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Thursday, 13 July
00:48
NUG Foreign Minister: Thai Counterparts Meeting With Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Was Hostage Diplomacy The Irrawaddy
Daw Zin Mar Aung said Don Pramudwinais meeting with
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was part of the outgoing Thai regimes effort
to help Myanmars junta gain legitimacy.
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Wednesday, 12 July
22:25
Myanmar Junta Attacking Kachin Independence Army Headquarters The Irrawaddy
Regime ground troops have reportedly reached around
9km from the KIA headquarters in Laiza, which is being shelled.
22:20
Myanmar Junta Attempting to Increase Domestic Steel Production The Irrawaddy
Industry minister discusses iron and steel plans at
trade fair in Russia.
21:39
Global Workers Union Calls on EU to Withdraw Support for Myanmar Garment Sector The Irrawaddy
IndustriAll says EU project to protect workers
rights is helpless in face of juntas ban on unions and mass arrests
of labor rights activists.
19:44
Thousands Flee to Thailand After Myanmar Junta Bombs IDP Camp in Kayah State The Irrawaddy
Airstrikes target more civilian targets in
resistance stronghold, sending another wave of refugees to
Thailand.
19:25
Chin Resistance Reports Dozens of Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in 7-Hour Battle The Irrawaddy
Both sides suffer casualties in fierce fighting for
strategic outpost in Tedim Township on the road between Sagaing and
Indian border.
18:46
Myanmar Junta Forces Sustain Casualties in Four Days of Clashes With Resistance The Irrawaddy
The Irrawaddys latest roundup includes incidents in
Sagaing and Bago regions and Chin, Shan and Kachin states.
16:39
Thai Caretaker PM Announces Retirement From Politics The Irrawaddy
Prayut Chan-o-cha, who seized power as army chief
in 2014, will remain the countrys leader until a new government is
formed.
16:27
Outgoing Thai Foreign Minister Met Myanmars Jailed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Secret Visit The Irrawaddy
The ministers warm ties with the junta and the
timing of his visit before a key summit raise questions over why he
was allowed to see her after ASEAN envoys were denied.
Tuesday, 11 July
23:31
Myanmar Junta Investment Minister Attends Beijing Talks The Irrawaddy
The regimes investment minister Dr Kan Zaw is in
the Chinese capital to boost investment and economic
cooperation.
22:28
Singapore Firm Still Tied to Myanmar Junta-Linked Project Despite Stake Sale The Irrawaddy
Singapore-listed ETC is selling its stake in
Yangons Golden City project, built on military-owned land, but the
buyer is a related company, rights group JFM said.
20:43
Magwe Civilians Freed in Raid on Myanmar Junta Forces The Irrawaddy
Resistance groups in Pauk Township attacked two
pro-regime Pyu Saw Htee villages, unaware troops from an arms
factory were deployed in the area.
20:07
Myanmar Junta Condemned For Using Prison Transfers as a Pretext For Murder The Irrawaddy
International community urged to take collective
action against the juntas latest wave of extrajudicial killings of
political prisoners.
19:21
KIA Renews Attacks on Myanmar Junta Troops in Northern Shan State The Irrawaddy
After a five-month lull, the Kachin Independence
Army began attacking junta troops around Kutkai Town on the
weekend.
17:54
Myanmar Junta Vows to Take Shuttered TV Channels to Court Over Unpaid Fees The Irrawaddy
Mizzima TV and DVB TV say their contracts with
state-owned MRTV were invalidated when the junta shut the channels
down following the coup.
00:59
Facebook* vs. Cambodia: A Lesson in Securing Information Space "IndyWatch Feed Asia"
A recent row between US-based social media giant Meta* (also known as Facebook*) and Cambodias Prime Minister Hun Sen, saw the Southeast Asian leader migrate from Facebook* to Telegram, a social media application popular in former Soviet republics and in a growing number of other nations around the globe.
Global Voices, a Western foundation-funded media outlet, in an article titled, Cambodian Prime Minister quits Facebook* after Oversight Board review, claimed that Facebook* representatives decided to suspend Prime Minister Hun Sens account for six months after allegedly inciting violence.
Prime Minister Hun Sens comments may or may not have constituted such a violation of Facebooks terms of service, however the real issue at heart is why Cambodias leadership is being targeted and suspended while Washington-based politicians, their political allies abroad, and networks of opposition groups globally including those engaged in actual physical violence are not.
Militant groups backed by the US and its allies in another Southeast Asian country, Myanmar, for example, maintain accounts on Facebook* in good standing despite calling for, carrying out, then celebrating deadly violence on the US-based social media platform.
US-Based Social Media Platforms as a Tool of US-Sponsored Regime Change
This hypocrisy stems from the special relationship Facebook* and the US State Department have maintained for well over a decade, stretching back years before the US-engineered Arab Spring where Facebook*, other US-based social media giants, and the US State Department all worked together to train agitators ahead of the region-wide destabilization of the Arab World from 2011 onward....