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Opinion Papers
Myanmar’s Mandalay airport shuts after drone attack
Source: Reuters
State-run Global New Light of Myanmar said security forces thwarted an attack by the People’s Defence Force, a pro-democracy militant group, which fired six first-person-view suicide drones at the airport.
Building an Arakan for All
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Aung Marm Oo
Arakan (Rakhine State)’s political landscape has changed profoundly, but perhaps its most difficult transformation is only beginning.
China–U.S. Anti-Scam Rivalry, Toxic Mining, and More
Source: The Irrawaddy
The timing was awkward: just a day earlier, Washington shut down Chinese-language crypto marketplace Xinbi Guarantee together with two affiliated firms in Singapore and Cambodia as part of its own crackdown on transnational cybercrime.
Suicide Drones Strike Regime Warplanes at Mandalay’s Tada-U Airbase
Source: The Irrawaddy
Resistance forces struck Tada-U Airbase near Mandalay with suicide drones on Thursday, destroying warplanes and killing personnel, according to local sources.
UN Special Rapporteur Kelley Currie outlines priorities on situation of human rights in Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | Interview with Kelley Currie, U.N. Special Rapporteur
Currie emphasized that the “most urgent need is for civilian protection” to mitigate deliberate aerial bombardments and repeated forced displacement.