Thursday, July 3, 2025

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/03/2025

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Jul 03, 2025 08:00 pm
Myanmar Junta Retakes Mobye in Southern Shan



The regime has recaptured the key southern Shan State town on the road to Naypyitaw and Karenni State.
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Jul 03, 2025 07:22 pm
Myanmar Regime Leader Rejects World Bank Economic Forecast as Inaccurate



Despite quake devastation and economic freefall, Min Aung Hlaing dismissed the World Bank's prediction of economic contraction and made a growth forecast instead.
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Jul 03, 2025 07:06 pm
Myanmar Junta Jet Downed as Karenni Resistance Seizes Battalion HQ



Warplane crashes near Hpasawng town, where anti-regime forces had been attacking Infantry Battalions 134 and 135.
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Jul 03, 2025 04:05 pm
37 Years and Counting: Why Has Myanmar's Democracy Struggle Taken So Long?



Over the decades, various methods have been used or proposed by pro-democracy forces to end military rule, but none has proven sufficient on its own.
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Jul 03, 2025 12:10 pm
Indonesian Influencer Given 7-Year Myanmar Prison Sentence



The Indonesian influencer named as 'A.P.' was jailed in Yangon after posting photos with anti-regime groups on Instagram.
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Jul 03, 2025 11:57 am
Myanmar's Peace Forum 2025



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Yet Another Peace Ploy from Myanmar's Junta
Dying in Jail, Myanmar's Political Prisoners a 'Stain on ASEAN's Conscience'
Malaria Cases Rise in Western Myanmar 
Over 12,000 Flee Junta Onslaught in Myanmar's Quake Disaster Zone
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/02/2025

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Jul 02, 2025 07:17 pm
Yet Another Peace Ploy from Myanmar's Junta



The junta's jury-rigged "peace forum" with a handful of regime-aligned or noncommittal groups is solely aimed at gaining regional legitimacy for the generals, says Bertil Lintner.
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Jul 02, 2025 06:52 pm
Dying in Jail, Myanmar's Political Prisoners a 'Stain on ASEAN's Conscience'



Southeast Asian lawmakers demand urgent action to free aging democracy icons – including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi – at next week's ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
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Jul 02, 2025 05:46 pm
Malaria Cases Rise in Western Myanmar 



The revolutionary government that controls most of Rakhine State says it lacks the medicines and testing kits to stop the spread of malaria.  
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Jul 02, 2025 05:02 pm
Over 12,000 Flee Junta Onslaught in Myanmar's Quake Disaster Zone



Displaced residents urgently need food and shelter after regime forces bomb, shell and burn more than 30 villages in Sagaing Township.  
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Jul 02, 2025 04:51 pm
Myanmar Junta Blacklists 200 Firms for Dodging Hard Currency Grab



Exporters are being punished for failing to deposit their earnings in junta-controlled banks and exchanging 25 percent of them at the derisory official exchange rate.
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Jul 02, 2025 11:36 am
Myanmar Junta Opposes Timor Leste's ASEAN Membership



The regime accused Timor Leste of violating ASEAN's non-interference principle by supporting anti-junta forces.
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Myanmar Junta Hawk Joins Peacebuilding Forum in Norway
Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Hammer Shan Rebel-Held Towns 
Myanmar Junta Blacklists Scam Warlord Saw Chit Thu in Currency Crackdown
Tortured But Unbroken: Student Leader Rejoins Myanmar Revolt After 4 Years in Junta Jail 
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/01/2025

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Jul 01, 2025 07:43 pm
Myanmar Junta Hawk Joins Peacebuilding Forum in Norway



The junta's top negotiator Min Naing, notorious for threatening nonstop bombing of resistance-held areas, was welcomed in Oslo at a meeting on peacebuilding initiatives worldwide.
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Jul 01, 2025 07:09 pm
Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Hammer Shan Rebel-Held Towns 



The Ta'ang National Liberation Army is reporting repeated airstrikes on Kyaukme town in northern Shan State as the regime aims to seize Nawnghkio Township.
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Jul 01, 2025 06:49 pm
Myanmar Junta Blacklists Scam Warlord Saw Chit Thu in Currency Crackdown



Firm owned by BGF chief overseeing transnational crime hub debarred for failing to deposit foreign export earnings.
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Jul 01, 2025 06:40 pm
Tortured But Unbroken: Student Leader Rejoins Myanmar Revolt After 4 Years in Junta Jail 



Political prisoner Ko Wai Yan Phyo Moe reveals the horrors he endured in regime torture cells – and the deal he refused to make.
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Jul 01, 2025 04:30 pm
'Queer Joy Is Resistance': San Francisco's Pride Parade



The San Francisco Pride Board of Directors contingentAmid a widening crackdown on civil liberties in the U.S., Pride marchers in San Francisco nonetheless displayed infectious joy. A photo essay by Gary Rocchio
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Jul 01, 2025 03:56 pm
Thailand's PM Suspended by Constitutional Court



Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been ordered to step aside while the Constitutional Court considers allegations of misconduct arising from a border spat with Cambodia.
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Jul 01, 2025 12:03 pm
From Foreign Policy Drift to Diplomatic Freefall in Myanmar



Myanmar's opposition must retool its foreign policy for a harsher, less sympathetic world order.
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Jul 01, 2025 11:46 am
Thailand's Ruling Political Dynasty Faces Day of Legal Peril



PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces possible suspension over Cambodia call as father and ex-PM Thaksin goes on trial for lese majeste over 2015 interview with Korean media.
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Russian Choppers on Myanmar Junta's Shopping List: Min Aung Hlaing
False Peace, Real War in Myanmar
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