Friday, September 3, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Hong Kong Energy Firm Ditches Two Myanmar Projects

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 06:43 AM PDT

VPower has said it is not renewing power projects in Mandalay Region and Rakhine State at a key port in China's Belt and Road Initiative.

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Myanmar LGBTQ Makeup Artist Swaps Beauty Salon for Border Hideout and Revolution

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 06:35 AM PDT

Having narrowly escaped arrest for his anti-junta activities, May Oo sometimes misses his former life but is focused on helping the revolution achieve a better future.

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Myanmar Ceasefire Agreement is Void: KNU Concerned Group

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 05:42 AM PDT

KNU Concerned Group leader Naw Zipporah Sein says the group has abandoned the National Ceasefire Agreement and wants to see the junta defeated.

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Myanmar Junta Soldiers Shoot Dead Pregnant Woman

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 04:44 AM PDT

The 27-year-old victim was five months pregnant when she was killed and her husband severely injured after they were shot while returning home from fishing.

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Myanmar Military Struggling to Recruit New Officers

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 03:23 AM PDT

Applications to military academies have dropped sharply in response to the military's coup and lethal crackdowns on peaceful anti-regime protesters.

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Why Beijing Backs Myanmar Junta While Holding out Olive Branch to NLD

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 03:20 AM PDT

Political analyst Dr. Hla Kyaw Zaw discusses China's policy towards Myanmar.

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Myanmar Regime Transfers Political Prisoners Out of Yangon

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 02:50 AM PDT

An unknown number of unnamed political prisoners have been moved out of Insein Prison to jails outside the city.

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UK Slaps Sanctions on Notorious Crony of Myanmar Junta

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 01:37 AM PDT

London has frozen all UK assets of U Tay Za and his Htoo Group and banned him from the country over his role in helping the Myanmar military buy weapons.

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Myanmar Junta Backs Beijing in Spat With US Over Origins of Coronavirus

Posted: 03 Sep 2021 12:22 AM PDT

The regime's Health Ministry said efforts to study the source of the pandemic 'should not blame or put political pressure on other countries'.

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