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Insight Myanmar

Insight Myanmar Podcast

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Insight Myanmar is a beacon for those seeking to understand the intricate dynamics of Myanmar. With a commitment to uncovering truth and fostering understanding, the podcast brings together activists, artists, leaders, monastics, and authors to share their first-hand experiences and insights. Each episode delves deep into the struggles, hopes, and resilience of the Burmese people, offering listeners a comprehensive, on-the-ground perspective of the nation's quest for democracy and freedom. A ...
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တော်လှန်ခြင်းများနှင့် ခေတ်သစ်မြန်မာပြည် ဆိုသော ခေါင်းစဉ်တခုနှင့်ပင် ဖတ်ရှုလေ့လာသူများနှင့် podcast နားထောင်သူများ ကျနော်တို့၏ ရည်ရွယ်ချက်ကို အကြမ်းဖျင်းသဘောပေါက်နားလည်မည် ထင်ပါသည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ဘာသာတရား၏ လွမ်းမိုးမှု၊ ဘာသာရေးခေါင်းဆောင်များ၏ ချုပ်ကိုင်မှုနှင့် ရှေးရိုးစွဲအစဉ်အလာများစွာ၊ လူမျိုးစုများစွာ၏ ကွဲပြားခြားနားမှုများ၊ ပြည်တွင်းစစ်များ၊ ဘာသာရေးပြဿနာများဖြင့် ပြည့်နှက်နေသည်မှာ နှစ်အတော်ပင် ကြာခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်ပါသည်။ အဖက်ဖက်က တိုးတက်သောနိုင်ငံတခုဖြစ်ဖို့ ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲဖို့ရာ များစွာကိ ...
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The Reality

Insight Myanmar

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‘The Reality’ ကတော့ လူတစ်ဦးရဲ့ ဖြစ်တည်မှုကနေ အစပြုပြီး လူနေမှုဘဝတွေကို ကိုယ်စားပြုတဲ့ အကြောင်းအရာတွေကို ဇာတ်လမ်းစတိုရီတွေ၊ အပြန်အလှန်ဆွေးနွေးသွားမယ့် စကားဝိုင်းတွေအဖြစ် နားဆင်ကြရမယ့် ဒီဂျစ်တယ် ပေါ့ကတ်စ်ပလက်ဖောင်းတစ်ခုဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ မျက်မှောက်ကာလမှာ ဖြစ်ပျက်နေတဲ့အကြောင်းအရာတွေ၊ စိတ်ဒဏ်ရာတွေကို ပြန်လည်ကုစားနိုင်မယ့် ပေါ့ကတ်စ်တွေအပါအဝင် စိတ်ကျန်းမာရေး ၊ လူနေမှုဘဝတွေနဲ့ ရောက်တတ်ရာရာ အတွေးစကားစုတွေ၊ လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ အသိပညာပေး အကြောင်းအရာတွေပါဝင်ပါတယ်။ အနုပညာဟာ စိတ်အနာတရတွေကို ပြန်လည်ကုစားဖို့ အကောင် ...
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SSEAC Stories

Sydney Southeast Asia Centre

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SSEAC Stories is a podcast series produced by the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of Sydney. Experts join us in every episode to explore the latest research and share their insights on a wide range of topics pertaining to Southeast Asia.Visit our website for more information or to browse additional resources: sydney.edu.au/sseac.
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The Legal Cast by DFDL

DFDL Legal, Tax & Investment Expertise

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DFDL was established in 1994 and founded on a unique vision: to create an integrated legal and tax advisory firm, with in-depth knowledge of the developing jurisdictions in which we are based. Our dedicated professionals exhibit the acumen and insight necessary to assist you in navigating the legal complexities and challenges. We strive to provide concise, commercially focused and innovative advice, drawing on over 27 years of wide-ranging experience and finely tuned local knowledge of the cou ...
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Episode #389: Mie Mie Wynn Bird, a retired U.S. Army officer and defense strategist runs leadership and capacity-building workshops for Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement. In this episode, she argues that morale—and not weapons or resources—is the decisive factor in war. She is guided by this principle: “people first, mission always”: leaders must tr…
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Episode #388: “Every day in Myanmar, people are living in constant fear, fear of air strike, fear of artillery, fear of arbitrary arrest, fear of extra judicial killing. As long as the military is in power, the country will not be in peace,” says Alex, a Burmese activist-in-exile about Myanmar's brutal reality under military rule. His believes that…
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Episode #387: “I think vipassana has always been a response to crisis, not just a quest for spiritual purity,” says Gustaaf Houtman, anthropologist and author of Traditions of Buddhist Practice in Burma and Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics. Drawing on decades of research and immersion in the culture, Houtman connects meditation, language, …
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Episode #386: Maw Htun, Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy in Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), has navigated a path defined by personal tribulation and transformation since the 2021 coup. His journey began with joining the NUG to fulfill a lifelong dream of systemic change, but was soon overshadowed by a battle with cancer. With h…
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Episode #385: Minna Fredriksson, human rights advisor at the Swedish development organization Diakonia, describes her humanitarian work and critiques the humanitarian aid field based on her years of work in Southeast Asia. Fredriksson managed humanitarian efforts in refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border in 2013. This was at the start of the d…
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Episode #384: “As a journalist, you always hope for consequences. I mean, otherwise our reporting is meaningless,” says Bjørn Nordahl, a Norwegian investigative reporter who led a two-year probe into Telenor’s withdrawal from Myanmar. The case was especially painful because the company, once praised for driving SIM card prices down and sparking a c…
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Episode #383: The 4th International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies (ICBMS) was hosted at hosted by Chiang Mai University. This major event brought together many scholars and experts to discuss Myanmar’s ongoing challenges, including the 2021 coup, conflicts, peace efforts, and human rights issues. Hosting over 800 participants over its three d…
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Episode #382: Zack Tu Nan, a queer, ethnic Zaiwa activist and student living in the Netherlands, reflects on his journey through marginalization, faith, identity, and exile. Born in 1994 in—literally—a rice field in Kachin State while his parents fled military violence, Zack grew up in a remote village run by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), whe…
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Episode #381: Vicky Bowman, the former UK Ambassador to Myanmar and past director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), explains what sanctions are meant to do - prevent harm and promote reform, rather than punish - and how Myanmar’s “opaque information ecosystem” makes this challenging. She recalls that in the early 2000s, compili…
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Episode #380: “I started meditation at a fairly young age,” begins scholar and author, Daniel Stuart. At nineteen, he traveled to India, disillusioned by the world he grew up in and searching for an alternative. What he discovered was vipassanā meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka, and for him it was “a quite revolutionary experience!” For Stuart, m…
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Episode #379: “It’s a different migration story,” reflects Amy Hardingson, speaking about her enduring connection to her Burmese heritage, a thread stretching across generations. Her great-grandmother, Hilda, embodied this love, embarking on the perilous Great Trek during World War II to India in 1941. A member of the Eurasian community in Burma, H…
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Episode #378: Simon Billenness, director of Campaign for a New Myanmar, draws on thirty years of advocacy to explain the mechanics and challenges of U.S. policy toward Myanmar. He begins by discussing the recent removal of sanctions on junta-linked individuals, which he believes reflects corporate lobbying rather than signaling a coherent strategy …
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Episode #377: “Myanmar is a source of inspiration everywhere! This is me speaking directly to friends in Myanmar, that they should understand that they are the source of inspiration, and the source of ideas and reflections, to a level that they don't recognize, because there are a lot of reflections going on in the corners of Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao…
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Episode #376: “I think it’s a big win. And also people may not like to hear this, it’s actually a win for sanctions,” says Erich Ferrari, founder of Ferrari & Associates and a leading U.S. sanctions attorney. In this episode, he explains the legal and procedural framework behind the U.S. Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list and responds to cri…
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Episode #375: “Don’t fall for the junta's attempt to try to propagandize!” says Derek Mitchell, former U.S. ambassador to Myanmar. In this interview, he assesses U.S. strategy under the Trump administration, focusing on recent sanctions “de-listings” that have raised concern. Regarding the de-listings, Mitchell believes that the they were a bureauc…
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M-WPS မှ ထုတ်ဝေသော "အမျိုးသမီး၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေး (3P1R)" လေ့လာသုံးသပ်ချက်စာတမ်းပါ အဓိကတွေ့ရှိချက်များကို တင်ပြသည့် အပိုင်းဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေးနောက်ပိုင်းကာလတွင် အမျိုးသမီးနှင့် မိန်းမငယ်လေးများ ကြုံတွေ့နေရသော လုံခြုံရေးစိန်ခေါ်မှုများ၊ ကယ်ဆယ်ရေးလုပ်ငန်းများတွင် ရင်ဆိုင်ရသော အခက်အခဲများ၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးဖြစ်စဥ်တွင် ပူးပေါင်းပါဝင်မ…
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Episode #374: “Miraculously, amazingly, the mission has continued up until now in 2025.” These words from Dr. Zaw Moe Aung, Executive Director of The Leprosy Mission Myanmar (TLMM), encapsulates the resilience of an organization founded in 1898. While still focused on leprosy, TLMM has expanded its work to extend support to all people with disabili…
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Episode #373: In this wide-ranging interview, journalist Lorcan Lovett returns to the podcast to discuss Aung San Suu Kyi’s imprisonment, the fractured resistance, and Myanmar’s trajectory under military rule. He recounts his investigative work authenticating leaked prison logs from early 2024 that reveal Suu Kyi’s declining health, sparse diet, an…
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Episode #372: “I focus on research that's mostly relevant for climate resilience, and I really look at Myanmar as the most interesting and important case.” Kyungmee Kim, a researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, explores the intersection of climate justice, extractive industries, and conflict in Myanmar. Her early work f…
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Episode #371: “I remain confident in the longer term, completely, actually, that this regime is losing,” says Sean Turnell, Australian economist and former advisor to Myanmar’s civilian government, as he analyzes the recent U.S. decision to lift sanctions on several junta-linked cronies, in what his fourth appearance on this platform. While acknowl…
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Episode #370: "Why are [Asian women] not allowed to dream that we can open our own thing and lead our own work?" This question by human rights lawyer Emilie Palamy Pradichit slices through the silence, exposing the systemic barriers that have historically muted and marginalized Asian women in leadership. Pradichit’s journey as a young Lao refugee n…
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Episode #369: “I promised Aung San Suu Kyi and committed myself to work for democracy and human rights in the country as long as necessary. And still it is necessary!” So says Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway and a longtime supporter of Myanmar’s democratic struggle. In this conversation, he reflects on his decades of advocacy …
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Episode #368: The Adhikara podcast is an important, new voice in Burmese media, aiming to build not just a movement but a resilient community against oppression. Created by Maw Nwei and Morgen after the 2021 military coup, Adhikara provides a platform for expression and education, especially around human rights. The podcast allows the creators to c…
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Dr Nick Fancourt is a Horizon Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Sydney Medical School. He also works as a paediatrician at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Nick researches childhood pneumonia, particularly in low and middle income countries. He lived in Timor-Leste from 2018-2020, working with local partners on intitiatives to strengthen commun…
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Episode #367: In this episode, we hear from two compelling voices grappling with the human and political costs of authoritarianism in Southeast Asia. Raoul Manuel, the youngest elected member of the Philippine Congress, describes how his work on education reform and youth rights intersects with a broader transnational resistance against repressive …
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Episode #366: Sallo Polak, founder of the Philanthropy Connections Foundation (PCF), has spent decades building a grassroots approach to humanitarian aid in Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Motivated by a lifelong desire to address global inequality—first sparked by a formative journey to India at age 18—Polak established PCF in 2011 to serve under…
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