• Myanmar’s Revolution: Never Cold Blooded
  Myanmar is in a state of revolution. It is a society in an existential fight against a single institution: a military that has brutalized generations of Myanmar’s people. In the early months after the junta’s February 2021 coup, peaceful protests emerged across the country. Predictably, the Myanmar military responded, as it has done for decades, with widespread, barbarous violence to crush the protests by unarmed civilians. Subsequently, and understandably, armed resistance to military rule emerged.
  Amid all of this, the phrase thway-ma-aye, which translates as ‘Never Cold Blooded’, began to be used by protesters, whether the flash mobs in the cities or the demonstrators in rural areas. The phrase first emerged in Sagaing Region, notably in Monywa, Kalay and Yinmabin townships, and is most associated with a village named Shwe Nwal Thway in Yinmabin known for its strident, ongoing anti-regime protests. Now it is used across Myanmar.
  In English, the term ‘cold blooded’ is generally used to describe actions done with intent but without emotion. Often, it connotes particularly cruel violence. If someone kills in cold blood, they kill in a way that seems especially cruel because the perpetrator displays no emotion. If one wishes to understand the ethos, or spirit, of Myanmar’s revolution, it is useful to peel away the layers of what ‘Never Cold Blooded’ means and why the term has become so important to the country’s revolutionaries.
  Subtly distinct from the English meaning, the use of the term ‘Never Cold Blooded’ by Myanmar’s protesters has important nuances; it is more akin to being ‘warm blooded’ by continuing to strive and persevere and to keep one’s heart in the fight. But whether in Burmese or English, the phrase and its multiple meanings captures the essence of so much of what Myanmar’s revolution is about and stands in stark contrast to the junta’s tactics and objectives.

  2022年9月30日

• Exodus from Myanmar as cost-of-living crisis bites
  Workers and students from all walks of life are fleeing Myanmar amid a collapse in the country’s job market, a plummeting kyat and massive inflation in the price of basic goods.

  2022年9月30日

• Frontier Myanmar

  2022年9月30日

• Scholarly resources for the region of Southeast Asia

  2022年9月30日

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  Myanmar junta sentences Suu Kyi and her Australian economic advisor to three years in prison
  Both the ousted State Counsellor and Sean Turnell, along with three cabinet members, are accused of violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act

  2022年9月29日

• ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်နှင့် ရှောင်တာနဲလ်အပါ ၅ ဦးကို ထောင် ၃ နှစ်စီချ

  2022年9月29日

• ကရင်ပြည်ရှိ စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်၏ ဘုရားတောင်စခန်း နာရီဝက်အတွင်း တိုက် ခိုက်သိမ်းပိုက် ၊ ဒုတပ်ရင်းမှူးအပါအဝင် ၁၁ ဦးသေဆုံးပြီး လက်နက် ၁၃ လက်ရရှိ၊ စစ်လေယာဉ်များပျံဝဲနေ

  2022年9月29日

• 密码保护：ရန်ကုန်ခေတ်သစ် မီဒီယာ
  Yangon Khit Thit Media

  2022年9月29日

• PNP logs rise in POGO kidnap cases from Jan.- Sept. 2022
  September 27, 2022, 2:54 pm

  2022年9月28日

• A brief history of POGOs
  POGOs are online gaming companies licensed to operate in the Philippines. They offer a variety of gaming services including online casino games and sports betting to foreign gamblers.
  In 2016, the south Asian nation formalized online gaming, drawing several operators to set up in the country. But the sun soon started setting on the sunrise industry.
  In 2020, many of those businesses fled to neighboring countries like Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos, as covid-19 ravaged the Philippines.
  The following year, tighter regulations added to POGOs’ woes. Manila imposed a 5% tax on gross gaming revenue and charged foreigners employed in online casinos and their service providers 25% income tax. The government hoped to raise tax revenue, but in reality, it drove many POGOs out of the country.
  Despite the headwinds, the industry clearly remains a money spinner. Consider the shirt sponsorships and commercial partnerships these operators have forged with English football teams. Leyu, which has a PAGCOR license, is an official sponsor for Chelsea. Another betting brand, SBOTOP, has a multi-year deal to be Leeds United’s primary sponsor. Yet another, W88, not only struck deals with Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, and Fulham, but also Argentina’s Football Association.
  34: The number of licensed POGO companies in the Philippines as of Sept. 20 (There were 63 before the pandemic)
  17: The number of POGO-related kidnappings so far this year, according to The Philippine National Police (PNP). In all of 2021, there were 12 such cases
  300,000: The number of Chinese nationals the POGO industry employed at its peak

  2022年9月28日