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Weekly Opinions & Analyses July 26, 2025 Visit our website: irrawaddy.com #Myanmar #parasol #WuttYeeAung #China #enviromental #tin #territory #WaState #Wa #NUG #Beijing #Blitz #Ethnic #Shan

Justice For Myanmar says Chinese arms manufacturer Norinco should face international sanctions for arming the junta. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar bit.ly/3IK1g9z

Anti-regime Buddhist monk U Pya San Thiya, aka U Zarni Aung, 36, died on Friday at Mandalay General Hospital. He was jailed in Obo Prison under the Counterterrorism Law. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

The Thai army has seized disputed Phu Makkhuea mountain along the Cambodian border and raised the national flag, according to Khaosod English. Photo: Khaosod English

A junta drone on Zarap Seik village in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region, killed one civilian on Friday. Artillery fire targeted rescue efforts, killing nine more civilians, according to Myeik People’s Defense Force. Photo: Myeik PDF #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

The Thai government has announced it will provide 1 million baht in compensation to the families of people killed in clashes along the Cambodian border. Photo: A camp in Ubon Ratchathani. / The Standard

Weekly Headlines July 26, 2025 isit our website: irrawaddy.com #Myanmar #junta #embrace #AungSan #election #ploy #MartyrsDay #recapture #Nawnghkio #NorthShan #strategy #logistic #parties #political #Rakhine #energy #Thai #golf

Cambodia demands immediate ceasefire at UN as jets, tanks, and rockets escalate long-running dispute. bit.ly/3INJ6nm

Junta Watch: Beijing’s Bloody Bet, China Trade Route Push, Foreign Help in Electricity Crisis, Promotions in Shan, and More bit.ly/472fmgy

The US lifted restrictions on several cronies once sanctioned for arming the junta. The move came after a letter from Min Aung Hlaing lauding Trump’s ‘strong leadership’. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar bit.ly/3IJg2NU

Dili’s diplomatic overtures to the junta raise questions about the strength of its support for Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar ------------------- Help The Irrawaddy Report the Truth from Myanmar bit.ly/supporttheirra… bit.ly/3ILMtev

Thailand, Cambodia Trade Heavy Artillery Fire in Second Day of Clashes Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire Friday as their worst fighting in more than a decade stretched for a second day, despite international calls for an immediate ceasefire. #Thai #Cambodia…

A defector tells The Irrawaddy that the regime is recruiting mentally unstable people and men above the maximum age. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar ------------------- Help The Irrawaddy Report the Truth from Myanmar bit.ly/supporttheirra… bit.ly/44V1EcA

Regime troops report retaking a 24km stretch of the Asian Highway between Kyonedoe and Kawkareik towns in Karen State after a months-long counteroffensive against Karen resistance forces. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned Friday that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 130,000 people "could develop into war” as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day. bit.ly/40ylyJo

The Thai military says three rockets hit civilian areas of Ubon Ratchathani Province at 8.50 am on Friday, as the border conflict with Cambodia entered its second day. Attacks along the 817km border killed 15 people on Thursday.locations. (Photo: RTA) #ThailandCambodia…

Over 100,000 Thai Civilians Flee Border Clashes with Cambodia Thailand says more than 100,000 people have fled the bloodiest border fighting with Cambodia in a decade as the death toll climbs and clashes enter a second day. #Thai #Cambodia #border #ThaiCambodiaConflict…

The Thai death toll in border clashes with Cambodia rose to 15 as of early Friday, 14 of them civilians, according to the Health Ministry, with 46 people including 15 soldiers wounded.

Ye Myo Hin remembers Ma Wutt Yee Aung, who recently died in prison, her young life extinguished at the brutal hands of the regime’s intelligence agents during a prolonged and merciless interrogation. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar bit.ly/4l2zDGd

Cambodians Flee Border Clashes with Thailand Cambodians flee their villages near the Thai border as Thailand and Cambodia fight their bloodiest military clashes in more than a decade. "We dare not stay, they were fighting so hard that my house was shaking," one villager tells…