What's Happening in Myanmar

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Season 1 Join journalists and experts discussing the biggest Myanmar news stories in this weekly show from the Frontier Myanmar podcast family. Reliable. Concise. Informative. Season 2 A weekly round-up of the stories making the headlines from the Frontier Myanmar podcast family.

  1. 4d ago

    Deadly flooding

    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

  2. Aug 7

    MAH's diplomatic offensive

    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

  3. Jul 31

    Junta abducts the vulnerable

    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

  4. Jul 24

    A separate path to peace

    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

  5. Jul 17

    Rohingya tragedy

    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

  6. Jul 10

    Courting ASEAN

    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

  7. Jul 3

    Resistance under strain

    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

  8. Jun 26

    Myanmar's civilian toll

    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

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Season 1 Join journalists and experts discussing the biggest Myanmar news stories in this weekly show from the Frontier Myanmar podcast family. Reliable. Concise. Informative. Season 2 A weekly round-up of the stories making the headlines from the Frontier Myanmar podcast family.

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