Workers have been bearing the brunt of measures imposed to counter the pandemic and their plight has been compounded by poor governance and hostility towards organised labour.
The extension of a deadline for a long-awaited tender for on-grid solar power from one to two months is unlikely to mute criticism about its tricky terms.
BY Thomas Kean
Almost a quarter of Myanmar’s COVID-19 cases are concentrated in a single suburb of Yangon, but walking the streets of Insein Township you wouldn’t necessarily know it.
BY Thuya Zaw
From boiled catfish soup to spicy fried frog, an eight-year-old in pyjamas is delighting Myanmar with her culinary prowess in a nation being told to stay at home due to COVID-19.
BY AFP
