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Country: Myanmar

Myanmar eradicates trachoma
October 21, 2020November 17, 2020

Myanmar eradicates trachoma

The World Health Organization has validated that the disease has been eliminated from the country: This is extra impressive, because in 2005, trachoma was responsible for 4% of all cases of blindness there. The nation joins Nepal in the WHO South-East Asia Region and 12 countries globally to achieve this feat.

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Myanmar and UN announce deal for safe return of Rohingya
June 1, 2018November 17, 2020

Myanmar and UN announce deal for safe return of Rohingya

United Nations says staff will visit Rakhine state in first step towards repatriation of 700,000 refugees camped in Bangladesh

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Myanmar LGBT festival goes public for first time
January 29, 2018November 17, 2020

Myanmar LGBT festival goes public for first time

The widening acceptance boosted numbers with some 6,000 people coming along on the first day alone, compared with 2-3,000 over the whole festival in previous years.

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Myanmar to raise minimum wage
November 6, 2017November 17, 2020

Myanmar to raise minimum wage

The authorities are exerting efforts to increase the minimum pay rate as workers are struggling with the rising cost of living in their daily lives.

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Burma (now Myanmar) becomes an independent republic
January 4, 1948November 11, 2020

Burma (now Myanmar) becomes an independent republic

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The Pagan Kingdom rises to power in modern-day Myanmar
March 8, 1003November 11, 2020

The Pagan Kingdom rises to power in modern-day Myanmar

The Kingdom of Pagan was the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Myanmar.

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The first city-states in modern-day Myanmar emerge
October 6, 1002November 11, 2020

The first city-states in modern-day Myanmar emerge

The city-states were founded as part of the southward migration by the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu people, the earliest inhabitants of Myanmar of whom records are extant.

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The Bronze Age begins in modern-day Myanmar
May 15, 1002November 11, 2020

The Bronze Age begins in modern-day Myanmar

The finding of bronze axes at Nyaunggan located in Shwebo township suggests that Bronze Age of Burma began around 1500 BC in parallel with the earlier stages of Southeast Asian bronze production.

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The Anyathian culture emerges in modern-day Myanmar
December 1, 1000November 11, 2020

The Anyathian culture emerges in modern-day Myanmar

The earliest archaeological evidence suggests that cultures existed in Burma as early as 11,000 BCE. The Anyathian, Burma’s Stone Age, existed at a time thought to parallel the lower and middle Paleolithic in Europe.

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