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The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Thai, Malaysian firms pull out of Myanmar gasfield project

Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:55 PM PDT

PTTEP and Petronas are the latest in an exodus of global energy companies from Myanmar following last year's coup and subsequent human rights abuses.

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Junta Watch: Regime Spokesperson’s Obscenity; Electric buses but no Electricity for the People and More

Posted: 29 Apr 2022 08:46 PM PDT

Also this week, official blessing given to lethal pro-regime militias and regime introduces proportional representation to avoid another election loss.

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Terror Group Vows to Target Myanmar’s Pro-Democracy Movement

Posted: 29 Apr 2022 07:08 AM PDT

The Thwe Thout vigilante group, which has murdered at least eight people in less than a week, says it is targeting anyone linked to the National League for Democracy.

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UPDATED: Myanmar Junta Charges Senior NLD Lawyer Under Counter-Terrorism Law

Posted: 29 Apr 2022 06:55 AM PDT

Daw Ywat Nu Aung faces up to 15 years in jail for allegedly financing terrorism after being detained in Mandalay on Wednesday.

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Myanmar Junta Ministers Denounce West in Plea for Chinese Investment

Posted: 29 Apr 2022 05:49 AM PDT

Regime-appointed ministers Maung Maung Ohn and Aung Naing Oo have held a press conference pledging loyalty to China.

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Ethnic Minorities Eye Autonomy in Post-Junta Myanmar 

Posted: 29 Apr 2022 03:14 AM PDT

A loose federation based on overlapping ethnicities and common values, with an illegitimate central government, is being created by the junta's blunders. 

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Regime Forces Loot and Torch Over 200 Houses in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 28 Apr 2022 11:54 PM PDT

4,500 people have been left homeless in Sagaing Region's Khin-U Township following junta raids in over a dozen villages that have seen more than 900 houses burned down.

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