Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 11/04/2025

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Nov 04, 2025 07:59 pm Arrests Near 100 as Myanmar Junta Intensifies Election Dissent Crackdown Detainees face sentences ranging from lengthy prison terms to death as regime moves to silence opposition to its discredited poll. read on website

Nov 04, 2025 06:57 pm China Sentences Ex-Kokang Leader, Four Others to Death for Myanmar Scam Empire Bai Suocheng, his son Yingcang and many other members of their family-run syndicate were convicted of fraud worth over $4 billion and killing six Chinese nationals. read on website

Nov 04, 2025 06:31 pm 'The Revolution Will Bounce Back': AA Chief The junta's recent gains are brittle and no grounds for the resistance to despair, says Arakan Army Commander Tun Myat Naing in the fourth and final part of this exclusive interview. read on website

Nov 04, 2025 03:47 pm Scapegoating Myanmar's Ethnic Armies Over Mining Misses the Real Culprit: China Focusing blame for arsenic contamination of the Salween River on Karenni and other EAOs obscures China's deep role in Myanmar's frontier mining. read on website

Nov 04, 2025 12:37 pm Myanmar Scam Hub Sweep Triggers Fraudster Recruitment Rush Junta 'raids' on Myawaddy's KK Park have sparked a scramble among syndicates to rehire fleeing scammers. read on website

Nov 04, 2025 11:49 am Democracy, junta-style Cartoons read on website

Nov 03, 2025 05:58 pm Myanmar Junta Silences Election Criticism With Mass Arrests At least 88 detained for as little as liking Facebook posts in crackdown ahead of staged vote. read on website

Nov 03, 2025 03:53 pm As Myanmar Launches Election Campaigning, Only Junta-Backed USDP is Visible Official campaign period begins in Mandalay under tight restrictions, with empty streets and little expectation of a genuine contest.    read on website

Nov 03, 2025 03:16 pm China's Bullying Diplomacy: How Beijing Sabotaged Myanmar's Revolution The TNLA's return—at Beijing's insistence—of two towns to the junta this month is the latest example of China's bullying and hypocritical stance toward its neighbor. read on website

Nov 01, 2025 05:48 pm Myanmar Junta Intensifies Rakhine Bombings Amid Lull in Northern Shan Taking advantage of a fresh China-brokered truce in northern Shan State, the regime has ramped up bombings of civilian targets in Arakan Army-held Rakhine, the AA says. read on website

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