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• Kokang Armed Group Reports Escalating Fighting With Myanmar Junta
• Myanmar Companies Linked to Regime Leaders Bid to Acquire Telenor
• Coup, COVID to Impoverish Nearly Half of Myanmar People by Early 2022: UN
• Myanmar’s Civilian UN Ambassador to Stay for Now as UN Delays Decision
• The Day Election Winners and Losers Discussed Myanmar’s First Peaceful Transfer of Power
• Myanmar Regime Troops Kill Five Displaced Civilians: Resistance
• Myanmar’s Ousted NLD Says Over 570 Members Arrested by Junta So Far
• Five Striking Myanmar Government Staff Seized in Mandalay
• Myanmar Junta Charges Two Leading Medics With Corruption
• Young but Determined Female Medics in Myanmar Junta Jail

Kokang Armed Group Reports Escalating Fighting With Myanmar Junta Posted: 02 Dec 2021 05:08 AM PST The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says it clashed 126 times with the regime during last month and has killed 198 junta troops since July. The post Kokang Armed Group Reports Escalating Fighting With Myanmar Junta appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Companies Linked to Regime Leaders Bid to Acquire Telenor Posted: 02 Dec 2021 03:32 AM PST Myanmar Navy chief and regime-appointed Transport and Communications Minister are behind two companies vying to take over Telenor's telecom business in Myanmar. The post Myanmar Companies Linked to Regime Leaders Bid to Acquire Telenor appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Coup, COVID to Impoverish Nearly Half of Myanmar People by Early 2022: UN Posted: 01 Dec 2021 11:43 PM PST Poverty by early next year will be at levels not seen in more than 15 years, with a particularly sharp spike in urban areas, the UNDP predicts in its latest report. The post Coup, COVID to Impoverish Nearly Half of Myanmar People by Early 2022: UN appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar’s Civilian UN Ambassador to Stay for Now as UN Delays Decision Posted: 01 Dec 2021 11:09 PM PST The UN will continue to recognize NLD appointee U Kyaw Moe Tun—an opponent of the junta—after delaying its decision on the regime's competing claim. The post Myanmar's Civilian UN Ambassador to Stay for Now as UN Delays Decision appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

The Day Election Winners and Losers Discussed Myanmar’s First Peaceful Transfer of Power Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:30 PM PST Six years ago today, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met President U Thein Sein and Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing to discuss the transfer of power to the NLD weeks after its election win. The post The Day Election Winners and Losers Discussed Myanmar's First Peaceful Transfer of Power appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Regime Troops Kill Five Displaced Civilians: Resistance Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:22 AM PST Civilian groups are reporting heavy junta action in Magwe and Sagaing regions. The post Myanmar Regime Troops Kill Five Displaced Civilians: Resistance appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar’s Ousted NLD Says Over 570 Members Arrested by Junta So Far Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:00 AM PST Twelve of those have died while in the regime's custody, seven while being tortured during interrogation, said the party, which won last year's election in a landslide. The post Myanmar's Ousted NLD Says Over 570 Members Arrested by Junta So Far appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Five Striking Myanmar Government Staff Seized in Mandalay Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:16 AM PST Residents blame an informer for reporting the members of the civil disobedience movement to the military regime. The post Five Striking Myanmar Government Staff Seized in Mandalay appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Junta Charges Two Leading Medics With Corruption Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:37 AM PST Public health chiefs under the deposed civilian government, Dr. Htar Htar Lin and Dr. Soe Oo, are accused of returning COVID-19 funds to the United Nations. The post Myanmar Junta Charges Two Leading Medics With Corruption appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Young but Determined Female Medics in Myanmar Junta Jail Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:38 AM PST The families of the female medics killed or captured in a junta raid in Sagaing Region talk to The Irrawaddy about the sacrifices the young women made. The post Young but Determined Female Medics in Myanmar Junta Jail appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

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