Wednesday, July 20, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Dozens of Myanmar Border Police Killed in Fighting With Arakan Army

Posted: 19 Jul 2022 11:24 PM PDT

Fighting erupted in Rakhine State's Maungdaw after the AA ambushed junta troops; it said the attack was in retaliation for an airstrike on an AA outpost in Karen State.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

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The Irrawaddy Magazine

With No Int’l Support, Myanmar Resistance Groups Seek Public Funds for Homemade Weapons 

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 07:07 PM PDT

In need of financial support, PDF groups are increasingly going public with their rudimentary weapons-production efforts. 

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Myanmar Military’s Long History of Electoral Fraud

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 06:00 PM PDT

Given the military's rigging and rejections of previous elections, no one believes the coup leader's assurances that a free and fair poll will be held next year.

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Monday, July 18, 2022

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Myanmar Civilian Government-Linked Online School Founder and Teachers Arrested 

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 06:10 AM PDT

The junta had arrested nearly 20 teachers from the school by Monday.

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Why Myanmar Junta Chief Downgrades Martyrs’ Day

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 05:23 AM PDT

The military's relationship with the memory of Gen. Aung San is even more strained now that Min Aung Hlaing has toppled and jailed the independence hero's daughter.  

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Six Myanmar Regime Officials Assassinated in Yangon in Last Four Days

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 04:24 AM PDT

Succession of attacks in the commercial capital reveal that the junta is now struggling to control major cities.

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Myanmar Junta Chief’s Wife Took Friends to Russia on Shopping Trip 

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 04:19 AM PDT

Kyu Kyu Hla accompanied Min Aung Hlaing to Moscow while he attended the consecration of a replica pagoda.  

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Kachin Independence Army, Myanmar Regime Forces Clash in Hpakant

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 12:53 AM PDT

Daily Myanmar military patrols have been reported following a KIA attack on the base of a junta-controlled ethnic Lisu militia group in Waingmaw Township.

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Sunday, July 17, 2022

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Junta Watch: Russia’s Half-Hearted Embrace Is Better than None; British Envoy Gets the Boot, and More

Posted: 15 Jul 2022 07:48 PM PDT

Also this week, the junta saw an opportunity in Sri Lanka's suffering, and its defense chief visited some of the monasteries in Sagaing his troops haven't yet torched.

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Friday, July 15, 2022

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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Denies Electoral Fraud Charges

Posted: 15 Jul 2022 06:00 AM PDT

The detained state counselor told a closed prison court in Naypyitaw that she acted legally ahead of the 2020 general election.

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Myanmar Regime Convoy Ambushed; Five Soldiers Killed in Southern Myanmar

Posted: 15 Jul 2022 04:52 AM PDT

A junta convoy was ambushed as it attempted to reinforce a military office in Tanintharyi Region.

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Over 10,000 Civilians Flee Myanmar Junta Airstrikes in Sagaing

Posted: 15 Jul 2022 03:41 AM PDT

Regime gunships indiscriminately attacked four villages in Sagaing Region in yet another war crime.

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Militia Chief Seized Over Alleged Murder of Myanmar Junta Officer’s Relative

Posted: 15 Jul 2022 03:23 AM PDT

Seven pro-junta Pyu Saw Htee militia members were detained in Sagaing Region for allegedly killing a business owner with regime connections.

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China-Backed Illegal Rare Earth Mining Surging in Northern Myanmar

Posted: 15 Jul 2022 02:44 AM PDT

A Myanmar military-backed militia in Kachin State is protecting Chinese-run mines that produce coveted rare earth minerals used in hi-tech products.

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Karen Resistance Group Claims Another Victory Over Myanmar Junta Troops

Posted: 15 Jul 2022 01:57 AM PDT

The Cobra Column says it killed at least eight soldiers near the Thai border who were trying to reach troops injured earlier in the week.

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Pro-Regime Militia Blamed as Another Member of Myanmar’s NLD Killed

Posted: 15 Jul 2022 12:20 AM PDT

Residents of Tawkashat Village in Sagaing Region's Kantbalu said the executive of the former ruling party's township branch was killed by a Pyu Saw Htee militia group.

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Junta Red Tape Sparks Medicine Shortages in Myanmar

Posted: 14 Jul 2022 07:59 PM PDT

Pharmaceutical traders say they now have to secure numerous permits from different regime bodies.

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Myanmar Junta Chief and His Two Favorite Monks Consecrate Pagoda Replica in Moscow

Posted: 14 Jul 2022 05:35 AM PDT

Monks Sitagu Sayadaw and Ashin Chekinda, who reportedly urged Min Aung Hlaing to seize power even before the 2020 election, have joined him on his current trip to Russia.

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Seized Sagaing Civilians Used by Myanmar Junta While Bomb Defused

Posted: 14 Jul 2022 05:10 AM PDT

Around 40 human shields prevented resistance groups from detonating a remote-controlled bomb in Kantbalu Township.

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Myanmar Junta Arrests Nine Striking Teachers Working for NUG Online School

Posted: 14 Jul 2022 04:56 AM PDT

For students boycotting regime-run schools, online schools are one of the few options where they can continue their education.

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Myanmar Military’s Proxy Political Party hit by Fresh Financial Scandal

Posted: 14 Jul 2022 04:12 AM PDT

The Union Solidarity and Development Party has a long history of exploiting the state's assets for its own benefit.

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Myanmar Junta Troops Stationed at Offices and School Attacked in Chin State

Posted: 14 Jul 2022 03:47 AM PDT

Two soldiers were killed when the Chinland Defense Force attacked troops in Kanpetlet town after taking control of the township's rural areas.

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Over 30 Regime Troops Reportedly Killed in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 14 Jul 2022 01:26 AM PDT

Junta soldiers were attacked repeatedly over the course of three days in Kale Township, Sagaing Region.

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India Unearths Network Trafficking Rohingya Girls From Camps in Bangladesh

Posted: 14 Jul 2022 01:16 AM PDT

India's National Investigation Agency has arrested six people in a yearlong probe; it said traffickers lured refugees with promises of opportunities in India.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

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The Irrawaddy Magazine

Myanmar Junta Chief Back in Russia—the Only Country Willing to Take Him

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 05:55 AM PDT

It may be Min Aung Hlaing's main arms dealer and the only country willing to let him enter, but even Russia is reluctant to lend his presence much official weight. 

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Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed as Resistance Fighter Blows Himself Up Before Arrest

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 05:31 AM PDT

The Yesagyo Revolution Group said its member blew up three grenades before he could be detained.  

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Teenage Girl Among Four Killed by Myanmar Junta Soldiers in Sagaing

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 05:13 AM PDT

A 17-year-old and her mother were shot dead together with two others by regime forces on Tuesday.

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First Cases of New COVID-19 Variant Found in Myanmar

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 04:31 AM PDT

The BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron are fast becoming the dominant cause of COVID-19 infections around the world.

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Chin State Food Running Out as Myanmar Junta Blocks Roads

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 03:11 AM PDT

Residents in Matupi and Mindat townships have struggled to buy rice and other basics since the regime blocked roads to the mountainous state.

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House of Myanmar Junta Chief’s Sister Bombed in Yangon

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 02:57 AM PDT

Resistance groups launched a series of bomb attacks across the commercial capital on Monday and Tuesday.

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Myanmar Regime Battalion Commander, Deputy Killed in Clash With Resistance Group

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 02:22 AM PDT

They were among a unit of regime troops that was decimated by Cobra Column on the road leading to a strategic outpost in Karen State, the group said.

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Burma Must Make Clear its Nuclear Ambitions

Posted: 12 Jul 2022 11:49 PM PDT

As the regime signs an MoU with a Russian state nuclear energy corporation, The Irrawaddy revisits a 2009 commentary on the previous junta's atomic aspirations.

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Myanmar Military’s Culture of Atrocities 

Posted: 11 Jul 2022 06:59 PM PDT

The use of mass violence and atrocities against civilians is so deeply internalized in the military that the institution must be replaced.

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