Friday, June 3, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Junta Watch: Coup Leader Urges Belt-Tightening While Declaring Return of ‘Stability’, and More

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:05 PM PDT

Also this week, the regime said civil servants would once again have to undergo military training, and revived its fantasy of launching an electric rail system.

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Myanmar Junta Says It Will Execute Two Prominent Democracy Activists  

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:00 PM PDT

The junta spokesman said "there is no other step" as the court rejected the death sentence appeals by former NLD lawmaker Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw and prominent democracy activist Ko Jimmy. 

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Timing of Deadly Yangon Blast Suspiciously Convenient for Myanmar Junta

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 05:17 AM PDT

As with past incidents, Tuesday's bombing occurred ahead of a high-profile visit—this time by a UN envoy—raising suspicions of a junta bid to discredit the resistance.

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Former President and General U Thein Sein Paints While Myanmar Burns

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 05:06 AM PDT

The 77-year-old is enjoying his retirement in the capital Naypyitaw, apparently unconcerned that the coup leader is brutalizing the Myanmar people.

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Myanmar Junta Approves Death Sentences for Two Anti-Regime Activists

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 03:12 AM PDT

Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy face execution for leading armed resistance operations in Yangon. 

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Myanmar Junta Detains Villagers Following Clash With Arakan Army in Chin State 

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 02:37 AM PDT

Tensions are rising in western Myanmar as the regime reinforces its military presence in Rakhine and Chin states. 

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Myanmar Junta’s War Crime Displaces Thousands of Civilians in Kachin State

Posted: 02 Jun 2022 05:31 AM PDT

The Kachin Women's Association of Thailand report accuses the regime of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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NUG Declares Myanmar Junta Peace Talks With Ethnic Armies Illegal

Posted: 02 Jun 2022 05:00 AM PDT

Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government said the military regime has no mandate to negotiate or govern the country.

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Junta Urges Myanmar’s Most Powerful Ethnic Army not to Supply Arms to Resistance

Posted: 02 Jun 2022 01:38 AM PDT

The United Wa State Army is thought to be one of a number of ethnic armed organizations secretly supplying the resistance with weapons.

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Displaced Civilians Injured by Myanmar Junta Mortar in Sagaing

Posted: 02 Jun 2022 01:37 AM PDT

Ongoing fighting between resistance forces and junta troops is being reported in Kale Township.

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Clashes Expected in Chin State as Junta Deploys More Troops to Western Myanmar

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 03:46 AM PDT

Regime reinforcements, including drones, have started arriving in Chin State and neighboring Magwe Region.

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Myanmar Junta Troops Fire on Rakhine Displacement Camps

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 03:38 AM PDT

Camp residents said they did not know why the bullets and mortar shells were being fired.

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Myanmar’s NUG, Allied EAOs Urge ASEAN, UN Not to Work With Junta on Aid

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:27 AM PDT

The shadow govt and three ethnic groups said the junta must not be allowed to 'weaponize' humanitarian aid and urged ASEAN to work with the ICRC and neighboring nations.

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Key Myanmar Junta Witness Denies Paying Suu Kyi Bribe: Court Source

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:19 AM PDT

The only witness in one of the corruption cases against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly said he only made a charitable donation.

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Thirty Myanmar Junta Troops Reportedly Killed in Sagaing

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:13 AM PDT

Resistance fighters on Tuesday ambushed regime soldiers in Sagaing Region escorting a jade shipment from Kachin State.

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