Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/18/2025

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Dec 18, 2025 07:08 pm Norway Parliament Probes Telenor for Handover of Myanmar Opposition Data Daw Aung San Suu Kyi among thousands reportedly exposed to regime crackdown during telecom giant's chaotic exit after coup. read on website

Dec 18, 2025 06:18 pm Young Mandalay Activist 'Brutally Arrested' Over Anti-Election Protest Fears grow for the life and safety of 24-year-old Htet Myat Aung, who had a bounty on his head for leading non-violent protests against the military regime since the coup. read on website

Dec 18, 2025 05:23 pm Human Stories From Myanmar's Cold War Frontier Wen-Chin Chang traces the lives of migrants, spies and guerrillas who shaped the hidden history of the China-Myanmar border region. read on website

Dec 18, 2025 05:10 pm Mandalay Resistance Caught in Claws of Myanmar Junta Pincer Regime troops are closing in on Singu town, one of the last remaining resistance strongholds in Mandalay Region. read on website

Dec 18, 2025 10:25 am What the Junta's Escalating Attacks on Rakhine State Tell Us This week our editors discuss the regime's calculated attacks on civilian targets—like the hospital massacre in Mrauk-U—to instill terror in the population of Myanmar. read on website

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