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.

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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:

His new book on the TNLA

And Lway Noon, Ta’ang activist and researcher

New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode:

Beyond Rakhine: Arakan Army advance brings hope and fearElectronic oppression: The junta sharpens its instruments of control

And also referenced in this episode:

UN labour agency revives sanctions against Myanmar junta

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

See his bio at LSEHis thoughts on the Karen National Union’s governance as bricolageHis latest publication with the Centre on Armed Groups

New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode:

Compensation overload: Insurance companies struggle after quake

And also referenced in this episode:

The latest episode of Doh AthanControl of Sittaung River basin in hands of resistance, Karen fighters

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.

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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

See her institutional bio here for a list of her publications

New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode:

Editorial: ASEAN is sliding into irrelevance on Myanmar ‘They look down on us for being Muslims’: Kaman marginalised in Yangon

And also referenced in this episode:

Justice For Myanmar’s recent report The UNOHCHR’s recent report

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.

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Timecodes—

01m02s :: Successful strike in Hlaingtharya West03m37s :: With Angshuman Choudhury, killings in Tamu21m50s :: India and the Rohingya29m18s :: Close

Our guests—

Angshuman Choudhury, Doctoral candidate in Comparative Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and King's College London, and a long-time watcher of India-Myanmar affairs

New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:

Rights deferred: Citizenship reform mothballed in Myanmar

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.

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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.

Richard’s 2022 report with the International Crisis Group on Myanmar-Russia relationsAnd check out the group’s recent April briefing on the Myanmar-India border

New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:

Logged out: Conflict drives deforestation in Bago mountains

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.

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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:

Economic Governance of Non-State Authorities in Myanmar: Potentials and Pitfalls Challenges and Priorities for Myanmar’s Conflicted Economy Myanmar’s Earthquake Threatens a Lasting Economic Scar The State Administration Council and the Restyling of Myanmar’s Economy Myanmar’s Resistance and the Future of Border Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:

‘They don’t represent us’: Rohingya armed groups wreak havoc in Rakhine Q&A: Explaining Myanmar’s private security law

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.

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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:

Striking oil: Magway Region’s resource wealth draws junta fire

With director of the Kachinland Research Centre Danseng Lawn 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.

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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 On Myanmar Substack

And Dan Seng Lawn, Director of the Kachinland Research Centre

New content on the Frontier website since our last episode—

US aid cuts kneecap Myanmar in fight against tuberculosis Myanmar’s resistance faces a moral quandary after the quake New junta rules curb aid to Mandalay quake victims

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.

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Timecodes—

1m10s :: War updates5m16s :: With Nay Lin, relief efforts for the quake29m03s :: Close

Our guest—

Nay Lin, coordinating earthquake relief efforts for local communities

His most recent fundraiser

New content on the website this week:

Editorial: Quake response shows where junta’s priorities lie

‘We didn’t find anyone alive’: Earthquake buries the faithful at Sagaing religious sites

Down and out: Junta offers scant help to homeless civil servants

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 here

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Timecodes—

1m27s :: Earthquake19m36s :: With Vicky Bowman, private security law52m01s :: Close

Our guest—

Vicky Bowman, director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business

Their baseline report

New content on the Frontier website this week:

‘We hear screams all the time’: Volunteer rescue teams shoulder post-quake burden

Facebook’s ‘lethal carelessness’ in Myanmar

Embracing the enemy: Resistance forces welcome new defectors