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6 days ago · by Maung Kavi. November 4, 2024. 2.1k. The recent arrest of former dictator Than Shwe’s son-in-law marks the latest chapter in an old story of insecurity and brutality among the country’s military leaders.
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Int’l Labor Watchdog to Take Action Against Myanmar Junta. by The Irrawaddy. November 11, 2024. 1.2k. The regime’s labor rights violations including forced recruitment could lead to loss of diplomatic recognition, prosecution of junta leaders, and designation as a terrorist group.
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Second NLD Minister Dies Shortly After Being Pardoned by Myanmar Junta. by The Irrawaddy. November 9, 2024. 1.4k. U Win Khine, electricity and energy minister in the ousted National League for Democracy government, died on Friday after almost four years in a regime jail.
Forged in Times of Danger: My Connection With Ko Jimmy and …
Sep 1, 2022 · An artist's rendition of Ma Nilar Thein (left), Ko Jimmy and their daughter. 8.9k. VIEWS. Looking back, my strongest connections with the executed activist Ko Jimmy, his wife Ma Nilar Thein and their young daughter all came at moments when their lives were in danger. This only became apparent to me after the Myanmar junta executed him by ...
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Sounding Alarm in Yangon; Asking UN to Sell War Crimes Election; …
Oct 12, 2024 · Junta Foreign Minister Than Swe holds a briefing for Myanmar-based UN agencies in Naypyitaw on Tuesday. / MOFA. Representatives of United Nations agencies in Myanmar had no choice but to listen in appalled silence on Tuesday as the junta’s foreign minister sought their support for an “election campaign” being fuelled by war crimes.
Myanmar Junta Chief Visits Key Ally China - irrawaddy.com
Nov 6, 2024 · YANGON—Myanmar’s embattled junta chief arrived in China Tuesday—his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021—but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his key ally and could backfire. Min Aung Hlaing was in the southwestern city of Kunming for a summit of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)—a group ...
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Burma 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...
Kyat Depreciates Further After Myanmar Central Bank Abandons …
Dec 7, 2023 · On Thursday, the kyat depreciated to 3,560 per dollar after the CBM said it would no longer set the reference exchange rate. This represents a decline of 70 kyats or around 2% from the previous day’s rate of 3,490 kyats per dollar. The CBM said that despite the introduction of a floating exchange rate, dollars purchased on the market must ...