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Auction for Myanmar Rocker’s Ukulele Breaks World Record

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Big Bag’s lead singer Kyar Pauk auctioned his ukulele for US$27,500, with all proceeds going to the people’s war against the junta.

Hundreds of Myanmar Junta Soldiers and Police Plan to Defect Since People’s War Declaration: NUG

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

More than 760 junta soldiers and police reportedly plan to join the Civil Disobedience Movement since the civilian National Unity Government declared war on the regime.

Honest, Brave, Hardworking: Myanmar’s Detained President Has Always Put Country First

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

U Win Myint’s insistence that he would rather die when told to quit by the generals doesn’t surprise those familiar with his decades of self-sacrifice as a politician.

Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement is Dead

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Guest Column

By David Scott Mathieson

Any future peace process must be genuinely inclusive and not repeat the mistakes made by both military and civilian governments of the past.

50 Myanmar Regime Soldiers Reported Killed in Clashes

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The Myanmar military continues to take heavy casualties in fighting with civilian resistance groups across the country.

Myanmar Junta Chief’s Personal Hatred of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Runs Deep

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Editorial

By The Irrawaddy

By banishing the State Counselor to a secret location and rejecting ASEAN’s envoy, Min Aung Hlaing is making his despised predecessors look like masters of statecraft.

Myanmar President Reveals Details of his Arrest

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Interview

By The Irrawaddy

President U Win Myint has been charged over a statement that was issued while he was in detention.

A Timeline of the Myanmar Junta’s Engagement With ASEAN

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

ASEAN initially limited itself to calls for dialogue, but members have become increasingly frustrated with the junta’s lack of cooperation with the bloc’s envoy.

Myanmar Military Defectors Accuse Coup Leader of High Treason

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

People’s Soldiers are calling for the removal of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing for trying to force President U Win Myint to resign on the day of the coup.

International Pressure Grows on Myanmar Junta to Cooperate With ASEAN

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

ASEAN lawmakers and prominent NGOs have joined calls for the regime’s leader to be shunned at the regional bloc’s summit if it continues to stonewall.

Myanmar’s Detained President Exposes Illegality of Coup in Court Testimony

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The President said he refused to resign on the day of the coup; this confirms the view that the transfer of power by a military-appointed ‘acting President’ was illegal.

International Cigarette Firm Ditches Military-Ruled Myanmar

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

British American Tobacco is the latest multinational to abandon its operations in Myanmar since the February coup.

Two Power Plants in Myanmar’s Biggest City Shut Amid Coup’s Financial Fallout

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The collapse in the kyat since February has made the plants’ LNG fuel unaffordable; the move is expected to see more blackouts in Yangon in the days ahead.

Regional Leaders Face Dual Task: Save ASEAN, Save Myanmar

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Guest Column

By Kavi Chongkittavorn

Calls have emerged from within ASEAN to shun Myanmar, but such a move would harm the regional grouping’s members in the long run.

Low-Profile Arms Dealer Continues to Supply Myanmar Military’s Weapons

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Despite rumors U Tun Hlaing, owner of STE Global Trading, was detained in Singapore, he is reportedly living in Myanmar.