With Andrew Nachemson, former Managing Editor of Frontier Myanmar, and freelance journalist. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military regime pardons thousands of prisoners, Arakan Army fighting expands into Ayeyarwady Region, a Chinese celebrity is trafficked and rescued in Myawaddy, and we discuss the revolution in Karen State, including the fate of the Aung Zaya column, Border Guard Force politics, and the Karen National Union’s administration.
Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me
Timecodes—
0m46s :: Weekly news digest
4m40s :: Andrew’s trip details & logistics
9m14s :: Aung Zaya column
14m14s :: KNLA’s perception of Border Guard Force
19m25s :: KNU administration
23m53s :: Wider revolutionary context and KNLA’s modest gains
35m39s :: Close
Our guest—
Andrew Nachemson, former Managing Editor of Frontier Myanmar and freelance journalist:
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