Saturday, June 26, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Junta Chief Extols Russia Ties, Says US Relations ‘Not Intimate’

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 06:01 AM PDT

Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing tells Russian media that China and India are 'close friends', but his regime's links with the US suffer due to the 'far distance' between them.

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Seven Local Officials Working for Myanmar Regime Killed in Nine Days

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 05:32 AM PDT

The dead junta-appointed administrators include members of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party and some widely thought to have been informants.

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Amid This ‘Great Depression’, Myanmar’s People Will Never Give Up

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 02:01 AM PDT

Because it came at a time of such hope, the most recent coup feels harder to bear psychologically than its predecessors. But history shows that the people will prevail.

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