Wednesday, May 19, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar’s Educators Resist Pressure From Junta to Reopen Universities, Schools

Posted: 19 May 2021 08:48 AM PDT

About 60 percent of the academics at universities and colleges are resisting the junta's plan to reopen campuses.

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Food, Medicine Urgently Needed for Myanmar Refugees Fleeing Regime Forces

Posted: 19 May 2021 07:04 AM PDT

Junta forces have seized Mindat, Chin State, sending 90 percent of the town's residents into hiding in the forests.

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Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Joins Military Leaders on Russia Trip

Posted: 19 May 2021 04:49 AM PDT

U Tay Za, a US-sanctioned crony of former military regimes, is now in Moscow with a junta delegation, having resumed his role as the Tatmadaw's conduit for Russian arms.

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Myanmar’s Japanese Business Community Says Japan ‘too considerate’ to Junta

Posted: 19 May 2021 03:32 AM PDT

A survey reveals that almost half of Japanese business people in Myanmar want their government to impose sanctions on the military regime.

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ASEAN Must Engage With US, China

Posted: 19 May 2021 12:56 AM PDT

The upcoming ASEAN-US and ASEAN-China summits will be very significant as the bloc adjusts its relations with the two in a post-pandemic, post-Trump world.

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Regional Organizations Fall Short as Myanmar Continues to Bleed

Posted: 19 May 2021 12:33 AM PDT

ASEAN, BIMSTEC meet and talk but fail to find any unanimity that would lead to an end to Myanmar's nightmare.

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