Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/02/2025

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Dec 02, 2025 07:01 pm Myanmar Junta Boss Urges Civil Servants to Vote for Military-Aligned Candidates Min Aung Hlaing signals that civil servants should support junta-backed USDP politicians in this month's election. read on website

Dec 02, 2025 05:44 pm Siege Mentality: Why Myanmar's Generals Still Trust No One Decades of fear, mythmaking and foreign entanglements have shaped a military mindset that blocks reform and deepens the country's isolation. read on website

Dec 02, 2025 04:18 pm Overseas Myanmar Voters Spurn Election Despite Junta Intimidation Migrant communities from Thailand to Korea are resisting pressure to cast advance ballots as the regime seeks legitimacy for a vote widely dismissed as a sham to cement military rule. read on website

Dec 02, 2025 03:22 pm Ex-Deputy Energy Minister to Face Corruption Charges Thant Sin, who held the lucrative post of chair of the fuel import committee, seems to have fallen victim to turf wars in the junta's top echelons. read on website

Dec 02, 2025 02:43 pm Junta Forces Torch Mogoke Homes After TNLA Hands Town Back Three homes were destroyed after the TNLA handed the ruby hub back to the junta, triggering fresh clashes and forcing civilians to flee. read on website

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