Friday, November 5, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


33 Pictures of Myanmar’s Stolen Election, One Year On

Posted: 05 Nov 2021 07:15 AM PDT

A year after the election, The Irrawaddy revisits photos of the day Myanmar people turned out to vote, and their response to the coup that dashed their hopes.

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Almost 100 Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Two Days: Resistance

Posted: 05 Nov 2021 06:30 AM PDT

Attacks across the country have targeted regime troops and their supply lines.

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Myanmar Junta’s Tactic of Re-Arresting Political Prisoners is ‘Psychological Warfare’

Posted: 05 Nov 2021 03:56 AM PDT

Freeing detainees, only to re-arrest them soon afterwards, is a long-established policy of the military designed to intimidate opponents of the junta.

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Myanmar’s Civilian Government to Start Selling Bonds to Fund Revolution

Posted: 05 Nov 2021 03:50 AM PDT

The National Unity Government is looking to fund the pro-democracy movement and striking civil servants.

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Farmers Fear Myanmar Junta Will Confiscate Their Land

Posted: 05 Nov 2021 03:45 AM PDT

The military regime wants the farmland in Rakhine State's Kyaukphyu for a China-backed special economic zone.

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Mytel CFO Most Prominent Victim So Far as Myanmar Military-Linked Firms Targeted

Posted: 05 Nov 2021 03:34 AM PDT

Ex-naval officer U Thein Aung was shot dead on Thursday. He was chief financial officer at the telecom joint venture between the military and Vietnam's Defense Ministry.

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Low-Profile Junta Crony Imports and Makes Arms for Myanmar’s Military

Posted: 05 Nov 2021 02:10 AM PDT

Suntac Group owner U Sitt Taing Aung has close ties to military dictators past and present, along with other local and global arms dealers and manufacturers.

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