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In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we cover a new report on the United Nations’ failure to contain the Myanmar military. And despite being critical of the regime, Indonesian companies may have been selling weapons to the military. Plus, doctors in Chin State help where they can. As always, we have a rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’

// Show Notes:

// Contact the show: justin.higginbottom@irrawaddy.org

// Help The Irrawaddy report the truth from Myanmar
bit.ly/3btQYpR

/// SAC-M Report: How the UN Is Failing Myanmar
https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/10/sac-m-report-un-failing-myanmar/

// Myanmar Accountability Project
https://the-world-is-watching.org/

// Stories mentioned in this episode:

// Junta Boss Issues Warning as Corruption Scandal Engulfs Myanmar Regime
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/junta-boss-issues-warning-as-corruption-scandal-engulfs-myanmar-regime.html

// Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta’s Highest Body for Corruption
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmar-coup-leader-fires-two-members-of-juntas-highest-body-for-corruption.html

// Notorious Deputy Commerce Minister Purged in Myanmar Junta Price Probe
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/notorious-deputy-commerce-minister-purged-in-myanmar-junta-price-probe.html

// Junta Makes Second Grab at ‘Empty’ Wallets of Myanmar Migrant Workers
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/junta-makes-second-grab-at-empty-wallets-of-myanmar-migrant-workers.html

// Myanmar Political Prisoner, 21, Dies of Heart Attack in Yangon’s Insein Prison
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-political-prisoner-21-dies-of-heart-attack-in-yangons-insein-prison.html

// Myanmar Junta Massacres Sagaing Resistance Fighters
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-massacres-sagaing-resistance-fighters.html

// Myanmar Resistance Groups Occupy Military Intelligence Office in Jade Hub
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-resistance-groups-occupy-military-intelligence-office-in-jade-hub.html

// Myanmar Junta Ramped Up Mass Killings, Air Strikes in Past Year: UN
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-junta-ramped-up-mass-killings-air-strikes-in-past-year-un.html

// Resistance Forces Seize Myanmar Junta Outpost in Mandalay’s Mogoke
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/resistance-forces-seize-myanmar-junta-outpost-in-mandalays-mogoke.html

// Five Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Bank Ambush: Ye Urban Guerrillas
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/five-myanmar-junta-soldiers-killed-in-bank-ambush-ye-urban-guerrillas.html

// Central Myanmar sees 324 Percent Increase in Air Strikes: UN
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/central-myanmar-sees-324-percent-increase-in-air-strikes-un.html

// Myanmar Junta Shelling Injures At Least 19 Children
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-shelling-injures-at-least-19-children.html

In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we cover a new report on the regime’s loss of territory in southeastern Myanmar. And fighting is raging in Kachin State. We hear why the military has decided to attack. Plus, we have a story about the destruction of religious buildings in this conflict, a rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’

// Show Notes:

// Contact the show: justin.higginbottom@irrawaddy.org

// Help The Irrawaddy report the truth from Myanmar
bit.ly/3btQYpR

// Karen Peace Support Network: A Shifting Power Balance
https://www.karenpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Shifting-Power-Balance-Eng-Sept-2023.pdf

// Kachinland Research Centre
https://kachinlandrc.org/

// Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
https://aappb.org/

// Stories mentioned in this episode:

// Junta Boss Issues Warning as Corruption Scandal Engulfs Myanmar Regime
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/junta-boss-issues-warning-as-corruption-scandal-engulfs-myanmar-regime.html

// Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta’s Highest Body for Corruption
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmar-coup-leader-fires-two-members-of-juntas-highest-body-for-corruption.html

// Notorious Deputy Commerce Minister Purged in Myanmar Junta Price Probe
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/notorious-deputy-commerce-minister-purged-in-myanmar-junta-price-probe.html

// Junta Makes Second Grab at ‘Empty’ Wallets of Myanmar Migrant Workers
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/junta-makes-second-grab-at-empty-wallets-of-myanmar-migrant-workers.html

// Myanmar Political Prisoner, 21, Dies of Heart Attack in Yangon’s Insein Prison
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-political-prisoner-21-dies-of-heart-attack-in-yangons-insein-prison.html

// Myanmar Junta Massacres Sagaing Resistance Fighters
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-massacres-sagaing-resistance-fighters.html

// Myanmar Resistance Groups Occupy Military Intelligence Office in Jade Hub
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-resistance-groups-occupy-military-intelligence-office-in-jade-hub.html

// Myanmar Junta Ramped Up Mass Killings, Air Strikes in Past Year: UN
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-junta-ramped-up-mass-killings-air-strikes-in-past-year-un.html

// Resistance Forces Seize Myanmar Junta Outpost in Mandalay’s Mogoke
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/resistance-forces-seize-myanmar-junta-outpost-in-mandalays-mogoke.html

// Five Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Bank Ambush: Ye Urban Guerrillas
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/five-myanmar-junta-soldiers-killed-in-bank-ambush-ye-urban-guerrillas.html

// Central Myanmar sees 324 Percent Increase in Air Strikes: UN
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/central-myanmar-sees-324-percent-increase-in-air-strikes-un.html

// Myanmar Junta Shelling Injures At Least 19 Children
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-shelling-injures-at-least-19-children.html

In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we hear about the junta’s efforts to curb inflation. And posts on pro-regime Telegram channels can be a death sentence. We speak to a digital-rights researcher about the risks. Plus, we have an interview about China and India’s investment in Rakhine State, speak to a poet from Myanmar about her art and have our usual rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’

// Show Notes:

// Contact the show: justin.higginbottom@irrawaddy.org

// Help The Irrawaddy report the truth from Myanmar
bit.ly/3btQYpR

// Footsteps of China and India on Arakan in Post-Coup Myanmar
https://arakanstudies.org/ibr/23/01/ibr_01_23.html

// Resist Myanmar’s digital coup: International community must dismantle military dictatorship — or reap repercussions
https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/myanmar-coup-two-years-statement/

// Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
https://aappb.org/

// Stories mentioned in this episode:

// Myanmar’s NUG Selling Off Military Land in Famous Hill Resort
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-nug-selling-off-military-land-in-famous-hill-resort.html

// Naypyitaw Junta Airbase Hit by Myanmar Resistance Drone Strike
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/naypyitaw-junta-airbase-hit-by-myanmar-resistance-drone-strike.html

// Myanmar Military Launches Major Operation to Recapture Outpost from KIA
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-launches-major-operation-to-recapture-outpost-from-kia.html

// Myanmar Junta Tightens Noose on ‘Kick-Back King’
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/myanmar-junta-tightens-noose-on-kick-back-king.html

// Dozens Missing After Myanmar Junta Supply Boat Sinks in Sagaing
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/dozens-missing-after-myanmar-junta-supply-boat-sinks-in-sagaing.html

// Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/junta-shutters-myanmar-currency-exchanges-in-futile-bid-to-prop-up-economy.html

// Myanmar Junta Continues Tightening the Screws on Its Economic Team
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/myanmar-junta-continues-tightening-the-screws-on-its-economic-team.html

// Myanmar Junta Strips General of Key Posts Amid Corruption Probe
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-strips-general-of-key-posts-amid-corruption-probe.html

// Myanmar Turns to China for Census and Surveillance Assistance
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-turns-to-china-for-census-and-surveillance-assistance.html

// KIA Seizes Myanmar Junta Base
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/kia-seizes-myanmar-junta-base.html

// Myanmar Junta Arms Militias in Bago as Resistance Threatens Naypyitaw
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-arms-militias-in-bago-as-resistance-threatens-naypyitaw.html

// Myanmar Civilian Government’s UN Ambassador Retains Seat
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-civilian-governments-un-ambassador-retains-seat.html

In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we hear about the expansion of BRICS and whether the junta has any hope of joining. Also, it’s been two years since the civilian National Unity Government declared an armed uprising against the regime. We get a battlefield update. And we speak to a labor organizer about why she thinks it’s time for brands to leave the country. Plus, a rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’

// Show Notes:

// Contact the show: justin.higginbottom@irrawaddy.org

// Help The Irrawaddy report the truth from Myanmar
bit.ly/3btQYpR

// https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/briefings/falling-out-of-fashion-garment-worker-abuse-under-military-rule-in-myanmar/

// https://khaingzaraung.com/about/

// Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
https://aappb.org/

// Stories mentioned in this episode:

// Myanmar Junta’s ‘Kickback King’ in Spotlight of Corruption Crackdown
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-juntas-kickback-king-in-spotlight-of-corruption-crackdown.html

// Heavy Fighting With Myanmar Junta Reported in Kachin State
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/heavy-fighting-with-myanmar-junta-reported-in-kachin-state.html

// Over 50 Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike at Notorious Myanmar Jail
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/over-50-political-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-at-notorious-myanmar-jail.html

// Crimes Against Humanity Are Getting More ‘Brazen’ in Myanmar, UN Told
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/crimes-against-humanity-are-getting-more-brazen-in-myanmar-un-told.html

// Cash-Starved Junta Milks Myanmar Migrant Workers With New Remittance Rule
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/cash-starved-junta-milks-myanmar-migrant-workers-with-new-remittance-rule.html

// Myanmar Junta Loses 76 Soldiers as PDF Kicks Off Special Operation in Mandalay, Shan
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-loses-76-soldiers-as-pdf-kicks-off-special-operation-in-mandalay-shan.html

// Hunger Strike in Myanmar Ends After Dissidents Refuse to ‘Kneel’
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/hunger-strike-in-myanmar-ends-after-dissidents-refuse-to-kneel.html

// Incursion by 100 Myanmar Soldiers Violated Thai Sovereignty: MP
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/incursion-by-100-myanmar-soldiers-violated-thai-sovereignty-mp.html

// General Close to Myanmar Junta Boss Placed Under House Arrest, Interrogated for Corruption
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/general-close-to-myanmar-junta-boss-placed-under-house-arrest-interrogated-for-corruption.html

// Crony Close to Myanmar Junta Boss Arrested as Commodity Prices Soar
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/crony-close-to-myanmar-junta-boss-arrested-as-commodity-prices-soar.html

In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we check in on the 43rd ASEAN Summit. We also hear about the Ta’ang National Liberation Army's expansion since the coup. And poets have been killed, jailed and censored in Myanmar since the junta took power. We hear one artist's recent work. Plus, a rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’

// Show Notes:

// Contact the show: justin.higginbottom@irrawaddy.org

// Help The Irrawaddy report the truth from Myanmar
bit.ly/3btQYpR

// Photo: Homemade bombs for use by drones in Chin State in July.

// Treading a Rocky Path: The Ta’ang Army Expands in Myanmar’s Shan State
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/b177-treading-rocky-path-taang-army-expands-myanmars-shan-state

// Poet Ko Ko Thett
https://www.kokothett.com/

// Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
https://aappb.org/

// Music used in this episode:
UNIVERSFIELD - Evil Spirits
Gregor Quendel - Aleatoric Piano

// Stories mentioned in this episode:

// Number of Civilians Killed by Myanmar Junta Since Coup Surpasses 4,000
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/conflicts-in-numbers/number-of-civilians-killed-by-myanmar-junta-since-coup-surpasses-4000.html

// ‘ASEAN Emboldening War Criminals’ With Meeting of Air Force Chiefs in Myanmar
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/asean-emboldening-war-criminals-with-meeting-of-air-force-chiefs-in-myanmar.html

// ASEAN Continues to Engage Myanmar Junta at Ministerial Level
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/asean-continues-to-engage-myanmar-junta-at-ministerial-level.html

// Flee or Die: Junta Troops Drive Out 25,000 Civilians in Myanmar’s Sagaing
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/flee-or-die-junta-troops-drive-out-25000-civilians-in-myanmars-sagaing.html

// Resistance Drone Group Tells Myanmar Junta Staff in Karen State to Quit
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/resistance-drone-group-tells-myanmar-junta-staff-in-karen-state-to-quit.html

// China, Thailand and India Hold Talks With Myanmar Junta
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/china-thailand-and-india-hold-talks-with-myanmar-junta.html

// Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Unwell, Back in Prison: NLD Members
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-suu-kyi-unwell-back-in-prison-nld-members.html

// Myanmar Junta Jails Journalist for 20 Years Over Cyclone Coverage
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-jails-journalist-for-20-years-over-cyclone-coverage.html

// No Election Likely Before 2025: Myanmar Junta Chief
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/no-election-likely-before-2025-myanmar-junta-chief.html

// Block on Medical Care for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Sparks UN Concern
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/block-on-medical-care-for-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-sparks-un-concern.html

// Southeast Asian Air Force Chiefs to Snub Myanmar Meeting
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/southeast-asian-air-force-chiefs-to-snub-myanmar-meeting.html

In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we have an update on Thai politics and what that means for the country’s relationship with Myanmar’s junta. Also, regime officials say the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor is back on track. And ethnic violence continues in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Some have blamed that fighting on groups in neighboring Myanmar. Plus, a rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’

// Show Notes:

// Contact the show: justin.higginbottom@irrawaddy.org

// Help The Irrawaddy report the truth from Myanmar
bit.ly/3btQYpR

// Photo: Chinland Defense Forces in Thantlang, Chin State, in July.

// Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
https://aappb.org/

// Stories mentioned in this episode:

// China to Reinforce Myanmar Expansion with Free-Trade Zones on Border
https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/myanmar-china-watch/china-to-reinforce-myanmar-expansion-with-free-trade-zones-on-border.html

// TNLA Reports Heavy Fighting Near Myanmar-China Border
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/tnla-reports-heavy-fighting-near-myanmar-china-border.html

// Myanmar Military Column is on a Homicidal Rampage in Southeastern Sagaing
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-column-is-on-a-homicidal-rampage-in-southeastern-sagaing.html

// Over 10,000 Civilians Flee Myanmar Junta Shelling in Western Sagaing
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/over-10000-civilians-flee-myanmar-junta-shelling-in-western-sagaing.html

// Myanmar Expels top East Timor Diplomat
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-expels-top-east-timor-diplomat.html

// Myanmar Junta Makes Mass Arrest of ‘Human Shields’ in Kachin State
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-makes-mass-arrest-of-human-shields-in-kachin-state.html

// Chin Forces Fail to Retake Strategic Mountain Bases From Myanmar Military
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/chin-forces-fail-to-retake-strategic-mountain-bases-from-myanmar-military.html

// Price Controls Trigger Turmoil in Myanmar’s Rice Market
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/price-controls-trigger-turmoil-in-myanmars-rice-market.html

// Junta Arrests Chiefs of Myanmar Edible-Oil Industry as Prices Soar
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/junta-arrests-chiefs-of-myanmar-edible-oil-industry-as-prices-soar.html

// As Dollars Vanish, Myanmar Regime Boss Blames Cooking Oil, Greed and Sanctions
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/as-dollars-vanish-myanmar-regime-boss-blames-cooking-oil-greed-and-sanctions.html

// Yangon Food Charities Swamped as Hunger Stalks Myanmar
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/yangon-food-charities-swamped-as-hunger-stalks-myanmar.html

// Myanmar Junta Rallies Support to Defend Capital as Resistance Gets Closer
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-rallies-support-to-defend-capital-as-resistance-gets-closer.html