In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we hear about the junta’s efforts to curb inflation. And posts on pro-regime Telegram channels can be a death sentence. We speak to a digital-rights researcher about the risks. Plus, we have an interview about China and India’s investment in Rakhine State, speak to a poet from Myanmar about her art and have our usual rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’

// Show Notes:

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// Footsteps of China and India on Arakan in Post-Coup Myanmar

https://arakanstudies.org/ibr/23/01/ibr_01_23.html

// Resist Myanmar’s digital coup: International community must dismantle military dictatorship — or reap repercussions

https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/myanmar-coup-two-years-statement/

// Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)

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// Stories mentioned in this episode:

// Myanmar’s NUG Selling Off Military Land in Famous Hill Resort

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-nug-selling-off-military-land-in-famous-hill-resort.html

// Naypyitaw Junta Airbase Hit by Myanmar Resistance Drone Strike

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/naypyitaw-junta-airbase-hit-by-myanmar-resistance-drone-strike.html

// Myanmar Military Launches Major Operation to Recapture Outpost from KIA

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-launches-major-operation-to-recapture-outpost-from-kia.html

// Myanmar Junta Tightens Noose on ‘Kick-Back King’

https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/myanmar-junta-tightens-noose-on-kick-back-king.html

// Dozens Missing After Myanmar Junta Supply Boat Sinks in Sagaing

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/dozens-missing-after-myanmar-junta-supply-boat-sinks-in-sagaing.html

// Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy

https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/junta-shutters-myanmar-currency-exchanges-in-futile-bid-to-prop-up-economy.html

// Myanmar Junta Continues Tightening the Screws on Its Economic Team

https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/myanmar-junta-continues-tightening-the-screws-on-its-economic-team.html

// Myanmar Junta Strips General of Key Posts Amid Corruption Probe

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-strips-general-of-key-posts-amid-corruption-probe.html

// Myanmar Turns to China for Census and Surveillance Assistance

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-turns-to-china-for-census-and-surveillance-assistance.html

// KIA Seizes Myanmar Junta Base

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/kia-seizes-myanmar-junta-base.html

// Myanmar Junta Arms Militias in Bago as Resistance Threatens Naypyitaw

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-arms-militias-in-bago-as-resistance-threatens-naypyitaw.html

// Myanmar Civilian Government’s UN Ambassador Retains Seat

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-civilian-governments-un-ambassador-retains-seat.html