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Yangon Region General Administration Department issued an order dated October 8 banning a gathering of five or more people in the roads, streets and lanes of 31 townships of the region and imposing a 10pm-4am curfew.

At least 39 explosions took place in Yangon Region from September 1 to 22, resulting in casualties.

BANGKOK - Long queues formed at supermarkets and petrol stations in Yangon on Tuesday (Sept 7) shortly after Myanmars shadow government declared a "peoples defensive war" against the junta.

Explosions occurred in some places of Yangon city such as Hledan, Insein, North Oakkala, South Oakkalapa and Yankin on the morning of August 30.

Six railway police were shot on a Yangon circular train at about 5.30pm on August 14 with four dead and two wounded, according to initial reports.

Some houses in townships in Yangon are raising yellow flags to ask for help as people in their homes have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, according to locals.

Over 200 million US dollars worth of confiscated drugs and chemicals were burnt on June 26 in Hlaingtharyar Township to commemorate the 34th International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2021.

Two explosions have occurred on Banyadala Road in Tamway Township, Yangon Region, causing some casualties, according to initial reports.

Yangon International Airport has extended its ban on international passenger flights until June 30, according to the ministry of transport and communications.

Several protests were held in several townships across Yangon on May 2.

Phyo Min Thein, Chief Minister for Yangon Region, confessed he gave US$0.6 million and seven visses of gold to the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi from December 2017 to March 2018, said Brig-Gen Zaw Min Tun, Spokesperson of the State Administration Council (SAC) in a press conference held on March 11.

The government has arranged two chartered relief flights to bring Thai nationals stranded in Myanmar back home, the Royal Thai Embassy in Yangon announced on its Facebook page on Thursday.