What's Happening in Myanmar

This week on Season 2, Episode 23 of What's Happening in Myanmar; Norway probes Telenor over alleged Myanmar crimes while the junta targets UN envoy, and Malaysia seeks Rohingya repatriation talks. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/recovery-will-take-time-sagaing-region-grapples-with-floods/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/there-are-so-many-needs-humanitarian-crisis-grips-rakhine-magway-border/ Timecodes: (00:08) Intro (00:30) Norway investigates Telenor for Myanmar crimes (00:51) Min Aung Hlaing courts Cambodia (01:13) Malaysia invites Min Aung Hlaing for Rohingya repatriation push (01:34) Junta condemns UN envoy (01:58) Appeal (02:51) USDP convention begins amid disagreement (03:22) Dozens escape resistance prison in Chin (03:36) HIV drug shortage hits Kachin (03:58) From the frontlines (04:32) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 22 of What's Happening in Myanmar; resistance attacks airport as Min Aung Hlaing continues his diplomatic tour abroad, and a post-coup mining boom is helping fund the conflict while creating environmental damage. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/every-day-i-cry-rohingya-vulnerable-to-exploitation-in-malaysia/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-military-elephant-in-the-room/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/2030509737583140 Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:33) Min Aung Hlaing's International Tour (01:19) UN Calls for ICC referral as regime launches offensive (01:45) Conscription drags amid abductions and corruption (02:19) Appeal (03:16) Justice for NUG official? (03:43) Resistance attacks airport (04:14) Explosion in Shan (04:48) Mining boom funds war (05:12) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 21 of What's Happening in Myanmar; the UN says it is not involved in repatriation of Myanmar refugees in Malaysia, the Kachin Independence Army claims they have destroyed a regime flotilla, and a Myanmar human rights activist wins a major public-service award. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/every-day-i-cry-rohingya-vulnerable-to-exploitation-in-malaysia/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-military-elephant-in-the-room/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/2030509737583140 Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:35) UN not involved in repatriation (01:07) Resistance leader dies (01:36) Award for dissident (02:01) Massacre (02:45) Appeal (03:41) From the frontlines (05:04) Forced conscription in Kachin (05:30) Political rifts (05:45) Flooding (06:13) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 20 of What's Happening in Myanmar; Malaysia set to deport refugees, regime airstrikes kill civilians at monasteries, and the Rohingya mark anniversary of killings. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/cross-border-brides-myanmar-women-trafficked-to-china-for-marriage/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/2030509737583140 Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:32) Malaysia to repatriate Rohingya (01:07) Rohingya Protests (01:55) Junta leader to hold by-elections (02:37) Monastery attack (03:11) Appeal (04:07) Mass graves discovered (04:42) Clashes in Shan (05:05) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 19 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing visits Russia, resistance kills regime officials and disputed Rohingya repatriation efforts continue amid deadly airstrikes. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/cross-border-brides-myanmar-women-trafficked-to-china-for-marriage/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/2030509737583140 Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:39) Min Aung Hlaing meets Russian President (01:12) Rohingya repatriation dispute (01:56) Resistance targets regime officials (02:39) Appeal (03:37) Airstrikes against civilians (04:19) Fighting in Magway Region (05:36) US citizen Min Zin wrongfully detained (06:39) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 18 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing returns from Thailand as floods kill dozens, junta airstrikes hit civilians, opposition groups unite, and Rohingya face forced conscription and fighting breaks out in Mongmit. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/weaponising-religion-nationalist-monks-bolster-regime-oppression/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/2030509737583140 Timecodes: (00:010) Intro (00:34) Junta leader wraps Thai trip (01:09) Flood devastation (01:55) Airstrikes in Rakhine State (02:16) Opposition groups form alliance (03:52) Appeal (03:46) UN report documents abuses (04:25) Diarrhoea outbreak (04:51) Former ambassador on trial (05:10) NDAA and SSPP in Nay Pyi Taw (05:35) Rohingya conscription (06:11) Fighting resumes in Mongmit (07:02) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 17 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing addresses parliament on his first 100 days as president, the Red Cross meets with jailed counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and the junta leader visits Thailand. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:32) Min Aung Hlaing first 100 days (01:43) Abuse in Shan State (02:24) ICRC visits Aung San Suu Kyi (03:33) Appeal (04:20) USWA demands state (05:23) From the frontlines (06:04) Conscription chaos (06:44) Award for jailed photographer (07:15) Malaysia backtracks? (08:11) Junta leader visits Thailand (09:16) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 16 of What's Happening in Myanmar, National Unity Government fines villagers for sending children to regime schools, while the junta abducts vulnerable people for conscription. Rohingya in Malaysia face deportations after mass detentions and Thailand targets a junta ally for human trafficking as the regime passes a death penalty for scammers. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:39) NUG's education edict (01:27) Pollution (02:03) Air strikes and drone attacks (02:48) Assassinations of junta administrators (03:22) Appeal (04:09) Junta abducts the vulnerable (04:54) Rohingya persecution (06:09) KNU rejects scam claims (07:06) Death penalty for scammers (08:17) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 15 of What's Happening in Myanmar, ASEAN convened in the Philippines to address Myanmar's crisis, the TNLA held unprecedented talks with the junta, Malaysia to implement own refugee system, the junta continues its forced conscription campaign and fuel and egg prices surge. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:39) ASEAN meets in the Philippines (02:14) Ethnic armed groups pursue a separate peace (03:58) Deaths in detention (04:53) Appeal (05:40) Malaysia to implement own refugee system (06:34) Fuel and egg prices surge (07:55) Conscriptions and clashes (09:26) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 14 of What's Happening in Myanmar, ASEAN met with the junta sparking a NUG warning, heavy resistance losses in Magway and deadly airstrikes on civilians continued as a Rohingya boat tragedy unfolded. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:38) Rohingya tragedy, hundreds feared dead (02:04) Diplomatic shift (03:46) Resistance victories and defeats (04:48) Appeal (05:34) Territorial standoffs (06:23) Further attacks on civilians (06:49) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 13 of What's Happening in Myanmar, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing sought legitimacy in Laos while resistance infighting surged at home, protests against cross-border pollution turned violent in Thailand, a Starlink shutdown threatened resistance communications with landslides devastated Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes: (00:10) Intro (00:39) Min Aung Hlaing seeks legitimacy (01:41) ASEAN's Myanmar Dilemma (02:35) Resistance infighting continues (03:23) Builder of collapsed apartment is jailed (03:47) Protests in Thailand (04:21) Starlink shutdown hits resistance (04:47) Resistance raids own police (05:17) Appeal (06:03) Landslides kill school children (07:21) Junta claims control of strategic highway (07:44) Ethnic armed groups clash (08:02) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 12 of What's Happening in Myanmar, infighting deepened divisions within the resistance movement as the National Unity Government struggled to maintain order, the Arakan Army pressed its advantage and unveiled a new banking system, Min Aung Hlaing strengthened ties with international allies, and a controversial dam project returned to the spotlight. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes: (00:09) Intro (00:39) Murder in the ranks (01:44) Infighting erupts in Monywa (02:41) Appeal (03:38) Advances in Rakhine (04:47) PDF executions (05:25) Diplomacy and controversy (06:40) AA to establish banking system (07:48) The cost of war (08:18) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 11 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the junta claims battlefield victories, internal resistance conflicts escalate, refugees gain new rights in Thailand, and a damning UN report details civilian casualties. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes: (00:10) Intro (00:35) Junta's battlefield victories (01:06) Refugees in Thailand issued ids (01:49) Tensions between the NUG and PLA (02:56) The junta meets with powerful ethnic armed groups (03:36) UN reports 702 killed (04:19) Appeal (05:06) Over 5,000 trapped in scam centres (05:38) Magway-PDF destroys helicopter (06:08) Media reach declines since coup (06:56) Malaysian FM Discusses Myanmar (08:01) Smuggled monologue from jailed PDF founder (08:40) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 10 of What's Happening in Myanmar, United States citizens are arrested in China and Myanmar, resistance groups are accused of killing civilians, the junta holds peace talks while the World Bank downgrades economic growth for the country, and NLD symbols are removed ahead of Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes: (00:08) Intro (00:36) US citizens arrested (01:48) Junta's peace efforts with ethnic groups (02:45) Resistance forces accused of civilian killings and abuses (03:45) Internal resistance conflicts and corruption scandals (04:56) Economic challenges and World Bank forecast (05:50) Appeal (06:38) NLD targeted ahead of Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday (07:45) Rohingya refugee situation and regional response (08:30) Public executions in northern Shan (09:09) Junta attacks (09:58) Migrant school scandal in Thailand (10:44) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 9 of What's Happening in Myanmar, resistance forces win key battles as the US court challenges junta policies and ASEAN shifts its diplomatic approach amid intensifying conflict. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes— (00:10) Intro (00:41) Resistance advances in Magway Region (01:33) US court ruling on Myanmar immigration (02:37) China-Myanmar relations strengthen (03:29) Education battleground in southern Myanmar (04:21) Kachin conflict intensifies (05:16) Appeal (06:04) Forced recruitment and border crossings (07:50) Singapore arms trade and atrocities in Pakkoku (08:51) Min Zin arrested in China (09:44) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 8 of What's Happening in Myanmar, a deadly explosion in Namkham, Chin State fighting continues, Min Aung Hlaing continues his visit to India and another junta convoy moves north. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes— (00:08) Intro (00:44) Explosion in northern Shan (02:04) Min Aung Hlaing's India Visit (03:31) Fighting intensifies in Chin State (04:45) Prominent filmmaker dies (06:36) Appeal (07:29) Education under fire (08:42) Military movements in Kachin (09:53) Civilian casualties in the Dry Zone (10:57) Resistance camp raided in Magway (11:49) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 7 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing to visit India, the KIA and PDFs launched counter-offensives in Sagaing. Troubling infighting between resistance groups in Mingin turned deadly, while the regime advanced in Chin State, displacing thousands. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes— (00:05) Intro (00:28) Min Aung Hlaing's India visit (01:26) KIA and PDF Hit Back in Sagaing (02:50) China tries more Kokang scammers (04:44) Resistance Infighting in Mingin (05:31) Appeal (06:26) Resistance Takes Pyusawhti Base (07:21) Resistance Feud Turns Bloody (07:41) Regime Advances in Chin (08:45) Access to Menstrual Products (08:45) IDP Dies in PDF Custody (08:45) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 6 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Chin resistance fractures amid regime offensives; Human Rights Watch accuses the Arakan Army of a Rohingya massacre. On the diplomatic front, Malaysia engages junta and trafficked scam workers are forced into rare earth mines, and a new Shan bank challenges the regime's financial control. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes— (00:05) Intro (00:28) Chin resistance turns inward (01:26) Scam crackdowns and forced labour (02:50) Massacre allegations in Rakhine (04:44) Frontier appeal (05:31) Regime advances on multiple fronts (06:26) Malaysia's diplomatic pivot (07:21) Banking denials (07:41) Test for dropouts (08:45) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 5 of What's Happening in Myanmar, ASEAN split on Myanmar talks as regime Foreign Minister to attend virtually; military offensives in Chin and Sagaing with conscripted troops; rights abuses in Shan; death penalty proposed for scam centres and PDFs ban Starlink. Please click the link to join us: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes— (00:05) Intro (00:18) ASEAN divided (01:42) Conscription drive (02:32) Chin offensive (03:12) Abuses in Northern Shan (3:52) Freedom to write (04:18) Frontier appeal (05:03) Anti-scam law (05:47) Northern Shan Stakes (06:31) The Remittance Trap (07:06) Starlink Restrictions (07:45) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 4 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Suu Kyi was reportedly moved to house arrest amid scepticism, while fighting intensified as the military retook key towns. International legal action and ASEAN diplomacy continued amid growing scrutiny of the crisis. Please click the link to join us, in the podcast show notes https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/ Timecodes— (00:16) Intro (00:35) ASSK moved to house arrest (02:15) Regime increases battlefield gains (03:39) International lobbying and accountability (05:35) ASEAN summit grapples with crisis (06:31) Close