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Thai artist to tackle minority rights and raise unheard voices at Manchester exhibition
Source: Prachatai English
The title “There’s No Place” comes from an ongoing project he has with stateless Shan people in Chiang Mai, and on the border of Myanmar and Thailand.
Feature | Tara Abhasakun
Myanmar-China talks focus on energy cooperation
Source: The Nation
Myanmar and China are discussing the conditions and other issues related to sharing the natural gas obtained after building an LNG terminal in Myanmar
The Nation
Myanmar Junta Planning Joint Security Firm with China
Source: Irrawaddy
China has reportedly proposed the establishment of a joint security company with Myanmar’s regime to ensure the safety of Chinese projects and personnel in Myanmar.
Maung KAVI
Myanmar’s Rare Earth Revolution: A Geopolitical Gamechanger – OpEd
Source: Eurasia Review
The intersection of rare earth minerals, a protracted civil war, and shifting global alliances has created a perfect storm that demands immediate attention from Washington.
James Shwe
Senhor Guterres, let’s work to save Myanmar
Source: Union of Catholic Asian News
Antonio Guterres needs to wake up to the world’s crises, both threatening the international rules-based order and the existence of the free world and human tragedies that test the elasticity of our morality. Guterres has spent most of his time in office in slumber.
Benedict Rogers
Seven Civilians Killed, Thousands Displaced After Sagaing Attack
Source: Irrawaddy
At least seven Sagaing Region civilians have been killed and nearly 10,000 displaced by Myanmar junta airstrikes on Pale town.
Irrawaddy
Complaints lodged against brands over Myanmar
Source: Ecotextile News
IndustriALL, together with banned Myanmar unions CTUM and IWFM, lodged complaints with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s National Contact Points (NCPs) in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland.
Simon GLOVER
Myanmar UNHCR displacement overview 11 Nov 2024
Source: Reliefweb
Number of people displaced since Feb 2021 and remain displaced
Maps and geodata
China Sought ex-Military Intelligence Officials’ Views on Foreign Spies in Myanmar: Report
Source: Irrawaddy
“China is concerned about what the US might be doing. It wants to know things about the CIA and Taiwanese espionage,” said the former military intelligence officer who served under once-powerful MI chief Khin Nyunt.
Maung KAVI
Junta Leans on Labor Agencies to Bring Conscripts Home
Source: Irrawaddy
The military regime has tasked overseas employment agencies with bringing Myanmar migrant workers back home when they are called up for mandatory military service.
Irrawaddy
Junta Using Its Soldiers’ Families as Human Shields
Source: Burma News International
The junta’s Tactical Operations Command Headquarters 1 (TOCH-1), in Hpapun District, Karen State is holding 200 family members of military personnel, including women and children, as human shields, according to the Karen National Union (KNU)
Karen Information Center
Chinese Workers Abandon Kyaukphyu Project Over Concerns of Conflict
Source: Burma News International
Chinese workers participating in the project in Kyaukphyu Town, Arakan State, are leaving for the mainland because of concerns about possible conflict in the region.
Narinjara News
Myanmar Junta on Brink of Losing Four More Towns in Rakhine: Arakan Army
Source: Irrawaddy
The Arakan Army (AA) claimed on Thursday it is poised to capture another four towns in Rakhine State, including Ann, home to the junta’s Western Region Command headquarters.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s Kachin rebels stop rare earth exports to China
Source: Radio Free Asia
The insurgents have sealed the border in response to China’s closures as it presses anti-junta groups to negotiate peace.
RFA Burmese
Thailand: Hold Soldiers Accountable for Torture, Killing of Myanmar National
Source: Fortify Rights
The Thai government should conduct a thorough, prompt, and impartial investigation into the involvement of Thai Army soldiers in the torture and killing of Aung Ko Ko and ensure that all perpetrators are brought to justice, said Fortify Rights.
Press Release | Fortify Rights
Abandoned ‘ghost gear’ kills sea life. A Myanmar nonprofit is turning the tide
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Thanda Ko Gyi came across a horrific sight in 2016 while diving in the waters off southern Myanmar. Many bamboo sharks and other marine animals lay dead or trapped alive in an abandoned fishing net.
By: Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
Can China Reverse the Tide of Myanmar’s Spring Revolution?
Source: Irrawaddy
As fighting de-escalates in northern Shan State amid pressure and threats from China, questions arise over the Spring Revolution’s fate.
Analysis | Aye Chan Hsu
Indonesia, US condemn violence against civilians in Myanmar
Resource-poor rice farmers in Myanmar suffer double impact from political conflict
Source: International Food Policy Research Institute
Since 2021, the political crisis in Myanmar has led to a deterioration in positive technological change, with particularly worrisome effects on smallholder farmers
By: Hiroyuki Takeshima; Zin Wai Aung; Ian Masias; Bart Minten
Myanmar Junta Chief Bolsters Family EV Business with BYD Visit
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing visited the BYD electric vehicle (EV) headquarters in the Chinese city of Shenzhen on Sunday. His son, Aung Pyae Sone, imports the cars to Myanmar.
By: Hein Htoo Zan
Junta Troops Detain Over 200 Villagers Returning from Rice Harvest in Puche Village
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
Although the reason for the arrests is still unknown. Ta Ae Soe, the KNDF spokesperson, stated that the junta troops advancing from Pinlaung Township towards Pekon Township were responsible for the abductions.
Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Kill 20 in TNLA Territory
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar junta airstrikes reportedly targeted Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) territory in northern Shan State and Mandalay Region, killing around 20 people on Monday and Tuesday.
Fierce fighting ongoing after joint Chin Brotherhood Alliance’s offensive on junta camps in Mindat
Source: Khonumthung News Group
“Fighting has been ongoing in Mindat. It has been three days now. The military council is bombing every day and burning houses,” said Ko Yaw Mang of the Mindat PAT.
Do Sanctions Work? It Depends. Burma and the West Bank Might Be Models.
Source: Just Security
Sanctions cannot stop a war or ongoing violent atrocities by a regime against its own people, nor can they unilaterally convince a military junta to choose democracy.
Brad Brooks-Rubin
Who’s fuelling Myanmar’s civil war?
Source: Asia Media Centre
China has the biggest influence on Myanmar’s civil strife but Russia also has sway, supplying arms to the military junta.
Dr Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer in International Studies at the University of South Australia