Thursday, July 31, 2025

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/31/2025

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Jul 31, 2025 08:18 pm
Myanmar Junta Boss Forms New Government With Eye on December Election



After ending the state of emergency, Min Aung Hlaing gave his regime a new name as he positions himself to claim the presidency in December's military-run vote.
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Jul 31, 2025 08:11 pm
Imaginary Conversations With Min Aung Hlaing



An American author imagines giving the junta boss a piece of his mind in this bold cocktail of the textual and the visual.
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Jul 31, 2025 06:28 pm
China's Strategy to Reverse Ethnic Armies' Gains in Myanmar



Beijing's campaign of coercion and fragmentation aims to sabotage Myanmar's revolution and help preserve junta rule as the guarantor of China's regional interests.
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Jul 31, 2025 11:57 am
US Lifting Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Allies 'Unconscionable': UN Expert



Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews says lifting sanctions on junta allies undermines efforts to curb arms flow and emboldens a regime that has killed thousands of civilians.
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US Law Firm Helped Myanmar Junta Cronies Beat Sanctions
MNDAA Threatens Retaliation After Myanmar Junta Airstrikes
Myanmar Junta Imposes Death Sentence to Crush Election Dissent
Key Facts About Tsunamis and the Damage They Cause
Myanmar's resistance needs a chain of command
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/30/2025

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Jul 30, 2025 09:01 pm
US Law Firm Helped Myanmar Junta Cronies Beat Sanctions



Ferrari & Associates helped Myanmar junta-linked entities and individuals get taken off America's sanctions list, highlighting long-standing ties between U.S. law firms and junta-linked clients.
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Jul 30, 2025 08:11 pm
MNDAA Threatens Retaliation After Myanmar Junta Airstrikes



The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says the regime has breached the terms of the April truce agreed in China.
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Jul 30, 2025 07:31 pm
Myanmar Junta Imposes Death Sentence to Crush Election Dissent



New electoral law carries harsh punishments for anyone seeking to interfere in the regime's stage-managed December poll.  
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Jul 30, 2025 05:40 pm
Key Facts About Tsunamis and the Damage They Cause



After Wednesday's tsunami warning for the Pacific, we ask: what is a tsunami, and how can it affect coastal communities?
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Jul 30, 2025 04:40 pm
Myanmar's resistance needs a chain of command



This week's Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks if the anti-regime groups can adapt to their weaknesses like the regime appears to be doing.
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Jul 30, 2025 03:48 pm
Myanmar Trade Union Founder Arrested



Daw Myo Myo Aye, founder of the Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar, was arrested last week and has not been heard from since. 
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Jul 30, 2025 03:38 pm
Rakhine's Arakan Army Accused of Grave Abuses Against Rohingya



Human Rights Watch accuses the victorious ethnic army of imposing "policies of oppression" on Rohingya people, including arson, pillage, and forced labor.
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Jul 30, 2025 02:41 pm
Pakistan's Hopes of Closer ASEAN Integration—a Pipe Dream?



Pakistan is too remote geographically, economically, and ideologically from ASEAN to justify its urgent bid for closer integration, argues Vaishali Basu Sharma
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In Rare Earth Talks, Another Troubling Sign of a US Pivot on Myanmar
Myanmar Regime Sets More Traps to Guarantee Election Win
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/29/2025

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Jul 29, 2025 07:05 pm
In Rare Earth Talks, Another Troubling Sign of a US Pivot on Myanmar



Trump's moves—including talks on minerals and the lifting of sanctions against junta cronies—fuel fears that Washington is abandoning Myanmar's opposition.
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Jul 29, 2025 06:30 pm
Myanmar Regime Sets More Traps to Guarantee Election Win



Having eliminated 2020 landslide winner the NLD, the junta is doubling down to lock in military rule with December's poll.
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Jul 29, 2025 06:16 pm
Why Myanmar Junta's Face-Saving Counteroffensive is Doomed to Fail



The regime's limited gains this month cannot halt a revolution powered by the people's rejection of military dictatorship, says Karenni resistance chief Maui (Marwi).
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Jul 29, 2025 04:21 pm
Russian Steel Mill in Myanmar to Be Up and Running 'Soon'



The regime says the shelved steel mill project in southern Shan State that it is reviving with Russian help will finally be up and running in November 2026.
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Jul 29, 2025 11:25 am
Thai Army Accuses Cambodia of Breaking Truce



Thailand said Cambodia broke a ceasefire agreed between the countries' prime ministers at Malaysia-brokered talks on Monday.
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After Retaking Thabeikkyin and Nawnghkio, Where Will Myanmar Junta Strike Next?
Thailand and Cambodia Truce Talks Due but Strikes Continue
China's Support of Myanmar Junta Will Prove Short-Sighted
Myanmar Rights Group Demands Chinese Sanctions
Cambodia calls for ceasefire with Thailand after deadly clashes
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