Saturday, July 23, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Junta Watch: Regime in Fantasyland on Electric Cars, Economics

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 08:01 PM PDT

Also this week, the coup leader's obsession with the NLD followed him to Russia, and the military meddled in another place it shouldn't—the Central Bank of Myanmar.

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Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide Case Can Proceed, Top UN Court Rules

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 07:59 AM PDT

The International Court of Justice threw out all of Myanmar's objections, paving way for full hearings on allegations over bloody 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya.

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US Citizen ‘Wrongfully’ Detained in Myanmar, Embassy Says

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 05:40 AM PDT

The embassy did not say how long the US citizen had been detained or whether they had been charged by junta authorities.

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Resistance Ambushes Kill or Injure Nearly 100 Soldiers in Myanmar Anti-Regime Strongholds

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 05:25 AM PDT

People's defense forces in Sagaing and Magwe regions and Kachin and Shan states say they have successfully ambushed and killed large numbers of junta troops.

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Soaring Food and Fuel Costs Threaten Millions in Myanmar

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 05:18 AM PDT

Prices of staples like rice and palm oil have almost doubled or tripled since last year's coup.

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Around 40% of Myanmar’s Population Plunged Into Poverty in 2022: World Bank

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:32 AM PDT

Myanmar's annual GDP contracted by 18% in 2021, dropping to its lowest level since 1962.

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ASEAN Envoy Dreams of Suu Kyi’s Nonviolence as Path to Peace in Myanmar

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:09 AM PDT

Prak Sokhonn has proved to be a good listener to the regime while remaining deaf to popular sentiment and utterly failing to grasp the reality on the ground in Myanmar.

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Rakhine Civilians Rounded Up After Arakan Army Attacks Myanmar Junta

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 02:33 AM PDT

Residents along the Bangladesh border are being seized by regime troops since the rebel army's attack on Monday.

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