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Ngwesaung Initiative: The feasibility of a political pact in Myanmar

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma

Published on Jan. 12, 2025, 9:03 a.m.

The feasibility of a political pact depends on two critical factors: the preconditions that allow for dialogue and compromise and the cooperation of specific actors within both the regime and the opposition involved

Naing Min Khant

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Families of Hongkongers trapped in Myanmar ‘scam farms’ plead for their return after Chinese actor’s rescue

Source: Hong Kong Free Press

Published on Jan. 12, 2025, 9 a.m.

“I could hear the fear in [their] voice,” said the relative of one Hong Kong human trafficking victim forced to work on a “scam farm” in Myanmar.

James LEE

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Japanese filmmaker whose arrest caused international outcry backs calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release

Source: The Independent

Published on Jan. 12, 2025, 8:42 a.m.

Toru Kubota backed calls from three former foreign secretaries William Hague, Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from Myanmar’s brutal dictatorship

Kate Devlin

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Cambodia backs ASEAN Chair Malaysia’s focus on Myanmar

Source: Khmer Times

Published on Jan. 11, 2025, 11:31 p.m.

Cambodia has voiced full support to Malaysia, this year’s ASEAN Chair, to make solving the Myanmar crisis a priority. 

Nop Sreymao / Khmer Times

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NRCs to be issued for Myanmar workers in Thailand and their families

Source: The Nation

Published on Jan. 11, 2025, 11:24 p.m.

The statement said that the Ministry of Immigration and Population, in collaboration with the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, will soon start implementing four processes for Myanmar workers and their family members aged 10 and 18 working in Thailand.

The Nation

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Junta Soldiers Burgling Houses in Kawkareik Town

Source: Burma News International

Published on Jan. 11, 2025, 10:49 a.m.

People displaced from Kawkareik Town in  Karen State who are currently unable to return home are having their homes looted by soldiers and junta-affiliated thieves in their absence.

Karen Information Center

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Myanmar’s rebels liberate territory – administrating it is the next battle

Source: Al Jazeera

Published on Jan. 11, 2025, 9:37 a.m.

Al Jazeera visits areas liberated from the military in Karen State where establishing a civil administration is the next task for pro-democracy forces.

Andrew Nachemson | Al Jazeera

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The European Union should prepare to fill Myanmar’s Trump vacuum

Source: East Asia Forum

Published on Jan. 11, 2025, 8:44 a.m.

By working with Myanmar's neighbours to protect its refugees and advocating for it in bodies like the United Nations, the European Union could promote democracy in Myanmar and maintain its resistance to authoritarianism.

Htet Hlaing Win, independent researcher

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Myanmar’s NUG cooks the books on resistance success

Source: Asia Times

Published on Jan. 11, 2025, 8:02 a.m.

The NUG claims their three major achievements since forming in 2021 are: 

David Scott Mathieson

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Myanmar’s Gen Z combatants: Guerrilla tactics against a military dictatorship

Source: EL PAÍS English

Published on Jan. 11, 2025, 7:53 a.m.

Young soldiers, professors and doctors are organizing at the Loikaw front, near the Thailand border, to win land from the junta that has governed the country since the 2021 coup, and to protect civilians

Daniele BELLOCCHIO

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