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Japan pushes to lift financial blacklist
Japan is advocating for Myanmar's removal from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) blacklist, per Japan Times. The move comes as international pressure mounts for economic normalization.
The UN investigator reported that Myanmar's junta continues attacks on civilians to terrorize them, with arms purchases fueling ongoing conflict, BBC notes.
ASEAN Special Envoy has concluded a humanitarian mission to Myanmar, amid persistent concerns over human rights violations and political repression, The Diplomat reports.
Meanwhile, former President Trump expressed interest in Myanmar's rare earth resources, though he is reportedly speaking to the wrong contacts, Responsible Statecraft notes.
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E10 · E12E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E10, institutions; the pressure it names: economic sanctions. Its words also reach E12 states.
Here it is a dynamic between institutions and states: economic normalization, arms purchases and rare earth resources (E10 institutions), with Myanmar's junta, attacks on civilians, human rights violations and political repression (E12 states).
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: economic normalization, arms purchases, rare earth resources.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Myanmar's junta, attacks on civilians, human rights violations, political repression, former President Trump.