Military's General Elections Confirmed

With Nicholas Coppel, former Australian ambassador to Myanmar and president of the Australia Myanmar Institute. This week on episode 42 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the military captures two mines from resistance forces, the historic Gokteik viaduct sustains major damage, and we discuss the consequences of the military's planned elections starting on December 28. Email the show at [email protected] Timecodes— 01m31s :: Conflict updates 05m16s :: With Nicholas Copperl, the military elections 25m25s :: Is it all about Min Aung Hlaing? 33m43s :: The military's plans post-election 38m04s :: Close Our guests— Nicholas Coppel, former Australian ambassador to Myanmar from 2015 to 2018, honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne, and president of the Australia Myanmar Institute. His latest publication: Media weaponisation in Myanmar and the world's relative indifference to its crisis