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• Myanmar Parallel Govt’s Online Lottery Sells Out in About an Hour
• Ousted Mandalay Chief Minister in Intensive Care with COVID-19
• More Than 40 Junta Troops Killed Across Myanmar
• Four Myanmar Police Officers Shot Dead on Train in Yangon
• ‘All Lies!’: Myanmar Junta’s Clumsy Propaganda Has a Disturbingly Familiar Ring
• Myanmar Rebels Damage Aircraft During Airbase Attack
• 54 Years on, ASEAN Looking Increasingly Ineffectual
• Ethnic Wa Party Chief Resigns After Pledging to Cooperate With Myanmar Junta

Myanmar Parallel Govt’s Online Lottery Sells Out in About an Hour Posted: 16 Aug 2021 07:26 AM PDT Despite threats from the regime, members of the public took just over an hour to buy all 50,000 tickets for the lottery, will which support striking civil servants. The post Myanmar Parallel Govt's Online Lottery Sells Out in About an Hour appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Ousted Mandalay Chief Minister in Intensive Care with COVID-19 Posted: 16 Aug 2021 07:19 AM PDT The National League for Democracy's vice-chairman Dr. Zaw Myint Maung is on oxygen in Mandalay's hospital. The post Ousted Mandalay Chief Minister in Intensive Care with COVID-19 appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

More Than 40 Junta Troops Killed Across Myanmar Posted: 16 Aug 2021 07:08 AM PDT Civilian resistance fighters claim to have successfully attacked regime forces in Sagaing Region and Chin and Shan states. The post More Than 40 Junta Troops Killed Across Myanmar appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Four Myanmar Police Officers Shot Dead on Train in Yangon Posted: 16 Aug 2021 04:02 AM PDT Two others were injured in the shooting by unidentified gunmen; the incident comes amid stepped-up attacks against regime targets in the capital this month. The post Four Myanmar Police Officers Shot Dead on Train in Yangon appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

‘All Lies!’: Myanmar Junta’s Clumsy Propaganda Has a Disturbingly Familiar Ring Posted: 16 Aug 2021 02:31 AM PDT The military's crude messaging is a flashback to the discredited propaganda of previous regimes and only underscores the fact that nothing it says can be believed. The post 'All Lies!': Myanmar Junta's Clumsy Propaganda Has a Disturbingly Familiar Ring appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Rebels Damage Aircraft During Airbase Attack Posted: 16 Aug 2021 02:05 AM PDT The military regime admitted civilian resistance fighters damaged aircraft in an attack to mark the 1988 uprising. The post Myanmar Rebels Damage Aircraft During Airbase Attack appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

54 Years on, ASEAN Looking Increasingly Ineffectual Posted: 16 Aug 2021 01:53 AM PDT The bloc's 'too little, too late' response to Myanmar's crisis is emblematic of a wider inability to deal effectively with challenges from COVID to the China-US rivalry. The post 54 Years on, ASEAN Looking Increasingly Ineffectual appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Ethnic Wa Party Chief Resigns After Pledging to Cooperate With Myanmar Junta Posted: 16 Aug 2021 01:41 AM PDT Sai Pao Nup resigned as chairman of the Wa National Party after signing a joint statement with the military's proxy political party, the USDP. The post Ethnic Wa Party Chief Resigns After Pledging to Cooperate With Myanmar Junta appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

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