Monday, May 3, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar’s Journalists Mark World Press Freedom Day in Hiding, Exile, Detention

Posted: 03 May 2021 06:50 AM PDT

Since the Feb. 1 coup, the country's media environment has reverted to the situation under the military regime that ruled until 2011, with only state propaganda allowed.

Myanmar Junta Just Buying Time: NUG Foreign Minister

Posted: 03 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT

Daw Zin Mar Aung says Asean is toothless when dealing with Myanmar's military regime.

China Donates 500,000 COVID-19 Vaccines to Myanmar Junta

Posted: 03 May 2021 02:55 AM PDT

Millions of Myanmar people are refusing COVID-19 vaccines in protest at the military regime.

Mother, 64, Beaten and Seized by Myanmar Junta Forces

Posted: 03 May 2021 02:21 AM PDT

The security forces came to Daw Mi Nge's home looking for her activist sons and detained her instead after beating her and stealing possessions.

Myanmar Junta Arrests HIV/AIDS Patients in Yangon

Posted: 03 May 2021 01:53 AM PDT

The patients, some of whom are on medication, were taken by security forces from a care center run by ousted NLD MP Daw Phyu Phyu Thin.

Amid Killing of Protesters, Myanmar Coup Leader Opens High-End Military-Run Hospital

Posted: 03 May 2021 01:40 AM PDT

Coming three months after Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing grabbed power, the opening of the upscale private facility is the latest addition to the military's economic empire.

Kachin Independence Army Shoots Down Myanmar Military Helicopter

Posted: 02 May 2021 11:34 PM PDT

The gunship was struck as it was conducting a raid in Momauk, which has seen heavy fighting as the junta's military attempts to retake a base seized by the KIA in March.