Resistance Groups On the Front Foot in the New Year

Resistance Groups On the Front Foot in the New Year

With Frontier Myanmar editor-in-chief Thu Thu Aung and independent journalist Lorcan Lovett. This week on episode 59 of What's Happening in Myanmar, conflict rages as resistance forces launch new offensives, the air force bombs a resort town and kills four children, the military administration holds the first phase of its problematic elections, and we talk about the difficult reporting and information environment facing Myanmar and what media organisations can do to survive and thrive in 2026.

Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me

Timecodes—

(00:00) Opening

(01:31) War rages over election New Year period

(02:12) KIA progress in Bhamo

(03:00) Budalin clashes

(04:35) NUG PDFs attack DDI infrastructure

(06:37) December 28 polls

(10:31) With Thu Thu Aung and Lorcan Lovett, media in 2026 Myanmar

(27:41) Technological change and AI

(37:42) Close

Our guests—

Thu Thu Aung, editor-in-chief of Frontier Myanmar

Lorcan Lovett, independent journalist, his On Myanmar Substack

And his recent piece for Nieman Reports: Myanmar's Independent Media Innovates to Survive

New original content on the Frontier website:

India group raises awareness about Myanmar's anti-junta resistance

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