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This week in #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar: the regime criticizes a German diplomat’s conduct, video circulates of two ethnic armed group soldiers beating a civilian, and the junta announces new by-elections for April.
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AFP | Myanmar’s small-scale oil prospectors are under fire from all sides as the resistance and the military battle to capture a cottage industry increasingly lucrative amid the Middle East energy shock.
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AFP | The Myanmar regime’s foreign ministry said it summoned Germany’s top resident diplomat on Tuesday over a Facebook video calling for authorities to “unconditionally release” ousted politicians, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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In Episode 3 of #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar In-Depth, we speak about online universities and avoiding education scams. Parami University’s Rot Chai talks about alternative education pathways and how students can apply what they have learned.
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Join us on November 11 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand for a screening of the documentary Burma Soldier, followed by a panel discussion.
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This week, on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, the ICJ announces it will issue its ruling on the alleged Rohingya genocide, the US state department plans to engage with Myanmar, and fighting in Kayin State spills over Thailand’s border.
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Cases of sexual assault, some involving murder, have increased in Rakhine State since the 2021 coup, while the Arakan Army judicial system’s ability to deal with criminal cases has been hampered by the chaos caused by fighting with the regime.
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AFP | The top United Nations court will on November 19 deliver a landmark ruling on whether Myanmar’s crackdown against its mostly Muslim Rohingya minority constituted a genocide, officials said on Tuesday.
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DOH ATHAN | The Myanmar junta’s trade restrictions have disrupted imports, fuelled shortages and driven up prices, leaving struggling families unable to afford basic necessities.
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DOH ATHAN | Residents of Sagaing Region who already fled their homes because of Myanmar’s civil war have faced additional hardship since August, when flooding swept away their temporary shelters.
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This week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, Kyaw Moe Tun asks the international community not to legitimise the junta, Philippine foreign secretary Theresa Lazaro meets with her regime counterpart, and fighting in Kayin State spills over Thailand.
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The latest edition of Political Insider looks at the extent to which the Myanmar regime’s new parliament is holding the government to account and creating a public record.
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This week on Season 2, Episode 28 of #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi speaks with her son, the TNLA expels its allies, and Japan’s peace envoy to Myanmar meets with regime president Min Aung Hlaing.
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AFP | The son of Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi told Agence France-Presse she sounded “fairly healthy” after speaking to the detained ex-democratic leader on Thursday for the first time in more than five years.
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Join us on November 11 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand for a screening of the documentary Burma Soldier, followed by a panel discussion.
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Family members of political prisoners in Myanmar are struggling to pay the rising costs of travelling to prisons for visits, bribing jail officials and providing for their families.
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AFP | Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi received a package from Britain’s King Charles III on Monday, the regime said, releasing the first pictures of the detained Nobel laureate in two months and describing her as a “special female prisoner.”
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In Episode 2 of #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar In-Depth, we speak about how migration is driving international interest in Burmese cuisine. Chef and content creator Zwe Zay Yan Zaw shares what Myanmar dishes share with their neighbors.
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This week on Season 2, Episode 27 of #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar; junta parliament approves Central Bank borrowing, the US lifts sanctions on a conglomerate chair’s family member, and the regime plans a visit with Brunei and Indonesia.
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This week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, Nic Dunlop introduces new host Kiana Duncan.
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