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HIGHLIGHTS
Scapegoating Myanmar’s Ethnic Armies Over Mining Misses the Real Culprit: China
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Surachanee Sriyai We must instead recognize how China’s economic penetration through mining concessions, illicit trade routes and cross-border intermediaries has reshaped...
China’s Bullying Diplomacy: How Beijing Sabotaged Myanmar’s Revolution
Source: The Irrawaddy | Commentary by Kyaw Zwa Moe China often speaks of its “pauk-phaw,” or “brotherly,” relations with Myanmar. But the question remains: does this brotherhood apply to the Myanmar...
NEWS
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Receives Another Small Sentence Cut
Source: The Irrawaddy Myanmar’s jailed civilian leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has reportedly received another minor reduction to her prison term under an amnesty granted by junta...
Myanmar employment agencies reluctant to secure jobs for conscripts
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor Myanmar’s military regime is attempting to use the promise of overseas employment to lure more young men into mandatory military service Read...
Myanmar’s Scam Warlords Form Regime-Backed ‘Peace Panel’ in Karen State
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Zaw Myat Khant Ethnic Karen militias notorious for running online scam operations have formed a new body called the Karen National Peace Building Committee (KNPBC). Read...
MNDAA: The Key Player to Resuming Myanmar-China Border Trade
Source: ISP-Myanmar | Political Economy Tracker The MNDAA now controls the largest number of Myanmar–China border trade gates and routes in northern Shan State. Read Full Story
Thailand briefs ASEAN partners on Cambodia and Myanmar issues
Source: The Nation Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Minister of Foreign Affairs, held bilateral talks with Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro, the Philippines’ Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and Dr Vivian...
Chinese tourists arrested for gold shop robbery
Source: Bangkok Post | By Prasit Tangprasert Zou and Song told investigators they were lured online with offers to travel to Thailand to provide drone maintenance. Read Full Story
Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’
Source: Associated Press | By Anton L. Delgado, Aniruddha Ghosal Rising demand for rare earth materials is driving an unregulated mining boom centered in war-torn Myanmar, to the west, that is...
Only a few of 32 detained by junta in Hpakant released
Source: Burma News International | By Kachin News Group On April 21, junta troops simultaneously raided Mai Hospital and Uyusut Guesthouse in Lone Khin Village, Hpakant Township, and detained a...
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OPINION PAPERS
ASEAN’S PROMISE AND LIMITS: Can It Deliver?
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By Sai Wansai ASEAN—the Association of Southeast Asian Nations—is often described as a success story of regional cooperation. It brings together ten countries...
Tiny shifts seen in divided ASEAN’s approach to Myanmar
Source: The Jakarta Post | By Chad Williams (AFP) Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos said on Friday members were "frustrated" by the years-long failure to successfully implement the bloc's...
Statement Regarding the Military Junta’s Remarks on ASEAN and Electoral Legitimacy
Source: National Unity Government of Myanmar | Statement The National Unity Government strongly rejects recent statements made by the military junta criticizing ASEAN and the international community...
How an Innocuous Tunnel Project in Northern Thailand Embodies China’s Regional Strategy
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Thiri China’s tunnel construction project in Mae Hong Son promises to shorten the travel time from the borer province to Chiang Mai from the usual six or seven hours to...
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