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WEBby Thar Oo. September 10, 2024. 3.7k. More and more internally displaced people escape the fighting to Yangon, where they face precarious livelihoods, extortion from corrupt Myanmar junta officials and price-gouging from letting agents, writes Thar Oo.
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WEBMyanmar Junta’s ‘Counterattack’ Targets Civilians, Killing 40, Including Children. by The Irrawaddy. September 7, 2024. 2.3k. Warplanes attack a school, bazaar, IDP camp and residential wards across the country after regime boss …
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WEBOur Team. The Irrawaddy has a professional, passionate and skilled team of reporters who provide consistent, high quality news stories on Burma/Myanmar. Over 20 years the Irrawaddy has built up a team of Burmese and ethnic nationality reporters from Burma/Myanmar and areas bordering Thailand. Our staff team is diverse and includes Burmese staff ...
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WEBChina Rejects Criticism It Is Interfering in Myanmar’s Affairs. by The Irrawaddy. September 16, 2024. 1.6k. The statement from the Chinese Embassy triggered a backlash among Myanmar people, who condemned its timing as insensitive, coming …
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WEBMyanmar Junta to Vaccinate School Students Against COVID-19. by The Irrawaddy. October 11, 2021. 13.7k. The regime is pushing to reopen schools after they were closed when the deadly third wave of coronavirus swept the country in July.
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WEBHenry Kissinger, Singular US Diplomat, Dead at 100. by AFP. November 30, 2023. 899. While recognized for helping to open US-China ties, the ex-secretary of state’s legacy of realpolitik, which saw the US support ruthless regimes, is controversial.
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WEBBurma Beer Production Rises to 27.5M Gallons. by The Irrawaddy. May 19, 2014. 7.1k. Burma’s beer production continues to rise and local brewers produced 27.5 million gallons of beer in the last fiscal year, which lasted from April 2013 to March 2014, Eleven Media...
TNLA: We Will Fight Until Myanmar Junta Falls - The Irrawaddy
WEBJun 28, 2024 · The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) resumed Operation 1027 against Myanmar’s junta in northern Shan State and Mandalay Region on Tuesday. The armed group said it was responding to numerous junta airstrikes and artillery attacks, violating the January 10 China-brokered ceasefire …
What Has Happened to Myanmar’s Tatmadaw? - The Irrawaddy
WEBSep 13, 2021 · All that changed after the 1988 pro-democracy uprising. The main fear within the Tatmadaw leadership was that disgruntled soldiers might join the pro-democracy activists and that, in turn, would be the beginning of the end of military-dominated rule in Myanmar. Consequently, in order to prevent a crack in …
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WEBElection Talks in Myanmar Are Touching on Amending The Constitution, Junta Says. by The Irrawaddy. June 21, 2024. 2.6k. Junta peace negotiators and representatives of the political parties working with the junta met to discuss the election coup-maker Min Aung Hlaing said will take place some time next year.