Monday, August 19, 2019

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


China Condemns Myanmar’s Ethnic Rebels for Shan State Fighting

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 07:20 AM PDT

At a Beijing press conference, China's foreign ministry condemned the recent attacks, which occurred in parts of Myanmar that border China and are home to BRI projects.

Myanmar Military Chief Inspects Airliner Assembly in Russia

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 07:14 AM PDT

Army releases few details of senior general's visit; experts say transport plane is too expensive for military.

In Myanmar’s Shan State, Villagers Wounded, Trapped, and Living in Fear

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 06:42 AM PDT

With ongoing fighting between the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, and armed ethnic rebel groups in their own backyards, villagers in northern Shan State's Kutkai Township fear for their own safety and wellbeing, as neighbors wounded in the crossfire find themselves cutoff from access to medical care. At least two civilians are now wounded and in […]

Myanmar’s Cross-Border Trade with China Halted by Clashes

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 05:31 AM PDT

Destruction of bridges, road closures cause trade in Shan State border town of Muse—normally worth $3 million a day—to dry up.

Myanmar Ruling Party Suspends Chief Research Officer for ‘Overstepping Authority’

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 03:42 AM PDT

At its Executive Committee Meeting on Sunday, the NLD suspended U Myo Yan Naung Thein from office, but refused to explain what exactly the official had done wrong. 

Rebel Fighters Attack 2 Towns in Myanmar’s Shan State

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 12:42 AM PDT

Army repels 200 ethnic troops who attacked Lashio, Kutkai towns on Sunday; Tatmadaw says EAOs are trying to cut off communication, trade routes.

Myanmar’s First Postwar Political Mass Meeting

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 12:00 AM PDT

Seventy-four years ago today, at the Nay Thurein Meeting, the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League objected to Churchill's proposal for only partial Burmese independence.

India Turns Tables on Traffickers with Child-Friendly Courts

Posted: 18 Aug 2019 09:22 PM PDT

Child trafficking victims in India have long faced a traumatizing court system, but a new, "child-friendly" system—with couches and chocolates—aims to change all of that.

Hong Kong Readies for More Mass Protests After Huge, Peaceful Rally

Posted: 18 Aug 2019 09:04 PM PDT

On Sunday, an estimated 1.7 protested peacefully in Hong Kong, despite a chaotic previous week. Still, more strikes are planned through the city for the coming week.

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