This is an opinion editorial by Win Ko Ko Aung, a McCourt Scholar for Georgetown University’s Data Science for Public Policy program and a survivor of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. The Biden administration responded to the 2021 military coup in Myanmar (also known as Burma) with rapid implementation of economic …
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Myanmar’s first entirely crypto-based banking institution has announced a soft launch for July 22 — a move that could see the country’s shadow government given greater access to financial services and funding. The Spring Development Bank is named after the Spring Revolution, the opposition movement led by Myanmar’s exiled National …
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Myanmar’s ousted opposition get together – as soon as led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who’s now jailed – refused to re-register below a brand new regulation imposed by the ruling navy junta forward of common elections prone to be held later this 12 months, two Nationwide League of Democracy …
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When the Myanmar navy helicopters opened fireplace, first-graders Cellphone Tay Za and his cousin, Lin Lin, rushed to take cowl behind a tamarind tree of their schoolyard, positioned on the grounds of a monastery, in Let Yat Kone village within the central Sagaing area. It was simply after midday on …
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Bangkok/Yangon – For Aung Thet, a profitable entrepreneur in Yangon, operating a enterprise beneath Myanmar’s army regime seems like “riding a rollercoaster”. The Southeast Asian nation’s financial system has been delivered to its knees by the battle triggered by the military’s power grab two years ago. Overseas buyers have headed …
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The State Administration Council (SAC) is against the law and illegitimate, Particular Rapporteur Thomas Andrews stated on the launch, co-hosted by the democracy and electoral help physique, Worldwide IDEA. He known as on the worldwide group to face agency towards army rule, create a coalition of Member States to implement …
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The Debate | Opinion The work of the nation’s ladies is central to the success of the Spring Revolution. It’s time for the skin world to assist them. Anti-coup protesters stand behind a line of girls’s clothes hanged throughout a street to discourage safety personnel from getting into the protest space in …
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Two years into Myanmar’s coup, members of the nation’s deposed Nationwide League for Democracy are being hunted down and killed or imprisoned in what observers say is a bid by the junta to retain energy. The social gathering of imprisoned chief Aung San Suu Kyi overwhelmingly gained Myanmar’s November 2020 …
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A brand new legislation, issued simply days earlier than the top of a two-year nationwide state of emergency imposed after Myanmar’s navy coup, has positioned a excessive bar on the registration of political events forward of a common election the junta has deliberate for 2023. Accepted by junta chief Senior …
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The police car pulled as much as the home on a September night and three officers obtained out. They demanded to see Kyaw Naing Win, a secondary faculty trainer who had refused to go to work as a part of the nation’s Civil Disobedience Motion after the February 2021 navy …
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Two years into Myanmar’s civil battle, civilian drones refitted to drop explosives on junta troops are serving to flip the tide in opposition to the nation’s better-equipped navy, insurgent teams say. Drones had been as soon as used solely by the military to detect and crack down on pro-democracy protests …
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BANGKOK: Myanmar‘s military-controlled authorities has enacted a brand new legislation on registration of political events that can make it troublesome for opposition teams to mount a severe problem to army-backed candidates in a common election set to happen later this 12 months.The brand new electoral legislation, revealed on Friday within …
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