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18 Myanmar Resistance Medics Die in Karenni Floods
Source: Irrawaddy
Eighteen resistance medics attending a Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) training course were killed by flooding in Demoso Township, Karenni (Kayah) State, according to the anti-regime group.
Irrawaddy
China opposes any words, deeds undermining China-Myanmar ties: embassy
Source: China Global Television Network
The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar on Saturday said China opposes external forces interfering in Myanmar’s internal affairs and opposes any words and deeds that attempt to sow discord in China-Myanmar relations.
China Global Television Network
What Will Mon Unity Party Policies Be Following Junta Registration
Source: Burma News International
As a result, support for the MUP among the Mon people has dropped significantly, and the party’s political role is gradually diminishing, according to Mon political analysts.
Than Lwin Times
China’s Cruel Interference
Source: Progressive Voice Myanmar
China has been a persistent thorn in Myanmar people’s movements to topple the military tyranny—past and present.
Weekly Highlight | Progressive Voice Myanmar
Anyar rising: Myanmar’s Dry Zone PDFs up the ante
Source: Frontier Myanmar
Resistance groups in western Mandalay Region have shown signs of greater coordination and effectiveness, but there’s still a long way to go to replicate the successes of their comrades in the north.
Frontier
The Reasons Myanmar’s Junta Boss Ventured out of His Naypyitaw Refuge
Source: Irrawaddy
One week after Wang’s visit, Min Aung Hlaing visited the military’s Southern Command in Bago, Central Command in Mandalay, Hmawbi Air Base in Yangon, Eastern Command in Shan State’s Taunggyi, and the Loikaw Regional Operations Command (ROC) in the Karenni State capital.
Maung KAVI
Miemie Winn Byrd awarded for raising awareness about Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
Miemie Winn Byrd, who has been traveling and speaking to Myanmar diaspora communities in the U.S. and around the world to explain the progress made by resistance groups during the nationwide uprising to the 2021 military coup, known as the Spring Revolution.
English Editor | Democratic Voice of Burma
Shootout erupts between two junta-align militia groups in Muse Town
Source: Burma News International
A local reported that on 13 September, around 12:30 p.m., an exchange of fire occurred between the Myoma militia group and the Namhpatkar militia group in Swamsaw Ward, Muse Town.
Shan Herald Agency for News
Myanmar Junta Bombs Civilians While Thai Air Force Drops Aid
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s regime continues to carry out airstrikes on civilian areas, despite heavy flooding across the country.
Irrawaddy
China in delicate dance with Myanmar’s rebel groups
Source: Radio Free Asia
The junta ally is likely trying to end conflict along its borders, but its assets are under rebel control.
RFA Burmese
Election Opponents Urge Boycott of Census Conducted by Military Junta
Source: Independent Mon News Agency
Voices opposing the upcoming election have called on the public to boycott the census, warning that it could be used to serve the junta’s interests rather than the people’s.
Independent Mon News Agency
Southeast Asian Governments Must Support a Global Convention on Crimes Against Humanity
Source: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
The absence of such a convention allows these atrocities to continue unchecked, including in Southeast Asia, as evidenced by the devastating situation in Myanmar.
Statement | ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
Chinese, Myanmar Junta’s Police Forces Ramp Up Cooperation
Source: Irrawaddy
Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong and junta Home Affairs Minister Yar Pyae signed the MoUs when the latter attended the three-day Global Public Security Cooperation Forum in China’s Jiangsu Province from Sunday to Tuesday.
Irrawaddy
KNU: Myanmar Junta Conscripts Kill Guards and Escape
Source: Irrawaddy
A total of 27 migrants from Myanmar who were repatriated by the Thai authorities and were conscripted into the military reportedly escaped to the Karen National Union (KNU) in Tanintharyi Region on Tuesday. Two other conscripts are missing.
Brian Wei
AA Chief: Arakan Army’s Vision for Myanmar is Federal Union of Ethnic and Bamar Peoples
Source: Irrawaddy
The AA chief explains how the ethnic army’s political wing is gradually reasserting administrative control over its homeland, Rakhine State, while coordinating with revolutionary groups nationwide to replace junta rule with a civilian confederation.
Interview | Tun Myat Naing, Arakha Army (AA) chief
Mon Unity Party granted official registration by Myanmar Junta’s Election Commission
Source: Mizzima
The Mon Unity Party (MUP), aligned with Myanmar’s Military Council, has been officially registered as a political party by the junta-led Union Election Commission (UEC).
Mizzima
Can Muhammad Yunus Support Rohingya Refugees?
Source: Foreign Policy
Given the rapidly worsening conflict in Myanmar, Bangladesh’s interim government wisely appears unwilling to continue the Hasina administration’s policy of seeking to repatriate some Rohingya back to Myanmar, including involuntarily.
Michael Kugelman
Chin State to establish an education bureaucracy aligned with federal democratic standards
Source: Mizzima
Chin State’s Minister of Education, Salai Cross Thang, told Mizzima that they are working to establish an education bureaucracy in Chin State that aligns with federal democratic standards.
Mizzima
Airstrike on Pekon Refugee Camp Kills 10, Including 6 Children
Source: Independent Mon News Agency
At around 9 p.m. on September 5, two bombs were dropped from military aircraft on the Laei refugee camp. The bombing left two male students, four female students, and three women dead, with one person still missing.
Independent Mon News Agency
Rule by ‘Good People’ or Rule by Political Dynasties? Ethics and Moral Politics in Thailand
Source: Fulcrum | ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Constitutional mechanisms originally designed to prevent power from slipping into the wrong hands have ironically fuelled the growth of Thailand’s political dynasties.
NAPON JATUSRIPITAK
The Myanmar Filmmakers Fighting the Junta From Abroad
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Director Na Gyi and actress Paing Phyo Thu, being honored at this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival, fled their country following the 2021 military coup but continue to support liberation efforts from abroad.
Scott Roxborough
Surge of Myanmar migrants into Thailand comes with grim costs
Source: Radio Free Asia
Risking accidents and disease, hundreds of thousands are flocking to Thailand through remote border crossings.
Investigation Report | Kiana Duncan; Pimuk Rakkanam
Shakey Foundations – The Looming Collapse of Human Capital in Myanmar
Source: United Nations Development Programme
The conflict in Myanmar, coupled with the resulting socio-economic crisis, is rapidly deteriorating the country’s human capital.
Report | Myanmar Development Observatory (MDO)
Is China Losing Balance in Its Approach to Myanmar?
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar people viewed the warning as a threat to Myanmar’s state sovereignty by China, as well as outright interference in Myanmar’s conflict by pressuring the popular resistance against the brutal regime.
Khin Oo
Red Cross pushes for aid corridors into war-torn Myanmar
Source: Reuters
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in talks with Myanmar’s ruling junta, its armed opponents and its neighbours to provide cross-border humanitarian assistance into the war-torn country, its chief said on Wednesday.
Panu Wongcha-um; Devjyot Ghoshal