Thursday, December 2, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Kokang Armed Group Reports Escalating Fighting With Myanmar Junta

Posted: 02 Dec 2021 05:08 AM PST

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says it clashed 126 times with the regime during last month and has killed 198 junta troops since July.

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Myanmar Companies Linked to Regime Leaders Bid to Acquire Telenor

Posted: 02 Dec 2021 03:32 AM PST

Myanmar Navy chief and regime-appointed Transport and Communications Minister are behind two companies vying to take over Telenor's telecom business in Myanmar.

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Coup, COVID to Impoverish Nearly Half of Myanmar People by Early 2022: UN

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 11:43 PM PST

Poverty by early next year will be at levels not seen in more than 15 years, with a particularly sharp spike in urban areas, the UNDP predicts in its latest report.

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Myanmar’s Civilian UN Ambassador to Stay for Now as UN Delays Decision

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 11:09 PM PST

The UN will continue to recognize NLD appointee U Kyaw Moe Tun—an opponent of the junta—after delaying its decision on the regime's competing claim.

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The Day Election Winners and Losers Discussed Myanmar’s First Peaceful Transfer of Power

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:30 PM PST

Six years ago today, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met President U Thein Sein and Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing to discuss the transfer of power to the NLD weeks after its election win.

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Myanmar Regime Troops Kill Five Displaced Civilians: Resistance

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:22 AM PST

Civilian groups are reporting heavy junta action in Magwe and Sagaing regions.

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Myanmar’s Ousted NLD Says Over 570 Members Arrested by Junta So Far

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:00 AM PST

Twelve of those have died while in the regime's custody, seven while being tortured during interrogation, said the party, which won last year's election in a landslide.

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Five Striking Myanmar Government Staff Seized in Mandalay

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:16 AM PST

Residents blame an informer for reporting the members of the civil disobedience movement to the military regime.

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Myanmar Junta Charges Two Leading Medics With Corruption

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:37 AM PST

Public health chiefs under the deposed civilian government, Dr. Htar Htar Lin and Dr. Soe Oo, are accused of returning COVID-19 funds to the United Nations.

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Young but Determined Female Medics in Myanmar Junta Jail

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:38 AM PST

The families of the female medics killed or captured in a junta raid in Sagaing Region talk to The Irrawaddy about the sacrifices the young women made.

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