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• Myanmar’s Educators Resist Pressure From Junta to Reopen Universities, Schools
• Food, Medicine Urgently Needed for Myanmar Refugees Fleeing Regime Forces
• Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Joins Military Leaders on Russia Trip
• Myanmar’s Japanese Business Community Says Japan ‘too considerate’ to Junta
• ASEAN Must Engage With US, China
• Regional Organizations Fall Short as Myanmar Continues to Bleed

Myanmar’s Educators Resist Pressure From Junta to Reopen Universities, Schools Posted: 19 May 2021 08:48 AM PDT About 60 percent of the academics at universities and colleges are resisting the junta's plan to reopen campuses. The post Myanmar's Educators Resist Pressure From Junta to Reopen Universities, Schools appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Food, Medicine Urgently Needed for Myanmar Refugees Fleeing Regime Forces Posted: 19 May 2021 07:04 AM PDT Junta forces have seized Mindat, Chin State, sending 90 percent of the town's residents into hiding in the forests. The post Food, Medicine Urgently Needed for Myanmar Refugees Fleeing Regime Forces appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Joins Military Leaders on Russia Trip Posted: 19 May 2021 04:49 AM PDT U Tay Za, a US-sanctioned crony of former military regimes, is now in Moscow with a junta delegation, having resumed his role as the Tatmadaw's conduit for Russian arms. The post Notorious Myanmar Arms Broker Joins Military Leaders on Russia Trip appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar’s Japanese Business Community Says Japan ‘too considerate’ to Junta Posted: 19 May 2021 03:32 AM PDT A survey reveals that almost half of Japanese business people in Myanmar want their government to impose sanctions on the military regime. The post Myanmar's Japanese Business Community Says Japan 'too considerate' to Junta appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

ASEAN Must Engage With US, China Posted: 19 May 2021 12:56 AM PDT The upcoming ASEAN-US and ASEAN-China summits will be very significant as the bloc adjusts its relations with the two in a post-pandemic, post-Trump world. The post ASEAN Must Engage With US, China appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Regional Organizations Fall Short as Myanmar Continues to Bleed Posted: 19 May 2021 12:33 AM PDT ASEAN, BIMSTEC meet and talk but fail to find any unanimity that would lead to an end to Myanmar's nightmare. The post Regional Organizations Fall Short as Myanmar Continues to Bleed appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

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