Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Nearly 20,000 Displaced in Upper Myanmar Amid Junta Forces’ Raids

Posted: 27 May 2021 07:51 AM PDT

Women and children have taken refuge in homes of relatives in neighboring villages while men are hiding in the forests.

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Myanmar Motorbike Mechanic Dead Less Than 24 Hours After Arrest by Junta

Posted: 27 May 2021 07:20 AM PDT

Junta forces said they wanted to question him about a school bombing, then told his wife to come and collect the body.

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Myanmar Junta Auctions Illegal Timber for Hard Currency: EIA

Posted: 27 May 2021 04:43 AM PDT

The Environmental Investigation Agency says the regime is trying to sell thousands of tons of illegal hardwood seized under the democratic government.

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Two Civilians Killed As Fighting Intensifies in Myanmar’s Kayah State

Posted: 27 May 2021 04:34 AM PDT

Armed clashes between regime's troops and Kayah resistance forces rage as junta troops advance into Demoso.

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Myanmar Military-Backed Party Official Assassinated

Posted: 27 May 2021 03:27 AM PDT

The former USDP candidate was shot dead in southern Myanmar's Mon State.

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Myanmar Daily Post-Coup Update: May 26

Posted: 27 May 2021 03:15 AM PDT

Junta forces killed a man at a Yangon teashop, bombings and fires hit multiple locations, Karenni fighters seized a police outpost and a train struck a mine in Bago.

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Myanmar Junta Slaps Chinese Factory Arsonists With Heavy Prison Terms

Posted: 27 May 2021 02:41 AM PDT

Twenty-eight people earn 20-year prison sentences each following Beijing's demand that the regime protect Chinese interests in Myanmar.

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Myanmar Junta Official Killed as Explosions Rock Yangon Township

Posted: 27 May 2021 01:18 AM PDT

A ward administrator died and police stations were targeted in bomb attacks in Thaketa Township.

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Total, Chevron Suspend Some Payments to Myanmar Junta-Linked Energy Firm

Posted: 27 May 2021 01:08 AM PDT

Critics say pausing dividends to the pipeline firm, a joint venture with regime-controlled MOGE, doesn't go far enough, as the junta still earns money from gas projects.

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For Myanmar’s Junta Forces, a New Sense of Vulnerability

Posted: 26 May 2021 11:42 PM PDT

Each day in Yangon and beyond, the regime's increasingly besieged troops and police appear less like swaggering bullies and more like fearful targets.

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