In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we hear about the junta’s efforts to curb inflation. And posts on pro-regime Telegram channels can be a death sentence. We speak to a digital-rights researcher about the risks. Plus, we have an interview about China and India’s investment in Rakhine State, speak to a poet from Myanmar about her art and have our usual rundown of this week’s headlines and the latest news from the ‘War Against the Junta.’ // Show Notes: // Contact the show: justin.higginbottom@irrawaddy.org // Help The Irrawaddy report the truth from Myanmar bit.ly/3btQYpR // Footsteps of China and India on Arakan in Post-Coup Myanmar https://arakanstudies.org/ibr/23/01/ibr_01_23.html // Resist Myanmar’s digital coup: International community must dismantle military dictatorship — or reap repercussions https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/myanmar-coup-two-years-statement/ // Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) https://aappb.org/ // Stories mentioned in this episode: // Myanmar’s NUG Selling Off Military Land in Famous Hill Resort https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-nug-selling-off-military-land-in-famous-hill-resort.html // Naypyitaw Junta Airbase Hit by Myanmar Resistance Drone Strike https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/naypyitaw-junta-airbase-hit-by-myanmar-resistance-drone-strike.html // Myanmar Military Launches Major Operation to Recapture Outpost from KIA https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-launches-major-operation-to-recapture-outpost-from-kia.html // Myanmar Junta Tightens Noose on ‘Kick-Back King’ https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/myanmar-junta-tightens-noose-on-kick-back-king.html // Dozens Missing After Myanmar Junta Supply Boat Sinks in Sagaing https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/dozens-missing-after-myanmar-junta-supply-boat-sinks-in-sagaing.html // Junta Shutters Myanmar Currency Exchanges in ‘Futile’ Bid to Prop Up Economy https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/junta-shutters-myanmar-currency-exchanges-in-futile-bid-to-prop-up-economy.html // Myanmar Junta Continues Tightening the Screws on Its Economic Team https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/myanmar-junta-continues-tightening-the-screws-on-its-economic-team.html // Myanmar Junta Strips General of Key Posts Amid Corruption Probe https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-strips-general-of-key-posts-amid-corruption-probe.html // Myanmar Turns to China for Census and Surveillance Assistance https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-turns-to-china-for-census-and-surveillance-assistance.html // KIA Seizes Myanmar Junta Base https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/kia-seizes-myanmar-junta-base.html // Myanmar Junta Arms Militias in Bago as Resistance Threatens Naypyitaw https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-arms-militias-in-bago-as-resistance-threatens-naypyitaw.html // Myanmar Civilian Government’s UN Ambassador Retains Seat https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-civilian-governments-un-ambassador-retains-seat.html