Tuesday, December 7, 2021

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Myanmar Ex-President Makes Donation for Alleged Junta Informants

Posted: 07 Dec 2021 04:34 AM PST

Former general U Thein Sein gave five million kyats to the military's proxy political party for members killed or wounded while acting as suspected regime informants.

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Ousted Suu Kyi, President to Serve Sentences Under House Arrest: Myanmar Junta

Posted: 07 Dec 2021 02:43 AM PST

The two were jailed for four years on Monday but the junta chief commuted their sentences to two years' house arrest; the move was widely dismissed as a PR stunt.

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Three Myanmar Police Killed on Yangon-Mandalay Highway: Resistance

Posted: 07 Dec 2021 02:24 AM PST

A combined force of four resistance groups says the attack was in response to Sunday's vehicle-ramming killings in Yangon.

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Myanmar Regime Makes Military Training Compulsory for Soldiers’ Children

Posted: 07 Dec 2021 02:15 AM PST

Both Myanmar and international law expressly prohibits providing military training to children or using them for military purposes. 

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Japan’s Kirin Seeks Arbitration in Singapore to End Venture With Myanmar Military

Posted: 07 Dec 2021 02:15 AM PST

The beverage giant says military conglomerate MEHL rejected its plan for ending their brewing venture and was attempting to liquidate it in violation of their agreement.

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Five-year-old Girl Killed by Myanmar Junta Forces

Posted: 07 Dec 2021 01:30 AM PST

The number of children killed by the military regime since the coup has risen to at least 100, including six killed in the last month.

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Ignoring Junta’s Request, UN Delays Myanmar Ambassador Replacement

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 11:34 PM PST

The resolution formally keeps U Kyaw Moe Tun, who is loyal to the ousted NLD and the shadow civilian government, in place as the country's envoy to the UN for now.

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The Much Misunderstood Wa of Myanmar and China

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 05:30 PM PST

A new book furthers our understanding of the oft-maligned, border-straddling ethnic group's culture and history, and its troubled relationship with the Chinese state.

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Resistance Groups Attack Myanmar Junta After Yangon Protest Killings

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 04:36 AM PST

Viral videos of the vehicle-ramming attack in Yangon have sparked anti-regime action across Myanmar.

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Myanmar Junta Sparks Outrage by Ramming Peaceful Protesters

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 04:29 AM PST

Five civilians are thought to have died in Yangon yesterday when a military vehicle accelerated into a protest.

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Protester Narrowly Escapes Myanmar Junta Bullets

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 04:15 AM PST

An anonymous protester tells The Irrawaddy how they escaped in a hail of bullets after being rammed by a military vehicle in Yangon.

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Myanmar Junta Chief Visits Ailing NLD Patron in Brazen Attempt to Bolster Image

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 03:51 AM PST

The politically motivated publicity stunt of visiting U Tin Oo, 94, who can barely speak after a stroke, was eclipsed by news that junta forces killed five protesters.

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Myanmar Junta Has Right to Attend ASEAN Meetings: Hun Sen

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 03:41 AM PST

Cambodian prime minister's comments raise questions over how long ASEAN's unified stance against the military regime will last.

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Female Journalist Seriously Injured After Myanmar Regime Forces Drive Truck into Protest

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 01:59 AM PST

A photojournalist was also injured and arrested while covering the flash mob protest in Yangon.

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Myanmar Junta Sentences Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint to Four Years in Prison

Posted: 06 Dec 2021 01:10 AM PST

A military regime court found the ousted State Counselor and President guilty of sedition and breaching COVID-19 restrictions.

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Friday, December 3, 2021

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Junta Watch: Coup Leader’s Wife Draws Public Ire; Suu Kyi’s New Charge and More

Posted: 03 Dec 2021 06:30 PM PST

This week, as he waged war on the people and defamed and persecuted Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the junta leader, his wife and his predecessor sought the company of monks.

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The Day Suu Kyi Met Her Jailer and Ex-Myanmar Junta Leader

Posted: 03 Dec 2021 05:30 PM PST

Less than a month after the NLD's 2015 general election victory, Myanmar's new leader met Senior General Than Shwe, the man who ordered her kept under house arrest.

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Myanmar Regime to Charge 2020 Election Local Officials

Posted: 03 Dec 2021 03:59 AM PST

The junta will file lawsuits against the township level sub-commissioners who oversaw the 2020 general election won by the NLD.

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Myanmar Junta Killed Around 100 Children Since Coup: NUG

Posted: 03 Dec 2021 03:27 AM PST

The civilian National Unity Government says the military regime is targeting women and children in its brutal crackdown on civilians.

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Ousted Lawmaker Accuses Myanmar Junta of Defaming the NLD

Posted: 03 Dec 2021 02:33 AM PST

U Kyaw Soe Lin, accused of links with detained civilian resistance fighters, said the regime is trying to smear the NLD as terrorists.

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Civilian Resistance Group Warns People Not to Use Myanmar Junta-Backed Airline

Posted: 03 Dec 2021 01:27 AM PST

Karenni fighters say the regime is using the state carrier to transport troops and weapons and tells locals to avoid the airport and main highway in Kayah State.

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Incoming ASEAN Chair Hun Sen ‘Willing to Visit Myanmar’

Posted: 02 Dec 2021 11:25 PM PST

The Cambodian prime minister's proposal raises questions over whether the regional bloc can maintain a unified firm stance on Min Aung Hlaing's regime.

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

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Kokang Armed Group Reports Escalating Fighting With Myanmar Junta

Posted: 02 Dec 2021 05:08 AM PST

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says it clashed 126 times with the regime during last month and has killed 198 junta troops since July.

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Myanmar Companies Linked to Regime Leaders Bid to Acquire Telenor

Posted: 02 Dec 2021 03:32 AM PST

Myanmar Navy chief and regime-appointed Transport and Communications Minister are behind two companies vying to take over Telenor's telecom business in Myanmar.

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Coup, COVID to Impoverish Nearly Half of Myanmar People by Early 2022: UN

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 11:43 PM PST

Poverty by early next year will be at levels not seen in more than 15 years, with a particularly sharp spike in urban areas, the UNDP predicts in its latest report.

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Myanmar’s Civilian UN Ambassador to Stay for Now as UN Delays Decision

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 11:09 PM PST

The UN will continue to recognize NLD appointee U Kyaw Moe Tun—an opponent of the junta—after delaying its decision on the regime's competing claim.

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The Day Election Winners and Losers Discussed Myanmar’s First Peaceful Transfer of Power

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:30 PM PST

Six years ago today, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met President U Thein Sein and Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing to discuss the transfer of power to the NLD weeks after its election win.

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Myanmar Regime Troops Kill Five Displaced Civilians: Resistance

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:22 AM PST

Civilian groups are reporting heavy junta action in Magwe and Sagaing regions.

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Myanmar’s Ousted NLD Says Over 570 Members Arrested by Junta So Far

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:00 AM PST

Twelve of those have died while in the regime's custody, seven while being tortured during interrogation, said the party, which won last year's election in a landslide.

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Five Striking Myanmar Government Staff Seized in Mandalay

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 04:16 AM PST

Residents blame an informer for reporting the members of the civil disobedience movement to the military regime.

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Myanmar Junta Charges Two Leading Medics With Corruption

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:37 AM PST

Public health chiefs under the deposed civilian government, Dr. Htar Htar Lin and Dr. Soe Oo, are accused of returning COVID-19 funds to the United Nations.

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Young but Determined Female Medics in Myanmar Junta Jail

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:38 AM PST

The families of the female medics killed or captured in a junta raid in Sagaing Region talk to The Irrawaddy about the sacrifices the young women made.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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Myanmar Junta Hits Suu Kyi With New Corruption Charge

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 12:54 AM PST

The ousted State Counselor and President U Win Myint have been charged over the rental and purchase of a helicopter for natural disaster management.

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Myanmar on Agenda as US’ Top Diplomat for Asia Heads to ASEAN Capitals

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 09:52 PM PST

Daniel Kritenbrink will discuss ways to pressure the junta, and try to counter China's growing influence, during his trips to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

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Cambodia, ASEAN and Myanmar

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 05:11 PM PST

In his uncharacteristic recent criticism of the Myanmar junta, Cambodian strongman and new ASEAN chair Hun Sen is likely just playing 'bad cop' to Beijing's 'good cop.'

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

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Scores of Villagers Flee Junta Airstrikes in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 05:37 AM PST

The regime is using attack helicopters against civilians in the face of heavy civilian resistance, villagers say.

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Over 50 Top Officials From Myanmar’s Ousted NLD Govt Face Long Jail Terms

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 05:15 AM PST

Courts are preparing to hand down penalties in the corruption, incitement and other cases the junta has brought against scores of elected leaders since the coup.

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Kokang Army Claims to Have Killed 198 Myanmar Junta Soldiers

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 04:25 AM PST

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army in Shan State blames the fighting on regime attacks and says the junta has lost 10 times more personnel.

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Myanmar Regime Jails Former Election Commission Head

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 02:52 AM PST

U Hla Thein, Chairman of the Union Election Commission under the ousted NLD government, has been moved to Naypyitaw Prison.

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Myanmar Junta Charges NLD Members With Terrorism

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 01:51 AM PST

Three NLD members are accused of planning to attack a power station in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw.

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Veteran NLD Leader Dies a Month After Release from Myanmar Junta Detention

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 01:15 AM PST

Monywa Aung Shin was a politician, poet and long-time activist in the struggle for democracy.

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Thais Vow to Crack Down on Human Trafficking

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 12:11 AM PST

Illegal migration across the country's border with Myanmar has spiked since the Feb. 1 military coup; 63 undocumented workers found in latest incident.

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Chronicling Four Decades of Separatist Activity by Manipur’s PLA in Myanmar 

Posted: 29 Nov 2021 09:55 PM PST

Amid a changed security landscape since the Feb. 1 military coup, the Indian rebel group and others appear to be reasserting their presence inside Myanmar. 

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