Friday, August 6, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Charity Secretary Detained After COVID-19 Vaccination

Posted: 06 Aug 2021 06:47 AM PDT

Hanthawaddy U Win Tin Foundation's secretary, U Kyaw Aung, appears to have been tricked by a jab offer.

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Campaign Links Myanmar’s 8888 Uprising With 2021 Anti-Regime Movement

Posted: 06 Aug 2021 05:48 AM PDT

On the 33rd anniversary of the 1988 protests on Sunday, people are being called on to show eight fingers on social media, wear red and throw red paint in the streets.

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Myanmar Junta Informants and Officials Killed in Yangon Attacks

Posted: 06 Aug 2021 04:30 AM PDT

Two people were shot dead and two others injured on Thursday in a series of targeted assassinations across Myanmar's commercial capital.

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Abandoned by Junta, Myanmar People Forced to Rely on Each Other

Posted: 06 Aug 2021 04:00 AM PDT

Despite harassment by regime, stores and faith groups are offering local residents steeply discounted food and medical supplies as COVID, coup leave many destitute.

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Myanmar Junta Pushing Ahead with China-Backed Kyaukphyu SEZ and Port

Posted: 06 Aug 2021 02:25 AM PDT

The military regime is inviting bids to provide legal services to the Kyaukphyu SEZ, a key component of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Myanmar.

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Myanmar Junta Vaccinating Prisoners Against COVID-19

Posted: 06 Aug 2021 01:16 AM PDT

Large numbers of political prisoners are suspected to have died from coronavirus in Myanmar's jails.

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ASEAN Lags Behind Myanmar Curve

Posted: 05 Aug 2021 10:59 PM PDT

The group's appointment of a special envoy is likely to prove too little, too late for what has been desperately needed on the ground.

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ASEAN Diplomatic Deftness on Myanmar is Claptrap

Posted: 05 Aug 2021 07:30 PM PDT

The much-delayed appointment of a special envoy for Myanmar is proof of ASEAN's policy of appeasement towards the junta.

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