What's Happening in Myanmar6 Kesä 2025

Resistance Victories on Thai Border

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 :: Floods
06m23s :: Karen resistance victories
09m18s :: With Tony Neil & Saw Day Hsi, Karen resistance strategy
39m17s :: 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 LSE
His thoughts on the Karen National Union's governance as bricolage
His 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 Athan
Control of Sittaung River basin in hands of resistance, Karen fighters

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