What's Happening in Myanmar
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Military Electoral Machinery
09/11/2025
Military Electoral Machinery
With Michael Lidauer, an international elections expert with experience in Myanmar since 2010. This week on episode 44 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the Kayin State Border Guard Force declares its support for the military’s elections, as its leaders and associates are sanctioned by the United States for facilitating the scam industry, and we discuss the technical aspects of the military running polls at the end of the year. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m34s :: News roundup03m01s :: With Michael Lidauer, the 2020 elections10m37s :: Military’s planned 2025 elections14m54s :: The Union Election Commission19m41s :: Electoral system change to PR28m20s :: Political parties 39m02s :: Observers46m21s :: Close Our guests— , international elections expert New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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The Anti-Sham Election Campaign
09/06/2025
The Anti-Sham Election Campaign
With Nandar, member of the Generations Solidarity Coalition of Nationalities, and participant in the anti-sham elections campaign. This week on episode 43 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is in China, while at home his military continues its offensives killing civilians, revolutionaries try to prevent the region from accepting the legitimacy of the military’s planned elections, and we discuss the Anti-Sham Election Campaign’s aims and strategies. Email the show at Timecodes— 02m03s :: News roundup 05m16s :: With Nandar, the Anti-Sham Election Campaign 15m26s :: Legitimacy 28m11s :: Close Our guests— Nandar, from the Generations Solidarity Coalition Nationalities New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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Military's General Elections Confirmed
08/29/2025
Military's General Elections Confirmed
With Nicholas Coppel, former Australian ambassador to Myanmar and president of the Australia Myanmar Institute. This week on episode 42 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military captures two mines from resistance forces, the historic Gokteik viaduct sustains major damage, and we discuss the consequences of the military’s planned elections starting on December 28. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m31s :: Conflict updates 05m16s :: With Nicholas Copperl, the military elections 25m25s :: Is it all about Min Aung Hlaing? 33m43s :: The military’s plans post-election 38m04s :: Close Our guests— , former Australian ambassador to Myanmar from 2015 to 2018, honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne, and president of the Australia Myanmar Institute. His latest publication:
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Union Members Sent to Insein & UWSA Bows to China
08/23/2025
Union Members Sent to Insein & UWSA Bows to China
With Stephen Campbell, associate professor in Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, and Joseph Young, Daily Briefing writer at Frontier Myanmar. This week on episode 41 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, massive airstrikes occur around the country as the military continues offensives, and we discuss union members being sent to Insein prison, and the UWSA’s declaration of non-assistance after admitting pressure from China. Email the show at Timecodes— 00m52s :: Union members sent to Insein02m55s :: With Stephen Campbell, the STUM and Myo Myo Aye 15m25s :: Economic agenda before the coup21m13s :: With Joseph Young, conflict and UWSA statement38m58s :: Close Our guests— , associate professor, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University And Joseph Young, daily briefing writer for Frontier Myanmar Other new content on the Frontier website: Check out the of Doh Athan, Frontier’s podcast on human rights issues in Myanmar.
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Bhamo Eight Months Later
08/15/2025
Bhamo Eight Months Later
With Hka San Lwi, editor-in-chief of . This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, major ethnic armed organisations make statements on peace and war, the military presses its advantage right across the country, and we discuss why the struggle for Bhamo remains the most consequential battle for the revolution going forward. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m18s :: News roundup 05m09s :: With Hka San Lwi, continuing fighting for Bhamo 27m52s :: Flash flooding in Laiza 28m35s :: Close Our guests— Hka San Lwi, editor-in-chief of New content on the Frontier website:
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Pressure on Kachin Rare Earth Mines
08/08/2025
Pressure on Kachin Rare Earth Mines
With Emily Fishbein, freelance journalist currently serving as a Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network fellow, and Hpan Ja Brang, social justice activist and freelance journalist from Kachinland. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the TNLA pushed firmly on the defensive, the Arakan Army permits Starlink registrations in war-torn Rakhine State, and we discuss the KIA’s resumption of rare earth mining around Pangwa. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m04s :: TNLA put on the defensive 02m26s :: Arakan Army allows Starlink 05m16s :: With Emily Fishbein and Hpan Ja Brang, the Pangwa mining pause 33m50s :: Holding the KIO to account 42m43s :: Close Our guests— , freelance journalist currently serving as a Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network fellow , social justice activist and freelance journalist from Kachinland Their feature story: Other new content on the Frontier website:
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Groundwork for Military Elections & River Pollution
08/01/2025
Groundwork for Military Elections & River Pollution
With Pai Deetes, Southeast Asia Program Regional Campaigns Director at International Rivers. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military regime lifts the state of emergency and enacts new laws for elections, making coup leader Min Aung Hlaing the temporary acting president, and we discuss the transboundary water contamination from mines in Myanmar affecting northern Thailand. Email the show at Timecodes— 00m50s :: News round up 02m30s :: Military groundwork for elections 06m34s :: U.S. sanctions lifted and rare earth lobbying 09m23s :: With Pai Deetes, contamination of northern Thai rivers 32m22s :: Escalating the issue to regional fora 38m58s :: Close Our guest— Pai Deetes, the Southeast Asia Program Regional Campaigns Director at International Rivers New content on the Frontier website:
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The Myanmar Defence and Security Institute
07/24/2025
The Myanmar Defence and Security Institute
With Dr Kid, communications officer of the Myanmar Defence and Security Institute. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military takes back Thabeikkyin, while giving out rice and detaining suspects in Nawnghkio, and we discuss how soldiers who escape the army are working to expose the regime’s weaknesses and defeat the military. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m04s :: Nawnghkio under military rule02m10s :: Thabeikkyin retaken 04m14s :: With Dr Kid, the Myanmar Defence and Security Institute13m04s :: Changes in military command structure33m42s :: Being a CDM soldier in 202541m56s :: Close Our guest— Dr Kid, communications officer of the Its reports on and the New content on the Frontier website:
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Ek Khaale for the Rohingya
07/17/2025
Ek Khaale for the Rohingya
With Greg Constantine, documentary photographer. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military marches into Nawnghkio, and we discuss the history and identity of the Rohingya community through the lens of the new Ek Khaale exhibition. Email the show at Timecodes— 00m57s :: Nawnghkio taken by military03m06s :: With Greg Constantine, the Ek Khaale exhibition19m51s :: The Rohingya and history as a chain reaction37m20s :: Close Our guest— The exhibition online: New content on the Frontier website:
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Debrief with Dunant and Thu Thu Aung
07/12/2025
Debrief with Dunant and Thu Thu Aung
With outgoing Frontier Myanmar editor-in-chief Ben Dunant and incoming editor-in-chief Thu Thu Aung. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, our two editors talk about Frontier and the Myanmar media landscape as Thu Thu takes the reigns from Ben, who is moving on after seven years at Frontier. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m51s :: Introducing Thu Thu Aung04m35s :: Ben being a foreign journalist before the coup07m01s :: Thu Thu’s career 19m06s :: Ben as editor-in-chief in exile28m08s :: Frontier’s 10th birthday28m56s :: Close Our guests— New content on the Frontier website: Other Frontier reports mentioned in this episode:
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Child Soldiers in the Spotlight
07/04/2025
Child Soldiers in the Spotlight
With Shayna Bauchner, Asia researcher for Human Rights Watch, and Thiri, an independent researcher. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, Belarus support for the Myanmar air force is exposed, another jet goes down, and we discuss the surge in the use of child soldiers by the State Administration Council. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m28s :: Belarus helps Myanmar air force 03m04s :: Another jet down 04m30s :: With Shayna Bauchner and Thiri, child soldiers in the military 25m01s :: Child soldiers resisting the military 31m31s :: Close Our guests— Thiri, an independent researcher working with the same organisation Other reports mentioned in this episode:
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Widespread Wage Gains for Garment Workers
06/28/2025
Widespread Wage Gains for Garment Workers
With Ya Nwe, Frontier Myanmar journalist. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, gains to workers’ wages widen with momentum from May Day, and coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing gives a peace performance in earthquake-devastated Nay Pyi Taw. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m21s :: Peace Conference and Belarus 04m39s :: With Ya New, Tsang Yih strikes, wage gains, and ILO convention 18m00s :: Lack of SAC and police interference 23m11s :: Future goals for the labour movement 25m02s :: Close Our guests— Ya Nwe, journalist with Frontier Myanmar And new content on the website:
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Rohingya Armed Groups Organise
06/20/2025
Rohingya Armed Groups Organise
With Thomas Kean, senior consultant for Myanmar and Bangladesh with International Crisis Group. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the Arakan Army tightens its noose and expands its buffer zone as soldiers defect in Kyaukphyu and Ngape, and we discuss Rohingya armed group organizing in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m10s :: The Arakan Army’s dominant position05m23s :: With Tom Kean, Rohingya armed group organising17m46s :: Dire conditions in Bangladesh refugee camps31m31s :: Close Our guests— Thomas Kean, senior consultant for Myanmar and Bangladesh with International Crisis Group And new content on the website:
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Administrating Ta'ang Land
06/13/2025
Administrating Ta'ang Land
With Lway Noon, a Ta’ang activist and researcher, and Francesco Buscemi, post-doctoral fellow in geography at the University of Bologna. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, a jet fighter shot down, fresh hopes for Myanmar workers, and we talk about the new administration in Ta’ang National Liberation Army territory. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m10s :: New ILO resolution03m05s :: Jet fighter downed05m18s :: With Lway Noon & Francesco Buscemi, administrating Ta’ang Land51m01s :: Close Our guests— Francesco Buscemi, post-doctoral fellow in Geography at the University of Bologna: And Lway Noon, Ta’ang activist and researcher New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode: And also referenced in this episode:
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Resistance Victories on Thai Border
06/06/2025
Resistance Victories on Thai Border
With Tony Neil, PhD candidate in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science and visiting fellow at the Australian National University, and Saw Day Hsi, a Karen researcher in Kawthoolei. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, floods affect the north and southwest, the Shangri La dialogue generates more politicospeak, and the Karen resistance makes big gains on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Timecodes— 01m19s :: Shangri La dialogue 02m50s :: Floods06m23s :: Karen resistance victories09m18s :: With Tony Neil & Saw Day Hsi, Karen resistance strategy39m17s :: Close Our guests— Saw Day Hsi, Karen researcher and Kawthoolei native, and Tony Neil, PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode: And also referenced in this episode:
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Malaysia's ASEAN Summit
05/30/2025
Malaysia's ASEAN Summit
With Dr. Monalisa Adhikari, senior lecturer in international politics at the University of Stirling. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, mass Rohingya drownings at sea, KNLA victories, TNLA defeats, and we discuss the negativity surrounding the recent ASEAN summit in Malaysia and its ineffectual statement on Myanmar. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m07s :: News roundup06m57s :: With Monalisa Adhikari, the ASEAN summit27m10s :: India and China working with ASEAN32m00s :: Peace processes in Myanmar37m46s :: Close Our guests— Monalisa Adhikari New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode: And also referenced in this episode:
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India's Assam Rifles Kill Ten from Tamu
05/22/2025
India's Assam Rifles Kill Ten from Tamu
With Angshuman Choudhury, doctoral candidate at the National University of Singapore and King's College London. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, thousands of workers successfully strike for better factory conditions, and we discuss the murky killing of 10 Myanmar rebels by India’s Assam Rifles. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m02s :: Successful strike in Hlaingtharya West03m37s :: With Angshuman Choudhury, killings in Tamu21m50s :: India and the Rohingya29m18s :: Close Our guests— New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:
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Back to Russia & Schoolchildren Bombed
05/15/2025
Back to Russia & Schoolchildren Bombed
With Richard Horsey, senior Myanmar adviser at the International Crisis Group. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military kills dozens of civilians in multiple major air strikes across the country, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing visits Russia again, and we discuss Myanmar’s relationship with that country. Email the show at Timecodes— 00m55s :: Air strikes kill children and civilians03m37s :: With Richard Horsey, Min Aung Hlaing’s jubilance09m35s :: The Myanmar-Russia relationship30m32s :: Close Our guests— Richard Horsey, Senior Myanmar Adviser at the International Crisis Group. New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:
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TNLA Tensions & Rebel Economies
05/08/2025
TNLA Tensions & Rebel Economies
With Jared Bissinger, a visiting fellow at the Myanmar Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and research lead at Catalyst Economics. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, eyes are still on northern Shan State as the military pressures the TNLA after retaking Lashio, and we discuss how armed groups in Myanmar run their economies. Email the show at Join the Frontier team! We’re seeking a Managing Editor to help lead our newsroom. Find out more Timecodes— 01m09s :: Northern Shan State news06m40s :: With Jared Bissinger, non-state actors’ economic governance42m11s :: Close Our guest— Jared Bissinger, a visiting fellow at the Myanmar Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and research lead at Catalyst Economics. His ISEAS and Singapore work: New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:
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One Month After the Quake
05/02/2025
One Month After the Quake
With Htet Aung, a journalist with Frontier Myanmar. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military floats moving its damaged ministries back to Yangon while killing hundreds of people in the month since the March 28 earthquake, and we discuss the challenges of reporting on the quake and its devastating aftermath in Mandalay and Sagaing. Email the show at Join the Frontier team! We’re seeking a Managing Editor to help lead our newsroom. Find out more Timecodes— 01m15s :: A month after the quake05m56s :: With Htet Aung, reporting on the quake16m30s :: Naypyitaw and damaged ministries22m50s :: Close Our guests— Htet Aung, independent journalist, and regular contributor to our newsletters and features New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:
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Return to Lashio
04/24/2025
Return to Lashio
With Danseng Lawn, director of the Kachinland Research Centre, and independent journalist Lorcan Lovett. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military reoccupies Lashio with help from the MNDAA and China, while still fighting the TNLA nearby, and we discuss the military defeats this month at Falam and Indaw. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m21s :: Lashio back in the fold06m08s :: With Danseng Lawn, Indaw military defeat21m14s :: With Lorcan Lovett, Falam military defeat37m04s :: Close Our guests— Lorcan Lovett, independent journalist, his And Dan Seng Lawn, Director of the New content on the Frontier website since our last episode—
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Army Routed Amid Aftershocks
04/10/2025
Army Routed Amid Aftershocks
With Nay Lin, a fundraiser and coordinator of earthquake relief efforts. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military is routed from Falam and Indaw, but looks set to walk into Lashio, and we discuss the challenges meeting humanitarian needs after the earthquake. Note: There will be no episode next week, April 18, due to the Thingyan holiday. Email the show at Timecodes— 1m10s :: War updates5m16s :: With Nay Lin, relief efforts for the quake29m03s :: Close Our guest— Nay Lin, coordinating earthquake relief efforts for local communities New content on the website this week:
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Deadly Earthquake & Private Security
04/03/2025
Deadly Earthquake & Private Security
With Vicky Bowman, former U.K. ambassador to Myanmar, and director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the devastating earthquake of a century, and we discuss the new private security services law and Chinese boots on the ground. Donate for the quake Email the show at Timecodes— 1m27s :: Earthquake19m36s :: With Vicky Bowman, private security law52m01s :: Close Our guest— Vicky Bowman, director of the New content on the Frontier website this week:
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Forced Recruitment & (non)Violent Resistance
03/27/2025
Forced Recruitment & (non)Violent Resistance
With Ye Htet, a scholar and trainer in nonviolent resistance at the Freedom Fighter Myanmar organisation. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the Arakan Army fights on and looks set to forcibly recruit, Aung Zeya pulls back, and we discuss transitional justice and nonviolent resistance to military rule. Fill out the Email the show at Timecodes— 1m15s :: News round-up6m38s :: With Ye Htet, nonviolence18m52s :: Transitional justice33m31s :: Close Our guest— Ye Htet, a scholar and trainer in nonviolent resistance at the organisation
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Free Media Threatened & Chinland United?
03/20/2025
Free Media Threatened & Chinland United?
With Daw Khin Soe Win, previously chief of the Voice of America Burmese service, and Salai Dokhar, founder of India for Myanmar. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the leader of ARSA is arrested, the Arakan Army continues its military victories, we talk about the United States gutting the Voice of America, and also the new political umbrella organisation of Chin resistance groups. Fill out the Email the show at Timecodes— 1m10s :: News from Rakhine State and the region7m28s :: United States’ cuts threatening Myanmar11m14s :: With Khin Soe Win26m39s :: With Salai Dokhar43m03s :: Close Our guests— Daw Khin Soe Win, previously chief of the Voice of America Burmese service: after release from house arrest in 2011, and this is one of her most cherished memories. And , the founder of , a group based in India advocating for human rights and democracy in Myanmar: And for a press freedom insider’s take on what’s happened to Voice of America, try And don’t forget to check out
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New Moment for the NMSP?
03/14/2025
New Moment for the NMSP?
With Andrew Nachemson, former managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, and a freelance journalist. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military signs investment deals and signals more to come, as fresh sanctions and expropriations target the regime and its cronies. Andy and I speak about the unique political and conflict context in Mon State, through the lens of the New Mon State Party and its revolutionary faction, the New Mon State Party-Anti Dictatorship. Email the show at Timecodes— 1m01s :: Weekly news digest6m43s :: With Andrew Nachmeson, the New Mon State Party-AD14m36s :: Territory under the NMSP23m38s :: The NMSP and drones, threats to civilians39m33s :: Close Our guest— Andrew Nachemson, former Managing Editor of Frontier, and a freelance journalist. Andy has many publications available via Google, and the article we discuss will be dropping on Frontier’s website next week. But for more context, check out his for Al Jazeera. And for more information on this week’s sanctions, see the Justice for Myanmar press releases about and .
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Russia and the Possibilities for ASEAN
03/07/2025
Russia and the Possibilities for ASEAN
With Dr. Evan A. Laksmana, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, and Editor of the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing visits Russia with great fanfare, while resistance forces cohere—and attack each other. We discuss with Evan the prospects for any meaningful action on Myanmar from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Email the show at Timecodes— 0m52s :: Resistance fractures and coheres4m14s :: Min Aung Hlaing goes to Russia6m27s :: With Evan, the ASEAN 5 point consensus29m30s :: China and Russia in relation to ASEAN33m58s :: Election prospects for ASEAN39m45s :: Close Our guests— Dr Evan A. Laksmana, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, and Editor of the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Frontier’s recent content referred to in the podcast:
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Sittwe Set On & the Military Upgrades Drones
02/28/2025
Sittwe Set On & the Military Upgrades Drones
With Ko Kyaw Naing, an employee since 2012 of a civil society organization in Rakhine State, and also another unnamed guest, a Rohingya youth living in Sittwe. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military stocks drones in Karen State, more chemical weapons accusations, some scam workers go free, and we speak about the impending attack on the Rakhine State capital, Sittwe. Email the show at Timecodes— 1m33s :: Weekly news digest5m07s :: With Ko Kyaw Naing, the Arakan Army’s attack on Sittwe11m01s :: AA administration18m11s :: With a Rohingya youth, on the ground in Sittwe34m41s :: Close Our guests— Ko Kyaw Naing, an employee since 2012 of a civil society organization in Rakhine State. Our second guest is an unnamed Rohingya youth, currently living in Sittwe, who declined to use a pseudonym. There are no links or publications from our listeners this week, but we do refer to the Frontier feature from last year, . And Frontier’s other free content this week:
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SAC Sanctions & Restricting Revenue
02/21/2025
SAC Sanctions & Restricting Revenue
With Sean Turnell, Senior Fellow at the Lowy Institute. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military ships nearly 1,000 Rohingya from Yangon to wartorn Sittwe, Chinese are repatriated from border scam compounds, and we speak about the military’s access to foreign exchange and other finance matters in the wake of the new report, . Email the show at Timecodes— 1m15s :: Weekly news digest7m35s :: With Sean Turnell, the military’s finances10m40s :: Foreign exchange13m30s :: Sanctions on Myanmar’s banks21m16s :: Financing the resistance28m06s :: Multilateral institutions noting the NUG37m06s :: Close Our guest— Sean Turnell, Honorary Professor of Economics at Macquarie University, Senior Fellow at the Lowy Institute, and author of the 1999 book , and more recently, . Sean advised the National League for Democracy government on economic matters from 2016-2020, was detained and locked up by the military for 650 days following the 2021 coup, and now serves as Special Advisor to the alternative National Unity Government’s Interim Central Bank. And here’s links to the Frontier Myanmar interviews with and .
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Scam Pressure & Strikes on Sittwe
02/14/2025
Scam Pressure & Strikes on Sittwe
With Sue-Lin Wong, Southeast Asia correspondent for . This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, ASEAN continues talking consensus, Sittwe fighting begins in earnest, and we speak about the scam industry in the region, as hundreds of trafficked victims go free from Myawaddy. Email the show at Timecodes— 0m58s :: Weekly news digest8m33s :: With Sue-Lin Wong, the scam industry15m06s :: Why do people fall for scams?17m22s :: Coercion and worker trafficking23m11s :: Chinese experience of scams25m26s :: Absent connection to CCP31m45s :: Future of scams 34m52s :: Close Our guest— Sue-Lin Wong, Southeast Asia correspondent for The Economist. And read this week on the dangers posed by Elon Musk.
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