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Myanmar Crony Promoting Electric Vehicles Despite Ongoing Power Blackouts

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Junta Crony

By The Irrawaddy ​​​​​

Daw Khine Zaw, sister-in-law of arch-crony U Tay Za, has close links with both the former and current military regime.

Myanmar’s Corrupt Air Force Gets big Budget Raise as Airstrikes Escalate

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Analysis

By The Irrawaddy

The junta is increasingly dependent on air power to combat the resistance, but much of the air force’s budget ends up in the pockets of generals and cronies.

Uprisings in Myanmar—Then and Now

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

Despite some striking similarities, there are crucial differences between the current uprising against military rule and the anti-regime resistance of the 1980s and ’90s.

Foreign Drinks Giants Funding Myanmar Junta’s Atrocities Through Taxes: JFM

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Burma

By Hein Htoo Zan

Whistleblower points the finger at Heineken, Carlsberg, and ThaiBev for fueling the regime’s campaign of terror against its people.

Notorious Myanmar Junta Crony U Tay Za Reemerges After Year-Long Public Absence

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Junta Crony

By The Irrawaddy

The long-time supplier of weapons to the Myanmar military accompanied revered Thai Buddhist monk Maing Hpone Sayadaw on a religious trip to northern Myanmar.

Myanmar Junta Chief Asks Thailand to Drop Daughter’s Name From Drugs, Laundering Case

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Min Aung Hlaing apparently desperate to hide his family’s connections with Myanmar arms dealer on trial for drug trafficking and money laundering.

A Yangon Journey Rife With Myanmar’s Broken Promises

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Opinion

By Lu Hla

A former journalist writes that one Yangon road highlights the insurmountable problems facing a country under military rule.

Businesswoman Sanctioned for Supplying Junta Tied to at Least 10 More Firms in Myanmar

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Burma

By Hein Htoo Zan

Daw Kyauk Kyar Shwe, who owns UK-sanctioned Shoon Energy, a supplier of fuel to the military, has many more firms, many with ‘Shoon’ or ‘Asia Sun’ in their names.

Yes, the Myanmar Military Really Could Implode

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Editorial

By The Irrawaddy

Rank-and-file soldiers are well aware they are despised by the people and led by incompetent and corrupt generals. Morale is low and recruitment has collapsed.  

Myanmar Regime’s Proxy Political Party Steps up Campaigning

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Many parties are torn over registering under the junta’s new political parties law, with the NLD already saying that it will not contest the regime’s planned poll.

Myanmar Junta Crony’s Firm Named Local Distributor for Huawei Solar Energy Products

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Burma

By Hein Htoo Zan

Global Star, a unit of junta crony U Win Aung’s Dagon Group, will distribute the Chinese giant’s FusionSolar products with the help of United Amara Bank.

13 Crony Parties Keen to Contest Myanmar Junta’s Proposed Election

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Parties that have registered under new law all show close links with the military regime, while pro-democracy outfits like the NLD are shunning the planned poll.

Making Money for the Junta

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Junta Crony

By Hein Htoo Zan

U Aung Myo Min Din, who is close to Min Aung Hlaing and his family, recently inked an MoU to develop luxury apartments and cooperate on tourism in the Rakhine resort area.

Shwe Kokko: How Myanmar’s Crime Hub is Destabilizing the Region 

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Analysis

By Aung Zaw

A haven for transnational cyber-criminals, human traffickers and gunrunners, the Karen State town also pours money into the junta’s war on its own people.

Myanmar Military Hands Top Honor to Nationalist Monks

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

U Wirathu and fellow monk notorious for hate speech receive Thiri Panchiya conferred by junta boss as regime seeks to weaponize religion.