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POLITICS2d agoKIO Pledges to Stand With Public Against Myanmar Junta's Revival of Myitsone Dam ProjectMYITKYINA, Myanmar — The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has reaffirmed its opposition to the controversial Myitsone hydropower project, declaring it will stand strictly with the public against any development lacking local consent.bnionline_net · myanmar
POLITICS2d agoMyanmar reassigns five Deputy Ministers and one Civil Service Board member reassigned; five new Deputy Ministers appointedYANGON: The Office of the President issued orders on October 10 announcing the reassignment of five deputy ministers to different departments, the transfer of one Union Civil Service Board member to another position, and the appointment of five new deputy ministers.thestar_my · malaysia
POLITICS2d agoUS Drops Sanctions on Daughter of Prominent Myanmar Businessman Thein Win ZawIs Theint Win Htet's removal from the Treasury Department's blacklist a sign of a looming rapprochement between Washington and Naypyidaw?thediplomat · japan
CONFLICT2d agoHow shadow banking feeds Myanmar while starving its militaryOn a recent Friday night in a Bangkok dive bar, a group of young Myanmar exiles sang softly along to a mournful ballad played on an acoustic guitar. None among the crowd had any plans to leave, either for their homeland or home for bed. They fled war, a broken economy and forced conscription into a military that seized power in the 2021 coup. While their future in Thailand is uncertain, their ties to home are kept alive by the hard currency they send back each month to parents and siblings left...South China Morning Post