Thursday, June 16, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Ex-Military Officers’ Books Offer Distorted History of Myanmar

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 07:11 AM PDT

Self-serving accounts by insiders are short on accuracy but offer some insight into the military's blinkered view of its role in politics and national security.

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Myanmar Junta Troops Burn Down Catholic Church in Kayah

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 06:32 AM PDT

The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force claims to be killing regime soldiers in large numbers across Kayah State.

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Myanmar Regime Using Mytel SIM Cards to Track its own Soldiers

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 05:00 AM PDT

Regime troops who want to defect have been warned not to use SIM cards from Mytel, which is part-owned by the Myanmar military.

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Myanmar Resistance Strike Back After Junta Atrocities

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 04:42 AM PDT

Resistance groups in Magwe and Sagaing regions say they retaliated after regime soldiers burned down an entire village.

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Myanmar Junta Artillery Kills Three Civilians in Chin State 

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 03:44 AM PDT

The resistance says regime forces fire shells at civilian targets every day. 

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Democracy Activists on Death Row Deserve Execution: Myanmar Junta Press Chief

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 02:54 AM PDT

The regime's spokesperson said that the executions of anti-coup activists Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy must go ahead "for the sake of rule of law".

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Myanmar Regime Troops Torch Villages and Hold Civilians Hostage in Sagaing

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 01:48 AM PDT

Junta troops have escalated their terror campaign of arson attacks, raids and killings in restive Sagaing Region in recent weeks. 

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When Think-Tanks Get Terrorism Wrong: The IEP and Myanmar

Posted: 15 Jun 2022 10:29 PM PDT

Bad definitions, bad data and bad understanding: How a terrorism report grossly misrepresented and harmed the revolution in Myanmar.

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India’s Kaladan Project in Myanmar Faces Fresh Hurdles 

Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:30 AM PDT

In the latest setback to the infrastructure plan, New Delhi has scrapped its contract with a JV that was to build a road through Chin State to the border with Mizoram.  

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Nearly 3,000 Civilians Flee Myanmar Regime’s Aerial Bombing in Sagaing  

Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:55 AM PDT

Three people found dead after regime troops raided and burned Maekone village in Wetlet Township. 

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“We are Getting Stronger to Complete the Revolution”: Karenni Resistance Leader

Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:50 AM PDT

Khun Be Du, KNDF leader and an NUG deputy minister, talks to The Irrawaddy about the success of the resistance movement in Kayah State and the prospects for a federal democratic union.

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Myanmar Junta Detains Over 40 Protesters in Yangon 

Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:25 AM PDT

Anti-coup activists in the commercial capital face an increased risk of arrest as regime steps up its raids. 

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Myanmar Junta Extends Peace Invites As Major Armed Groups Shun

Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:21 AM PDT

Several armed groups that are currently fighting the regime snubbed Min Aung Hlaing's earlier invite to talks. 

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Five Civilians Killed and Burned by Myanmar Junta Troops in Magwe

Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:12 AM PDT

One of the victims was a striking teacher who was five months' pregnant. 

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Myanmar Junta Killing, Detaining, Torturing and Displacing Children: UN

Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:08 AM PDT

Over 380 children have been killed, some 1,400 detained and 250,000 forced to flee their homes since the coup, the UN's human rights rapporteur Tom Andrews has found.

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