Monday, September 6, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Shadow Govt Claims 580 Junta Troops Killed Last Month

Posted: 06 Sep 2021 05:15 AM PDT

The regime faced the heaviest resistance in Sagaing and Yangon regions during August, according to the civilian shadow government.

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NUG Questions ASEAN’s Ceasefire Agreement With Myanmar Junta

Posted: 06 Sep 2021 04:10 AM PDT

The shadow government said ASEAN should have called for an end to civilian arrests and an assurance its special envoy could meet with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Myanmar Junta Steps Up Arrests of Striking Civil Servants

Posted: 06 Sep 2021 03:54 AM PDT

The civil disobedience movement is preventing the regime from operating properly.

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11 Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Weekend Clashes

Posted: 06 Sep 2021 02:02 AM PDT

Civilian resistance fighters and regime troops clash in Chin State, Mandalay and Sagaing Regions.

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China Tests New Trade Route With Myanmar in Show of Support for Junta

Posted: 06 Sep 2021 12:37 AM PDT

The transportation of 60 containers by road and rail along a new trade corridor from Yangon to Chengdu followed a visit to Naypyitaw by a high-level Chinese envoy.

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ASEAN Envoy to Myanmar Says Military Agrees to Four-Month Ceasefire to Deliver Aid

Posted: 05 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT

Erwyan Yusof said he made the proposal in a video meeting with the regime's foreign minister.

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