Friday, April 23, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


ASEAN’s Exclusion of NUG in Summit Disappoints Myanmar

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 08:47 AM PDT

ASEAN summit on Saturday provides little reason for optimism among longtime political observers.

More Than 110 People Abducted by Myanmar Junta This Week

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 07:28 AM PDT

Students, reporters, monks and celebrities were among those rounded up nationwide this week; some showed signs of severe torture in images released by the regime.

China Says ASEAN Summit Should Fend off External Interference in Myanmar

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 05:05 AM PDT

China's foreign minister pushes back against calls from pro-democracy groups for the UN to intervene in Myanmar crisis.

Myanmar’s National Unity Govt Asks Interpol to Arrest Coup Leader

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 04:47 AM PDT

Commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing is in Jakarta this weekend and the shadow government wants Interpol to have him arrested.

Myanmar Junta Forces Detain Senior Citizen and Loot Village in Mandalay Region

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 02:01 AM PDT

Regime security forces were searching for supporters of the administrative body set up by elected lawmakers from the ousted NLD government.

Bangkok Ducks ASEAN’s Myanmar Challenge

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 01:41 AM PDT

The Thai prime minister's absence from Saturday's summit on Myanmar will blunt ASEAN's effectiveness in dealing with the crisis.

ASEAN and Myanmar’s Generals—in Cartoons

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 06:30 PM PDT

Ahead of the ASEAN summit, The Irrawaddy revisits some of its editorial cartoons published in the early 2000s on relations between the bloc and Myanmar's men in uniform.