Thursday, June 9, 2022

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Myanmar Junta Not Invited to India Meeting With ASEAN Foreign Ministers

Posted: 09 Jun 2022 12:29 AM PDT

The Economic Times said New Delhi will bow to ASEAN's policy of only engaging nonpolitical representatives of Myanmar at multilateral forums.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

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Myanmar’s Junta Seems Serious About Executing Leading Activists. Can We Stop It?

Posted: 08 Jun 2022 05:32 AM PDT

Political commentator Naing Khit explains why the junta wants to execute leading activists Jimmy and Phyo Zeya Thaw, and what to expect if the executions proceed. 

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Myanmar Junta Will Be Held Accountable for Democracy Activists’ Executions: Anti-Regime Groups

Posted: 08 Jun 2022 05:25 AM PDT

Ex-UN officials, ousted MPs and EAOs have joined global condemnation of the regime's announcement that it will carry out death sentences imposed on its political enemies. 

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ASEAN’s Engagement With Myanmar’s Shadow Govt Needed to Solve Political Crisis: US

Posted: 08 Jun 2022 04:42 AM PDT

Call by US State Department follows last month's meeting in Washington between the NUG's foreign minister and officials from President Biden's administration.

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More Than 2,000 Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Month: NUG

Posted: 08 Jun 2022 04:03 AM PDT

From May 7 to June 6, 2,063 junta soldiers were reportedly killed in 700 clashes and attacks across the country. 

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Civilians and Resistance Fighters Killed by Myanmar Junta in Sagaing

Posted: 08 Jun 2022 03:58 AM PDT

Two young members of Chaung-U PDF were among those killed by regime troops. 

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China Happy to Support Myanmar’s Bloodthirsty Pariah Regime

Posted: 08 Jun 2022 03:18 AM PDT

Over a year after the coup and Beijing scents the opportunity to increase its economic presence and influence in the country.

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Rakhine Villagers Accused of Terrorism Left in Limbo in Myanmar Jails

Posted: 08 Jun 2022 02:08 AM PDT

At least a dozen Rakhine State civilians are in jail awaiting court verdicts for having alleged ties with the Arakan Army.

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Junta’s Election Next Year Unlikely to End Myanmar’s Crisis

Posted: 07 Jun 2022 06:26 AM PDT

Promises of a junta-organized general election next year are fooling no one, argues a political observer.

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Myanmar’s Shadow Govt Operates Network of Schools in Resistance Strongholds

Posted: 07 Jun 2022 05:21 AM PDT

The National Unity Government has set up community schools and online classes staffed and attended by teachers and students boycotting the junta's education system.

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Myanmar’s Transport Sector Close to Collapse as Prices Rise

Posted: 07 Jun 2022 04:31 AM PDT

Rising fuel prices, restricted supplies and armed conflict across the country are driving numerous businesses towards bankruptcy.

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Junta Forces Continue to Torch Villages in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 07 Jun 2022 04:23 AM PDT

Almost 200 homes have been burned down this week in restive Sagaing Region.

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Junta Forces Kill Striking Employees of China-backed Mine in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 07 Jun 2022 02:07 AM PDT

The murders follow warnings by local resistance groups to China-backed copper mines in Sagaing Region to cease operations.

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Over 300 Myanmar Military Troops Killed in Karen State in May: KNU

Posted: 07 Jun 2022 01:03 AM PDT

According to the Karen ethnic armed organization, nearly 1,800 regime soldiers were killed in clashes with its armed wings in the first five months of the year.

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Myanmar Junta Slams France Over ‘Illegitimate’ Snub, Threatens Ties

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 10:03 PM PDT

The regime expressed 'indignation' after the French Embassy called it 'illegitimate' in a statement condemning the junta's planned execution of detained opponents.

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Myanmar Junta’s Nod for Activists’ Death Sentences Draws Global Ire

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 05:55 AM PDT

Foreign govts and organizations have joined local groups in condemning the junta's announcement that it will proceed with the executions of four anti-regime activists. 

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NUG Declares Myanmar Junta Peace Talks With Ethnic Armies Illegal

Posted: 02 Jun 2022 05:00 AM PDT

Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government said the military regime has no mandate to negotiate or govern the country.

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Junta Urges Myanmar’s Most Powerful Ethnic Army not to Supply Arms to Resistance

Posted: 02 Jun 2022 01:38 AM PDT

The United Wa State Army is thought to be one of a number of ethnic armed organizations secretly supplying the resistance with weapons.

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Displaced Civilians Injured by Myanmar Junta Mortar in Sagaing

Posted: 02 Jun 2022 01:37 AM PDT

Ongoing fighting between resistance forces and junta troops is being reported in Kale Township.

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Clashes Expected in Chin State as Junta Deploys More Troops to Western Myanmar

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 03:46 AM PDT

Regime reinforcements, including drones, have started arriving in Chin State and neighboring Magwe Region.

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Myanmar Junta Troops Fire on Rakhine Displacement Camps

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 03:38 AM PDT

Camp residents said they did not know why the bullets and mortar shells were being fired.

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Myanmar’s NUG, Allied EAOs Urge ASEAN, UN Not to Work With Junta on Aid

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:27 AM PDT

The shadow govt and three ethnic groups said the junta must not be allowed to 'weaponize' humanitarian aid and urged ASEAN to work with the ICRC and neighboring nations.

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Key Myanmar Junta Witness Denies Paying Suu Kyi Bribe: Court Source

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:19 AM PDT

The only witness in one of the corruption cases against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly said he only made a charitable donation.

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Thirty Myanmar Junta Troops Reportedly Killed in Sagaing

Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:13 AM PDT

Resistance fighters on Tuesday ambushed regime soldiers in Sagaing Region escorting a jade shipment from Kachin State.

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Monday, June 6, 2022

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Myanmar Junta’s Nod for Activists’ Death Sentences Draws Global Ire

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 05:55 AM PDT

Foreign govts and organizations have joined local groups in condemning the junta's announcement that it will proceed with the executions of four anti-regime activists. 

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Myanmar Regime Unlikely to Grant Wa Statehood: Analysts

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 05:50 AM PDT

The United Wa State Party has full control over its territory on the Chinese border but gaining full statehood might be challenging. 

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Local Resistance Force Kills Eight Junta Troops in Myanmar’s Yaw Region

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 04:26 AM PDT

The mine ambush was carried out after PDF forces in Magwe's Gangaw Township learned junta troops were planning to attack them; some eight junta soldiers were killed.

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Myanmar Junta Forces Kill Seven Civilians Including a Child in Sagaing Region

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 03:36 AM PDT

The victims were murdered during the latest raids by regime troops on civilian targets in restive Sagaing.

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Civilian Suffering in Myanmar Northwest Highest as Regime War Crimes Continue

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 03:26 AM PDT

Domestic and international observers have recorded the regime's ongoing atrocities, especially in Chin, Sagaing, Magwe, Shan, Kayah and Karen.

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Myanmar Resistance Destroys Trucks in Junta Convoy

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 03:11 AM PDT

An hourlong drive in Kayah State took a large regime convoy six days because of repeated resistance ambushes.

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Pro-Junta Militia Extorting and Looting Locals in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 01:52 AM PDT

Pyu Saw Htee militia are demanding cash and stealing property from NLD supporters and farmers in Sagaing Region. 

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Cambodia as ASEAN Chair: A Mid-Term Assessment on Myanmar

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 01:23 AM PDT

Ahead of November's summits, ASEAN will need to see progress on its Five-Point Consensus if Phnom Penh's call for Myanmar to return to the fold can be realized.

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Friday, June 3, 2022

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Junta Watch: Coup Leader Urges Belt-Tightening While Declaring Return of ‘Stability’, and More

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:05 PM PDT

Also this week, the regime said civil servants would once again have to undergo military training, and revived its fantasy of launching an electric rail system.

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Myanmar Junta Says It Will Execute Two Prominent Democracy Activists  

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:00 PM PDT

The junta spokesman said "there is no other step" as the court rejected the death sentence appeals by former NLD lawmaker Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw and prominent democracy activist Ko Jimmy. 

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