Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/14/2026

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Jan 14, 2026 07:59 pm Myanmar Military Secures Enough Votes to Form New Government The junta's proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party has added seats to military's parliamentary quota to reach governing majority in ongoing election.   read on website

Jan 14, 2026 06:22 pm Meet Zaw Win Shein, Hotel Magnate in an Era of Collapse With tourism at its lowest ebb, the irrepressible former rice trader has reinvented himself as a hospitality mogul by snapping up the country's most desirable properties. read on website

Jan 14, 2026 05:11 pm Bangladesh Summons Myanmar Junta Envoy After Border Clashes Heavy fighting involving regime troops, the Arakan Army, and Rohingya militia ARSA has spread to a dozen villages in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar. read on website

Jan 14, 2026 03:57 pm Colorful Businessman Trounces USDP in Yangon's Outlier Constituency "Zawtika" Khin Hlaing breaks 15-year losing streak to beat the military's proxy party in Kyimyindaing Township, which has resoundingly rejected junta rule in this election. read on website

Jan 14, 2026 02:20 pm Myanmar Junta Slams Rohingya Genocide Case at ICJ Regime claims to be cooperating with the court in good faith but refuses to name the Rohingya and calls the case "flawed and unfounded." read on website

Jan 14, 2026 11:27 am The Infiltration of Thailand's State Power Structure by Wa Networks From border militias to ballot boxes: the expanding reach of Wa power in Thailand. read on website

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