This week on Season 2, Episode 10 of What's Happening in Myanmar, United States citizens are arrested in China and Myanmar, resistance groups are accused of killing civilians, the junta holds peace talks while the World Bank downgrades economic growth for the country, and NLD symbols are removed ahead of Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday.

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(00:08) Intro

(00:36) US citizens arrested

(01:48) Junta's peace efforts with ethnic groups

(02:45) Resistance forces accused of civilian killings and abuses

(03:45) Internal resistance conflicts and corruption scandals

(04:56) Economic challenges and World Bank forecast

(05:50) Appeal

(06:38) NLD targeted ahead of Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday

(07:45) Rohingya refugee situation and regional response

(08:30) Public executions in northern Shan

(09:09) Junta attacks

(09:58) Migrant school scandal in Thailand

(10:44) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 9 of What's Happening in Myanmar, resistance forces win key battles as the US court challenges junta policies and ASEAN shifts its diplomatic approach amid intensifying conflict.

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(00:10) Intro

(00:41) Resistance advances in Magway Region

(01:33) US court ruling on Myanmar immigration

(02:37) China-Myanmar relations strengthen

(03:29) Education battleground in southern Myanmar

(04:21) Kachin conflict intensifies

(05:16) Appeal

(06:04) Forced recruitment and border crossings

(07:50) Singapore arms trade and atrocities in Pakkoku

(08:51) Min Zin arrested in China

(09:44) Outro

This week on Season 2, Episode 8 of What's Happening in Myanmar, a deadly explosion in Namkham, Chin State fighting continues, Min Aung Hlaing continues his visit to India and another junta convoy moves north.

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(00:08) Intro

(00:44) Explosion in northern Shan

(02:04) Min Aung Hlaing's India Visit

(03:31) Fighting intensifies in Chin State

(04:45) Prominent filmmaker dies

(06:36) Appeal

(07:29) Education under fire

(08:42) Military movements in Kachin

(09:53) Civilian casualties in the Dry Zone

(10:57) Resistance camp raided in Magway

(11:49) Outro

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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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

This week on Season 2, Episode 2 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the junta grants a New Year amnesty but kept key leaders under surveillance. Airstrikes killed civilians during the holiday, while peace talks were rejected. The opposition and observers of the crisis see these moves by the 'new' government as little more than tactical.

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(00:22) Amnesty, airstrikes, and resistance

(00:48) Selective releases, continued repression

(02:55) Holiday airstrikes and civilian casualties

(04:05) TNLA political fallout

(04:47) Kayin conflict spillovers into Thailand

(05:33) Min Aung Hlaing's 100-day plan

(06:28) Diplomatic engagements and peace rejection

(07:06) Close - an appeal

This week on Season 2, Episode 1 of What's Happening in Myanmar, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing becomes president to no one's surprise, drawing global condemnation while allies like China and Russia offered congratulations. Activists file a genocide case in Indonesia and a class action suit against Telenor. Amid a severe fuel crisis, the junta forms a new cabinet, while fears of new cyber scam hubs emerge.

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(00:00) Opening

(0:19) The 'new' government

(3:53) Rohingya legal case

(4:36) Deepening fuel crisis

(6:32) Legal action against Telenor

(7:29) Scam centres reemerge

(8:18) Close