Listen "Pressure on Kachin Rare Earth Mines"
Episode Synopsis
With Emily Fishbein, freelance journalist currently serving as a Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network fellow, and Hpan Ja Brang, social justice activist and freelance journalist from Kachinland. This week on What's Happening in Myanmar, the TNLA pushed firmly on the defensive, the Arakan Army permits Starlink registrations in war-torn Rakhine State, and we discuss the KIA's resumption of rare earth mining around Pangwa. Email the show at [email protected] Timecodes— 01m04s :: TNLA put on the defensive 02m26s :: Arakan Army allows Starlink 05m16s :: With Emily Fishbein and Hpan Ja Brang, the Pangwa mining pause 33m50s :: Holding the KIO to account 42m43s :: Close Our guests— Emily Fishbein, freelance journalist currently serving as a Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network fellow Hpan Ja Brang, social justice activist and freelance journalist from Kachinland Their feature story: 'Strategic bargaining chips': Kachin's rare earth mining pause Other new content on the Frontier website: 'Worse than ever': Inwa tourism in ruinsBribes, graft and kickbacks: Corruption with impunity
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