Monday, August 16, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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