Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Schools Open, But Classrooms Are Empty as Students Boycott

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 07:58 AM PDT

Of the country's more than 9 million students, fewer than one million are attending school; teachers and staff continue to strike.

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Myanmar Regime Jails Journalists for Incitement

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 06:15 AM PDT

Ko Aung Kyaw of DVB and Ko Zaw Zaw of Mizzima were given two-year terms by a prison court in southern Myanmar.

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Myanmar Coup Leaves more than 500,000 Construction Workers Redundant

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 06:10 AM PDT

Increased price of imported building materials, the banking crisis and others factors triggered by the takeover give a big blow to the building sector.

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Comfortable in the ‘Generals’ Village’, the UN and EU Lined Myanmar Military’s Pockets

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 05:15 AM PDT

A few short years ago, the global elite who now so loudly condemn the coup were rewarding the 'reformist' generals with an obscene boom in Yangon's property market.

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Dozens of Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Karen State

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 04:28 AM PDT

A combined force of civilian resistance fighters and armed Karen groups clashed with regime troops close to the border with Thailand.

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Myanmar Reports Record Rise in COVID-19 Cases Since February

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 04:21 AM PDT

More than 50 of the 122 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Chin State's Tonzang Township and the town of Cikha, which border India.

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Myanmar Timber Auction Disappoints Cash-Strapped Junta

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 04:15 AM PDT

Prices were down at Myanma Timber Enterprise's illegal hardwood auctions as few bidders were interested.

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To Disband NLD, Myanmar Junta to Probe for ‘Violations’ of Parties’ Registration Pledges

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 04:06 AM PDT

The move comes after the regime's electoral body said it was considering dissolving Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's party, which won last year's vote in a landslide.

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Thai Court Hands Jail Sentences to Myanmar Journalists Fleeing Junta

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 01:45 AM PDT

The reporters from the Democratic Voice of Burma feared being deported back to Myanmar and detained by the military regime.

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Myanmar Daily Post-Coup Update: June 1

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 12:51 AM PDT

Most students boycotted the first day of school, a suspected junta informant and an ex-NLD official were killed and EAOs fought the military four months after the coup.

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International Community Must Do More on Myanmar

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 12:22 AM PDT

The UN and world powers risk being disregarded as powerless and inconsequential if the junta is not made to pay a heavier price for its actions.

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