most businesses are now letting employees work from home to prevent the spread of the disease.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-03-04 · 96% match

Govt Mobilizes to Address Water Shortages

RANGOON — The Rural Development Department, under Burma’s Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development, is working to supply water to 49 villages in 23 townships facing severe shortages and in urgent need of drinking water.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-03-26 · 96% match

Ex-Gov’t Figures Back Together—and Back in Uniform—for a Day

YANGON—It has been nearly nine years since the last time former General Thein Sein was in military uniform. His presidency in 2011 saw him wearing civilian suits.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-01-17 · 96% match

27% of Children Chronically Malnourished in Burma Dry Zone: Survey

RANGOON — Almost one in five households in Burma’s dry zone are food insecure, while more than a quarter of children are chronically malnourished, a new survey shows.

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