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, resistance groups unite, Rohingya face forced conscription and fighting breaks out in northern Shan State’s Mongmit Township.
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Timecodes:
(00:10) Intro
(00:34) Junta leader wraps Thai trip
(01:09) Flood devastation
(01:55) Airstrikes in Rakhine State
(02:16) Opposition groups form alliance
(03:52) Appeal
(03:46) UN report documents abuses
(04:25) Diarrhoea outbreak
(04:51) Former ambassador on trial
(05:10) NDAA and SSPP in Nay Pyi Taw
(05:35) Rohingya conscription
(06:11) Fighting resumes in Mongmit
(07:02) Outro
Correction: In the minute 2:28 the Karen National Union is wrongly referred as the Karen National Army. We regret the error.
