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This week, the regime faced pressure from a border dispute involving Myanmar's most powerful ethnic army, while kowtowing even further to Beijing.
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Saturday, November 30, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 11/30/2024
Friday, November 29, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 11/29/2024
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Beijing's ineffective border "blockade" and a few advanced Chinese weapons cannot mask the regime's recruitment crisis.
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Fighting still rages for control of junta positions surrounding Taungup town after the ethnic Arakan Army took control of the local hub.
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Beijing slammed an application by the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing over crimes against humanity, saying the court's writ does not run in non-member countries.
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The ethnic armed group said the region, which it recently seized from a junta-allied warlord, was designed by the previous military regime to keep Kachin people divided.
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A warrant would be a moral victory for the Rohingya, but would do little to change the actions of the Myanmar military on the ground, observers said.
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Thursday, November 28, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 11/28/2024
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Exiled civil society and media groups from Myanmar might be forced to close under oppressive Association and Foundations legislation, according to activists.
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Military analyst Aye Chan Hsu argues that the Arakan Army is close to strangling regime power in Rakhine State.
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Shan Human Rights Foundation cites Thai government study showing Sai River flood sediment contains heavy metals at up to 18 times higher than safe level.
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Fighting has resumed in northern Shan State and eastern Mandalay as the junta sends in reinforcements to protect military command infrastructure.
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Dozens of junta troops from Mobye were killed and the rest of their unit fled or were captured after being attacked by multiple Karenni resistance groups near Loikaw.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 11/27/2024
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Economic crisis deepens as banks exit amid junta restrictions on food supplies and a UN warning of impending famine.
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The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, asked judges in The Hague to grant an international warrant for Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
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The civilian National Unity Government says forming a joint security operation between Myanmar's junta and China will fail to protect Chinese interests.
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NUG acting president urges return of entire cabinet to direct Spring Revolution and avoid becoming government in exile.
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This week's Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks if Myanmar's regime will allow Chinese personnel to cross the border after it has failed to protect Beijing's projects.
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The junta and its ally Moscow have not yet announced an official agreement, but regime-linked employment agencies are already putting out feelers in Russia, they said.
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If the report is confirmed, Dong Jun would be the third Chinese defense minister in a row to fall under investigation for corruption.
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