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Ineffectual Laos shows ASEAN’s limits on Myanmar conflict
Source: Radio Free Asia
Laos’ ASEAN chairmanship underscores the bloc’s inability to deal with regional issues without outside help.
Commentary | David Hutt
China Shuts Border as Kachin Fighters ‘Seize Pangwa’
Source: Irrawaddy
The KIA previously said it was attacking pro-junta positions outside Pangwa, and now the armed group seems to have taken control of the town. One Pangwa resident said: “The KIA has seized the town. Their troops are inside.”
Irrawaddy
MYANMAR PEACE PROCESS CONUNDRUM: China’s lopsided coercive push and ASEAN’s slow-moving 5PC persuasion
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
Lately ASEAN has vowed to tackle the Myanmar’s civil war situation just like the way it has undertaken since 2021 that is centered on 5-Point Consensus (5PC) and parallel to it China. First, let us look at how the ASEAN is coping with after more than three years of tackling the issue.
Sai WANSAI
Sexual abuse and violence worsens in Myanmar factories: activists
Source: Radio Free Asia
Myanmar garment factory worker Win Lae was shocked when she heard that colleagues at the Chinese-owned factory where she used to work were being offered money in exchange for sex with Chinese technicians and buyers.
Kiana Duncan for RFA
Who Bombed the Chinese Consulate in Myanmar’s Mandalay?
Source: Irrawaddy
The Chinese Consulate in Mandalay’s Chanmyathazi Township is a fortified one. The compound is sealed off to the outside with a high fence while police are on sentry. CCTVs record anyone passing the premises. The two-story building has its own security system inside and outside.
Irrawaddy
An Inside Look at the NLD Government’s Economic Reform Efforts
Source: Irrawaddy
Although it is a small book with fewer than 150 pages, Best Laid Plans presents the insider perspective of Sean Turnell, who worked as “Special Economic Consultant” to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on economic reform in the National League for Democracy (NLD) era.
Book Review | Mon Mon Myat
Weekly Analysis: Social Relief Organizations Targeted by the Military Junta
Source: Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Across target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region, the junta continues to deploy terror tactics to discourage support for the resistance.
Weekly Analysis | Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Myanmar’s prized coastal wetlands under threat from escalating war
Source: Mekong Eye
Conservation work grinds to a halt as Rakhine’s protected wetlands area gets caught up in the ongoing conflict
Laywaddy FM
Fighting the Military Junta: How a Poet Became a Militia Leader in Myanmar
Source: SPIEGEL International
It’s the same story almost every night. Myanmar’s military is bombing its own people. There are hardly any air defense missiles, fortified bunkers or sirens. Every sound in the sky can mean approaching danger.
Verena Hölzl
China Cracks Whip on Northern Myanmar Insurgents
Source: Asia Sentinel
Chinese officials appear uneasy and confused by insurgency’s growing strength
David Scott Mathieson
Chinese Consulate in Mandalay Targeted
Source: Irrawaddy
A junta officer in Mandalay said a grenade landed on the consulate roof but gave no other details. The Chinese Embassy and the junta have made no comment.
Irrawaddy
ASEAN’s Harmful Five-Point Obsession
Source: Progressive Voice Myanmar
If ASEAN truly aims to achieve a long-term sustainable solution for Myanmar, the only way forward is to heed the Myanmar people’s calls
Weekly Highlight | Progressive Voice Myanmar
Kachin Resistance Attacks Another Stronghold of Pro-Junta Forces
Source: Irrawaddy
The ethnic Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on Thursday launched an onslaught on a vital position of pro-regime forces near Kanpiketi on the Chinese border.
Irrawaddy
Imprisoned Myanmar Lawyer Wins European Human Rights Award
Source: Irrawaddy
Prominent Myanmar human rights lawyer Daw Ywet Nu Aung, who was sentenced to 15 year of hard labor by the junta for helping political prisoners obtain legal aid, has been awarded the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize for 2024.
Irrawaddy
HOW NEIGHBOURS AND INTERNATIONALS WILL NOT END THE WAR IN MYANMAR
Source: Mizzima
To understand what is the current situation, it is useful to review the stages how junta’s war against the people and the people’s self-defense have evolved since the Feb 2021 coup.
Igor Blazevic
Myanmar’s Unending War: Military Junta Possibly On Decline But Ethnic Crisis Still Unheeded
Source: Outlook India
While Myanmar struggles in an unending cycle of civil war, authoritarianism, and ethnic violence, the international community has largely left the country’s citizens to fend for themselves
Nayanika Sengupta
A Eulogy for Myanmar’s Immortals
Source: Irrawaddy
They are decent and appreciated souls whom many people, alive or even dead, loved and admired—still love and admire—because they did good deeds, politically and societally, for their nation and people.
Kyaw Zwa Moe
Is China Really Pulling the Strings of Myanmar’s Ethnic Armies?
Source: Irrawaddy
The meeting gave rise to speculation of an imminent shift in Myanmar’s political situation as China reins in the ethnic armies. However, the assumption that China has control over EAOs in northern Myanmar is incorrect.
Ko Oo
Decoding China’s multi-stakeholder strategy in Myanmar
Source: Observer Research Foundation
Since the escalation of violence in Myanmar following the launch of Operation 1027, China has been pressing both the military government and the resistance forces to secure its interests and maintain peace along the Sino-Myanmar border region
Ophelia Yumlembam, Research Assistant
Myanmar junta signs $250,000 development deal with India amid criticism
Source: Mizzima
According to the junta-controlled Mirror newspaper, India is contributing US$50,000 per project under the “Quick Impact Projects (QIP)” agreement, as part of their ongoing cooperation.
Mizzima
“The State Administration Council and the Restyling of Myanmar’s Economy” by Jared Bissinger
Source: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
While businesses and individuals in post-coup Myanmar have generally fared poorly due to economic decline, some businesses have survived or grown.
Commentary | Jared Bissinger
Where is the Myanmar issue heading within ASEAN? – Issue 155
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor
This week’s Bi-Weekly News Review highlights the emphasis on the Myanmar issue within ASEAN
Weekly News Reviews | Myanmar Peace Monitor
Myanmar Military Steps Up Conscription of Would-Be Migrant Workers
Source: Irrawaddy
Junta troops arrested some 200 people in Myeik Township, Tanintharyi Region who tried to cross into Thailand on Oct. 15, and 140 of them are being forcibly conscripted into the military, according to a Thai-based NGO.
Hein Htoo Zan
Myanmar holds the key
Source: Pakistan Today
Unless there is a crack in the military fraternity and their political standing, Myanmar will not be able to modify the Constitution and hence it may not be possible to conduct a free, fair and participatory election both at national and regional levels.
Nava Thakuria
Junta Boss Repeats Vow to Crush Armed Opposition
Source: Irrawaddy
In a video message to an event marking the ninth anniversary of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on Tuesday, Min Aung Hlaing said his regime “will not yield to demands made by pulling a gun,” referring to armed groups fighting his regime for either democracy or autonomy.
Irrawaddy