What's Happening in Myanmar

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. 
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
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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

This week on Season 2, Episode 3 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the junta says Aung San Suu Kyi 'moved to house arrest', claims battlefield victories, and secures China's backing while cracking down on journalists. Resistance groups, meanwhile, are fractured by internal conflict and exhaustion.
 
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Timecodes—
(00:05) Intro
(00:17) Aung San Suu Kyi 'moved to house arrest'
(00:59) Regime victories and fractured alliances
(02:03) China's endorsement and the Myitsone dam
(03:38) Press crackdown
(05:02) Crisis at Frontier
(05:52) Resistance under fire
(07:14) Close