In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we cover a new report on the United Nations’ failure to contain the Myanmar military. And despite being critical of the regime, Indonesian companies may have been selling weapons to the military. Plus, doctors in Chin State help where they can. As always, we have a rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’

// Show Notes:

// Contact the show: justin.higginbottom@irrawaddy.org

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/// SAC-M Report: How the UN Is Failing Myanmar
https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/10/sac-m-report-un-failing-myanmar/

// Myanmar Accountability Project
https://the-world-is-watching.org/

// Stories mentioned in this episode:

// Junta Boss Issues Warning as Corruption Scandal Engulfs Myanmar Regime
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/junta-boss-issues-warning-as-corruption-scandal-engulfs-myanmar-regime.html

// Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta’s Highest Body for Corruption
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmar-coup-leader-fires-two-members-of-juntas-highest-body-for-corruption.html

// Notorious Deputy Commerce Minister Purged in Myanmar Junta Price Probe
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/notorious-deputy-commerce-minister-purged-in-myanmar-junta-price-probe.html

// Junta Makes Second Grab at ‘Empty’ Wallets of Myanmar Migrant Workers
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/junta-makes-second-grab-at-empty-wallets-of-myanmar-migrant-workers.html

// Myanmar Political Prisoner, 21, Dies of Heart Attack in Yangon’s Insein Prison
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-political-prisoner-21-dies-of-heart-attack-in-yangons-insein-prison.html

// Myanmar Junta Massacres Sagaing Resistance Fighters
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-massacres-sagaing-resistance-fighters.html

// Myanmar Resistance Groups Occupy Military Intelligence Office in Jade Hub
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-resistance-groups-occupy-military-intelligence-office-in-jade-hub.html

// Myanmar Junta Ramped Up Mass Killings, Air Strikes in Past Year: UN
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-junta-ramped-up-mass-killings-air-strikes-in-past-year-un.html

// Resistance Forces Seize Myanmar Junta Outpost in Mandalay’s Mogoke
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/resistance-forces-seize-myanmar-junta-outpost-in-mandalays-mogoke.html

// Five Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Bank Ambush: Ye Urban Guerrillas
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/five-myanmar-junta-soldiers-killed-in-bank-ambush-ye-urban-guerrillas.html

// Central Myanmar sees 324 Percent Increase in Air Strikes: UN
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/central-myanmar-sees-324-percent-increase-in-air-strikes-un.html

// Myanmar Junta Shelling Injures At Least 19 Children
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-shelling-injures-at-least-19-children.html

Episode 34: UNhelpful/Indonesian Arms/Chin Doctors

A transmission of conflict and culture from inside and outside Myanmar.