Wednesday, May 18, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar NLD Members, Relatives Live in Fear of Attack by Pro-Junta Terror Group

Posted: 18 May 2022 06:00 AM PDT

The Thwe Tout group has killed at least 20 people and waged a terror campaign, forcing party members and their relatives to hide or flee the country.

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Myanmar Fuel Importers Blame Shortages on Junta Dollar Controls

Posted: 18 May 2022 05:38 AM PDT

Fuel importers say they are struggling to ensure supplies because of the regime's restrictions on foreign exchange.

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Military-Owned Corporation Fails to Pay Dividends to Myanmar Troops 

Posted: 18 May 2022 04:42 AM PDT

Myanma Economic Holdings failed to pay its annual dividends to its shareholders, many of whom are members of the armed forces. 

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Striking Myanmar Civil Servants Denied Passports

Posted: 18 May 2022 03:25 AM PDT

The junta has compiled a blacklist of members of the civil disobedience movement to prevent them from leaving Myanmar.

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Myanmar Ports key to China’s Strategy of Controlling Indian Ocean

Posted: 18 May 2022 03:04 AM PDT

India is threatened with being encircled by a network of China-controlled ports and Beijing's increasingly powerful navy.

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Ten Junta Soldiers Killed in Upper Myanmar Mine Attacks

Posted: 18 May 2022 02:39 AM PDT

Resistance forces ambushed a regime flotilla traveling through restive Sagaing Region.

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Myanmar Junta Tightens Security in Commercial Capital Yangon

Posted: 18 May 2022 01:02 AM PDT

Residents report increased patrols and searches by security forces, who appear to be mounting an operation to wipe out resistance activity in the city.

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Myanmar’s Shadow Govt Calls on Int’l Community to Arm Resistance

Posted: 17 May 2022 10:47 PM PDT

Moral support is appreciated but the People's Defense Force needs weapons and money, the NUG's Defense Ministry says.

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Ethnic Kachin Fighters to Attack Pro-Junta Forces in Northern Myanmar

Posted: 17 May 2022 04:50 AM PDT

The Kachin Independence Organization warns pro-regime groups and junta employees of impending attacks on them in Kachin State.

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ASEAN’s Failed Consensus on Myanmar: A Year of Broken Promises

Posted: 17 May 2022 04:40 AM PDT

Despite calls from the civilian NUG and some member states for a new strategy, ASEAN, US continue to back the peace plan, which has been ignored by the junta for a year.

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Myanmar Junta Court Jails Ousted Mon State Chief Minister for 21 Years

Posted: 17 May 2022 04:23 AM PDT

Dr. Aye Zan, who has been detained for over a year, was convicted by a special regime court on nine corruption charges; he still faces numerous additional cases.

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Myanmar Military’s Attempts to Smear Suu Kyi as Corrupt Have Failed

Posted: 17 May 2022 03:38 AM PDT

Despite a concerted campaign accusing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD of corruption, the Myanmar people know that it is the military regime which is truly dishonest. 

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Australia Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta

Posted: 17 May 2022 03:37 AM PDT

The new head of the Australian Embassy will only carry the title "chargé d'affaires" instead of ambassador.

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Myanmar Junta Kills At Least 36 in Sagaing Village: Residents

Posted: 17 May 2022 03:34 AM PDT

Villagers from Ye-U Township said they cannot identify the burned bodies. 

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Detained NLD Lawyer Being Held at Myanmar Military Base

Posted: 17 May 2022 02:59 AM PDT

Daw Ywet Nu Aung, a prominent Mandalay lawyer, has yet to be brought to trial or transferred to a prison. 

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