What's Happening in Myanmar20 Des 2024

Mental Health, Addiction, & Conflict

With Ramona Drosner, Swiss journalist who completed a fellowship at Frontier, and Su Mon, Senior Analyst for the Asia-Pacific at the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. This week on What's Happening in Myanmar, the Western Regional Military Command has fallen to the Arakan Army, mental health and addiction are being managed by communities on the Thailand border, and we do a review of conflict in the country for the year 2024.

Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me

Timecodes—

1m11s :: Weekly news digest
3m55s :: Mental health & addiction
17m26s :: Conflict in 2024
30m50s :: Close

Our guests—

Ramona Drosner, Swiss journalist who completed a fellowship at Frontier:

The damage done: Fighting drug addiction inside Thailand's largest refugee camp
Healing wounds: How communities are tackling trauma in post-coup Myanmar

Su Mon, Senior Analyst for the Asia Pacific at the Armed Location and Event Data Project.

And here is a list of Burmese language mental health resources—

စိတ်လွင်ပြင်, a podcast where Myanmar celebrities in exile receive call-ins and provide advice to people going through hard times

Counselling Corner, an organisation providing counselling, family and group therapy

MHPSS Working Group, a network aiming to facilitate sustainable coordination between support services in Myanmar

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Episoder(91)

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25 Sep 6min

Norway probes Telenor

This week on Season 2, Episode 23 of What's Happening in Myanmar; Norway probes Telenor over alleged Myanmar crimes while the junta targets UN envoy, and Malaysia seeks Rohingya repatriation talks. P...

18 Sep 5min

Flights halted

This week on Season 2, Episode 22 of What's Happening in Myanmar; resistance attacks airport as Min Aung Hlaing continues his diplomatic tour abroad, and a post-coup mining boom is helping fund the co...

11 Sep 5min

UN not involved in repatriation

This week on Season 2, Episode 21 of What's Happening in Myanmar; the UN says it is not involved in repatriation of Myanmar refugees in Malaysia, the Kachin Independence Army claims they have destroye...

4 Sep 6min

Refugees to be sent back

This week on Season 2, Episode 20 of What's Happening in Myanmar; Malaysia set to deport refugees, regime airstrikes kill civilians at monasteries, and the Rohingya mark anniversary of killings. Pleas...

28 Aug 5min

Russia visit

This week on Season 2, Episode 19 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing visits Russia, resistance kills regime officials and disputed Rohingya repatriation efforts continue amid deadly airst...

21 Aug 7min

Deadly flooding

This week on Season 2, Episode 18 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing returns from Thailand as floods kill dozens, junta airstrikes hit civilians, opposition groups unite, and Rohingya fac...

14 Aug 7min

MAH's diplomatic offensive

This week on Season 2, Episode 17 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing addresses parliament on his first 100 days as president, the Red Cross meets with jailed counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, ...

7 Aug 9min