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HIGHLIGHTS
State repression increases under the Myanmar military’s new leadership
Source: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project | Report by Su Mon The military’s intensified lethal bombings, targeted arson attacks, surveillance, and arrests plague civilians in...
Chinese rare earth mines in eastern Shan State using trafficked Burmese scammers as slave labour
Source: Shan Human Rights Foundation | Update Recent testimony by a trafficking survivor has revealed that rare earth mines operated by a Chinese company in southern Mong Hsat, eastern Shan State,...
NEWS
Poor leadership, disunity blamed for loss of northern Chin State to junta
Source: Development Media Group The loss of several towns in northern Chin State to the military junta was the result of poor leadership and a lack of unity among Chin revolutionary forces,...
Long Known for Narcotics, Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle Is Becoming a Major Rare Earth Hub for China
Source: Vision Times | By Venus Upadhayaya China-backed rare earth mining in Myanmar's Kachin and Shan states is reshaping regional geopolitics as China, India, and the United States compete for...
Starvation as a weapon: The ICJ Myanmar case could redefine genocide
Source: Lowy Institute / The Interpreter | By Yuyun Wahyuningrum Its long-standing “Four Cuts” counterinsurgency strategy – designed to sever insurgents from food, funding, recruits and...
Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar shuts down after decade of advocacy
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma The Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM)—one of the country’s most prominent independent labor organizations—has officially terminated all trade union...
Myanmar’s Democratic Alliance Pushes to Unify Scattered Resistance
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae Myanmar’s leading anti-regime alliance, the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF), has stepped up a major push for unity,...
Raided hotel provided drugs, sex, gambling exclusively to Chinese
Source: Bangkok Post | By Wassayos Ngamkham Available at the hotel were accommodation, gambling, parties and sex services. Police seized ketamine, “happy water” drug cocktail, casino chips, dice,...
As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero
Source: Reuters | By Danial Azhar and Rozanna Latiff All of the refugees outside the UNHCR were taken away with their belongings in four police trucks at around 8:30 p.m. (1230 GMT), according to...
Rohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech
Source: Reuters | By Rozanna Latiff "Why do you want to go to school? Do you want to take over our country?" they asked, according to Nur, whose family declined use of her full name for fear of...
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OPINION PAPERS
The Cost of Delay: How ASEAN’s Peace Plan Enables Military Atrocities
Source: Progressive Voice | Weekly Highlight By treating this criminal junta as legitimate, regional leaders are transforming the 5PC into a diplomatic shield that buys time for the military cartel...
Poor leadership, disunity blamed for loss of northern Chin State to junta
Source: Development Media Group The loss of several towns in northern Chin State to the military junta was the result of poor leadership and a lack of unity among Chin revolutionary forces,...
Two Visits, Two Models: China and India’s Approaches to Myanmar
Source: Stimson Center | By Amara Thiha Min Aung Hlaing’s state visits to China and India show two distinct models of how Myanmar’s neighbors engage with it Read Full Story
Long Known for Narcotics, Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle Is Becoming a Major Rare Earth Hub for China
Source: Vision Times | By Venus Upadhayaya China-backed rare earth mining in Myanmar's Kachin and Shan states is reshaping regional geopolitics as China, India, and the United States compete for...
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