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ISP Bi-weekly Insight Email highlighted a growing substance abuse problem in Myanmar with illicit drugs easily accessible in many townships. This week’s ISP Clip No. (70) presents a fact-based analysis of this.

The weather in Naypyitaw is gloomy with unpredictable clouds and rainfall. For this week’s insight email No. 23, ISP-Myanmar focuses on developments relating to Naypyitaw. The newsletter also highlights a growing substance abuse problem in Myanmar with illicit drugs easily accessible in most townships, as demonstrated by ISP-Myanmar’s socio-economic survey.

Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN chairmanship drew to a close with the conclusion of the 43rd ASEAN Summit last week. The year had started with high hopes for a solution to the Myanmar crisis, with Indonesia calling for the “return of democracy” in the military-controlled state that led to the adoption of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) in 2021.

ISP Bi-weekly Insight Email identified one key setback since the military coup, which is the proliferation of illicit gambling dens in Myanmar. This week’s ISP Clip No. (69) presents a fact-based analysis of this. 

This week’s ISP Insight Email No. 22 focuses on a series of concerning developments. One key setback since the military coup has been the proliferation of illicit gambling dens in Myanmar, which have ensnared many individuals in the debilitating cycle of betting.

People of Myanmar are suffering from economic distress and intensified conflict. This week’s ISP Clip No. (67) presents a fact-based analysis of this.

People of Myanmar are suffering from economic distress and intensified conflict. This week’s ISP Clip No. (67) presents a fact-based analysis of this.

For this week’s insight email to Gabyin community members, ISP-Myanmar discusses the suffocating lives under military rule. This sense of stagnation stems from the gradual decline of the Myanmar economy, which is now facing not just distress, but a slow demise.

China’s involvement with the SAC’s implementation of the election process has been seen to grow. This week’s ISP Clip No. (66) presents a fact-based analysis of this.

This discussion focuses on the development of China-Myanmar relations based on ISP’s timeline collections which follow trends on particular subjects. Recently, the State Administration Council (SAC) extended its rule by six months while also outlining high priority on holding ‘free and fair democratic multiparty elections’ in its future programs.

Comparing the data published by China and Myanmar, the trade gap has been found to increase by double. This week’s ISP Clip No. (65) presents a fact-based analysis of this.

This week’s ISP Insight Email No. 20 focuses on the State Administration Council’s (SAC) extension of its own term in office creating a complex Catch-22 situation with the SAC’s aspiration for fresh elections. Prison terms for President Win Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi were partially pardoned, yet the extent of the goodwill derived from this move remains minimal.

Over 24,000 houses and buildings have been torched and destroyed in the first half of 2023. This week’s ISP Clip No. (64) presents a fact-based analysis of this.

A comparison between the statements of SAC and the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) shows a nearly USD 17 billion gap in the previous 2022-23 financial year. The amount represents illegal trade while showing an increase of almost two times compared to the 2020-21 financial year.

Cyclone Mocha, one of the strongest storms ever to hit the Bay of Bengal, wreaked havoc on Rakhine State and several towns on May 14, 2023. Two months have passed since the cyclone. But, until very recently, only 20% of the population were receiving relief assistance.