Also this week, the junta’s ties with Russia deepened as the countries signed an MoU on nuclear power plants and Moscow offered to ramp up civilian education exchanges.
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Junta Watch: Regime’s Ties With India, Russia and Some Christian Leaders Flourish
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Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing added ‘health consultant’ to his job description, ordering staff at his regime’s bloated bureaucracy to lose weight.
Junta Watch: Regime Puts Out ‘Help Wanted’ Sign; Coup Leader Seeks Divine Blessing; and More
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Also this week, the regime forged ahead with plans to hold a vote next year, and its newly sanctioned investment minister met with a Russian fund delegation.
The Day of Myanmar’s Last Democratic Election
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Two years ago the voters overwhelmingly backed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for a second term, blocking military chief Min Aung Hlaing’s hopes of retiring into the presidency.
Junta Watch: Big-Spending Chief Demands Frugality; Police Too Busy to Fight Crime; and More
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Also this week, electricity officials took no chances on a blackout as the coup leader offered robes to monks, and civil society groups were targeted with a new law.
Junta Watch: Leader Wants to Be King; Spokesman Justifies Air Attack on Concert; and More
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Also this week, the junta took credit for the NLD’s education hub plan for Naypyitaw, and became even more brazen in its defiance of ASEAN.
Junta Watch: Russians Arrive in Myanmar to Buy Gems; EAOs Wooed; and More
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Also this week, the new envoy of arms supplier Belarus took up his post, and a baby white elephant was en route to Naypyitaw, where its superstitious new owner awaits.
Junta Watch: Coup Leader Gets Chummy With Cadets; Open Door for Russia; and More
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Also this week, the Myanmar junta’s ties with China were reaffirmed and misuse of Japanese aid for the regime’s military operations was exposed.
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Junta Watch: Coup Leader Woos Tourists; TV Censorship Revived; and More
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Also this week, the regime’s ties with India got even cozier, and Min Aung Hlaing’s threats failed to deter resistance attacks on junta targets.
Junta Watch: Drones Put Military on Edge; Nuclear Plans Proceed; and More
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Also this week, the regime’s spokesman continued his harsh—and so far useless—threats, and the junta’s Information Team got an odd request…
Junta Watch: Coup Chief Drops Pretense on ASEAN Deal; COVID Lies; and More
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Also this week, Russian ties get cozier and the regime leader remains deliberately vague on the future of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Junta Watch: Coup Leader Starstruck by Putin; Media Crackdown Set to Worsen; and More
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Also this week, the regime boss persisted with his electric car delusions, and—as his forces laid waste to farming communities—vowed to boost global food security.
Junta Watch: Yet Another Top-Level Trip to Russia; ex-UK Envoy Becomes a ‘Hostage’; and More
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Also this week, the regime revived a failed method for reining in gold prices and—with online propaganda channels getting harder to find—unveiled a homegrown ‘YouTube’.
Junta Watch: A Desperate Recruitment Tactic; a Move to Erase Suu Kyi’s Legacy; and More
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Also this week, the coup leader offered another bizarre economic prediction, and the junta bristled as the world marked five years since the Rohingya exodus from Rakhine.
Myanmar Junta Denies Medical Treatment to Prisoners Sick With COVID-19
About 20 IDPs Test Positive for COVID-19 in Camp in Myanmar’s Karen State
Myanmar Faces COVID-19 Spike as Junta Prepares Ceremonies
Myanmar Junta Locks Down Indian Border Town After COVID-19 Outbreak
Myanmar LGBTQ Makeup Artist Swaps Beauty Salon for Border Hideout and Revolution
Ten Myanmar Women Who Inspired Us in 2020
Politicians in Myanmar’s Rakhine Must Stop Fighting Each Other: Independent Candidate
Myanmar Court Sentences Man to Five Years in Prison Under Colonial Sodomy Law