Monday, December 30, 2024

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/30/2024

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Dec 30, 2024 08:52 am
Myanmar's Resistance Is Getting the China Question Wrong



Claims that China is fully committed to supporting the junta are overblown and risk pushing it closer to the junta. A policy of engaging Beijing would be more fruitful.
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China's Plunder of Myanmar's Rare Earth Wealth Threatens Global Security
A Year in Myanmar Junta's Theatre of Absurdity as Military Collapse Loomed
Captured Myanmar Junta General Demands Rakhine Surrender 
Myanmar Junta Commander Abandons Kachin Fighting: KIA
Junta Boss Dances While Myanmar Burns
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Saturday, December 28, 2024

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/28/2024

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Dec 28, 2024 09:47 am
China's Plunder of Myanmar's Rare Earth Wealth Threatens Global Security



The world must act now to break China's monopoly on rare earth mining and processing and the environmental and human devastation it wreaks in Kachin State, says Ankit K.
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A Year in Myanmar Junta's Theatre of Absurdity as Military Collapse Loomed
Captured Myanmar Junta General Demands Rakhine Surrender 
Myanmar Junta Commander Abandons Kachin Fighting: KIA
Junta Boss Dances While Myanmar Burns
Courage and Complicity: Those Who Defined 2024
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Friday, December 27, 2024

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/27/2024

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Dec 27, 2024 07:29 pm
A Year in Myanmar Junta's Theatre of Absurdity as Military Collapse Loomed



Min Aung Hlaing's propaganda mill went into overdrive in 2024, touting tourism, climate solutions, medical excellence, and fatherly values as the nation burned. 
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Dec 27, 2024 06:43 pm
Captured Myanmar Junta General Demands Rakhine Surrender 



An Arakan Army video shows the former Western Command chief of staff calling on regime troops in Rakhine State to stop fighting for incompetent leaders.
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Dec 27, 2024 05:30 pm
Myanmar Junta Commander Abandons Kachin Fighting: KIA



The Kachin Independence Army says it is still fighting to seize Mansi and the regime power hub of Bhamo in Kachin State.
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Dec 27, 2024 05:21 pm
Junta Boss Dances While Myanmar Burns



Just days after his regime's Western Command fell to rebels closing in from all sides, Min Aung Hlaing was busy partying with old cronies.
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Dec 27, 2024 04:37 pm
Courage and Complicity: Those Who Defined 2024



The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military setbacks but also saw some diplomatic wins.
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Christians Slam Cardinal Bo's Ties to Myanmar Junta Boss
Two Wasted Decades in Thai Politics
Myanmar's Garment Industry Unravelling Amid Chronic Labor Shortage
Civilians Trapped in Kachin's Bhamo Plead for Help
Thailand Sends Cholera Medicine to Myanmar
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Thursday, December 26, 2024

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/26/2024

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Dec 26, 2024 04:07 pm
Christians Slam Cardinal Bo's Ties to Myanmar Junta Boss



Like every year since the coup, Min Aung Hlaing joined Cardinal Charles Bo for a festive Christmas dinner at Yangon's St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday.
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Dec 26, 2024 02:41 pm
Two Wasted Decades in Thai Politics



Years of political strife and authoritarianism have left Thailand mired in a middle-income trap, losing out to regional neighbors.
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Myanmar's Garment Industry Unravelling Amid Chronic Labor Shortage
Civilians Trapped in Kachin's Bhamo Plead for Help
Thailand Sends Cholera Medicine to Myanmar
Relatively Peaceful Ayeyarwady Faces War as Myanmar Junta Retreats
Myanmar Junta Boss Urges Unity as Forces Disintegrate in Rakhine and Chin
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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/25/2024

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Dec 25, 2024 05:00 pm
Myanmar's Garment Industry Unravelling Amid Chronic Labor Shortage



Mass exodus of workers due to the Conscription Law has triggered recruitment of children and a deepening labor rights crisis, warn industry figures and activists.
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Dec 25, 2024 03:03 pm
Civilians Trapped in Kachin's Bhamo Plead for Help



People sheltering in a monastery in the southern Kachin town were injured by artillery in fierce fighting between KIA rebels and the Myanmar junta and are desperate to get out.
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Dec 25, 2024 12:48 pm
Thailand Sends Cholera Medicine to Myanmar



300 cases have been reported in Karen State's Shwe Kokko opposite Mae Ramat district in Thailand's Tak province.
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Relatively Peaceful Ayeyarwady Faces War as Myanmar Junta Retreats
Myanmar Junta Boss Urges Unity as Forces Disintegrate in Rakhine and Chin
Myanmar Junta's Desperation Diplomacy in 2024
Thai Officials Sound Alert Over Cholera Outbreak in Myanmar
Is Myanmar's Junta Looking For an Exit?
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