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Exclusive: Why China’s ultimatum to Myanmar rebels threatens global supply of heavy rare earths
Source: Reuters | By Naw Betty Han, Devjyot Ghoshal, Shoon Naing and Poppy Mcpherson
The ultimatum issued by Chinese officials to the KIA in a meeting earlier this year, which is reported by Reuters for the first time, underscores how Beijing is wielding its control of the minerals to further its geopolitical aims.
Myanmar’s military junta threatens global heavy rare earths supply
Source: Mining Technology
China has issued an ultimatum to the KIA through its officials, threatening to cease purchasing minerals from KIA-controlled mines unless the militia relinquishes its attempts to gain full control of Bhamo.
‘Together’ exhibit features pressed flower art on Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
An exhibition featuring pressed flower art called “Together” opened at The Commune CNX in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on July 7 to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of “7 July Student Uprising” and to raise funds for resistance groups in Myanmar.
Chin Resistance Tensions Boil Over as CNA Seizes Rival’s Myanmar HQ
Source: The Irrawaddy
The attack on CNDF’s Camp Rihli came while the group was negotiating to resolve the dispute, CNDF spokesman Salai Timmy Htut told The Irrawaddy.
Myanmar Junta Trains Staff on Electronic Voting Machines Across the Country
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
Since June, the junta has organized “Myanmar Electronic Voting Machine” demonstrations, mock voting and training sessions
Mekong River Commission detects heavy metal contamination along the Mekong
Source: Bangkok Post | By Apinya Wipatayotin
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat is warning about a “moderately serious” situation following the detection of heavy metal contamination in the Mekong River
More Civilian Homes Set on Fire in Moebye After Recapture by Military Junta
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
Civilian homes in Moebye, located on the Shan-Karenni border and recently reoccupied by junta forces, have been burned down and destroyed, according to Tar Eh Soe, spokesperson for the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF).
Kaladan project between India, Myanmar to be operational by 2027: Sonowal
Source: Press Trust of India
Addressing a press conference here, Sonowal said the distance between Aizawl and Kolkata will be shortened by 700 km once the project is ready.
Amid fresh fighting in Myanmar, 4,000 refugees pour into Mizoram
Source: The Indian Express | By Sukrita Baruah
The Chin State in Myanmar has been witnessing a faceoff between two anti-military junta forces – the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) Hualnogram – since July 2.
Myanmar People Skeptical of Junta’s Promises of Election, Peace
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
“The junta says they are going to bring peace. But is it okay to leave out ethnic [armed groups fighting the junta]? I don’t think so,” said an internally displaced person (IDP) in her 40s from Karen State.
Timor-Leste rejects Myanmar’s opposition to its ASEAN membership
Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service
Timor-Leste has dismissed Myanmar’s objection to it becoming the 11th member of the ASEAN grouping as “inconsequential and irrelevant,” said Timor President José Ramos-Horta.
Dhaka wants timeline for return of Rohingyas from world community
Source: Daily Observer | By Diplomatic correspondent
Bangladesh has urged the international community to give a roadmap of ‘practical and time-bound outcomes’ from the high-level conference on Rohingya to be held in September this year in New York.
Thirteen Myanmar junta aircraft shot down since coup
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Nayt Thit
Thirteen Myanmar junta aircraft, worth around US$170 million in total, have been shot down by the anti-regime forces since the 2021 coup.
Myanmar Armed Groups Rebuff Junta’s “Cooperation” Appeal
Source: BARRON’S | By Agence France Presse
The National Unity Government said the junta announcement was “a strategy filled with deception aimed at legitimising their power-consolidating sham election and attempting to divide and weaken” its opponents.
Bomb Attacks in Myanmar Force Over 200 Civilians to Flee into Thailand
Source: Chiang Rai Times | By Jeff Tomas
Fighting has flared up again along the Thai-Myanmar border as Karen armed groups used drones to drop explosives on a Myanmar military base near the Thai province of Tak.
Rohingya repatriation a collective duty of international community: Bangladesh
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
“It is the collective duty of the international community to ensure that the rights and dignity of the Rohingya are upheld and the conditions conducive to their return are expeditiously created in Rakhine,” said Ambassador Tareq Md Ariful Islam
Fighting to the last: The TNLA digs in
Source: Frontier Myanmar | By Frontier
while also enduring a Chinese blockade and sporadic unrest in its multi-ethnic territory, but the powerful group says it won’t give ground without a fight.
Political Parties Contesting Elections “No Better than the Junta”
Source: Burma News International | By Than Lwin Times
Mon State resistance forces have called on Mon State residents not to support political parties that are collaborating with the junta by participating in the upcoming junta organised elections.
No clashes along border and no AA camp assaulted: AA spokesperson
Source: Narinjara News | By Khaing Lu Hla
U Khaing Thukha, the ULA/AA spokesperson, informed Narinjara yesterday that there have been no incidents of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) targeting an AA camp along the northern Maungdaw border or engaging in combat.
Cybercrime Flourishes in Shan State Amid Militia Rule and Military Collusion
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
In the war-ravaged hills of Shan State, cybercrime has become a booming underground industry, one that exploits desperation, fuels corruption, and exposes a deepening humanitarian and security crisis in Myanmar.
Gold Mining Expansion Under MNDAA Spurs Protests, Evictions in Shan State
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
A gold mining project backed by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), has triggered community protests and displacement fears in Nampawng Village Tract, situated between Lashio and Mong Yai in northern Shan State
Fighting Between Chin Resistance Forces in Falam Township
Source: Burma News International | By Khonumthung News
Fighting broke out between two anti-junta Chin resistance forces, the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and Hualngoram Chinland Defence Force (CDF) in the Hualngoram region of Chin State’s Falam Township
War-displaced bishop, priests face pastoral challenges in Myanmar
Source: Union of Catholic Asian News | By UCA News reporter
Some priests celebrate Masses under trees as they have abandoned their parish church, fearing junta bombardment
Young Rohingya growing frustrated, angry, warns Bangladesh’s interim leader
Source: Anadolu Ajansı | By Sm Najmus Sakib
Thousands stuck in camps face hopelessness as repatriation efforts remain deadlocked
ARSA renews attacks on AA outpost in Maungdaw Twsp
Source: Development Media Group
Locals say there is concern for the security of the Maungdaw region as ARSA members are moving into Arakan State from Bangladesh and jeopardising stability in the border area.