News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 16 Scene(MoeMaKa) 17 December 2025 Hopes for the Spring Revolution Alliance – and Lessons from History On 15 December, a statement was released announcing the formation of the “Spring Revolution Alliance” (SRA), composed of…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 15 Scene (MoeMaKa) 16 December 2025 A new Spring Revolution Alliance force has emerged In yesterday’s MoeMaKa Chronicle, I wrote about how the coup regime’s army has a “blind spot” toward the movements and activities…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 14 Situation Overview (MoeMaKa) December 15, 2025 The Military Commission’s Blind Spot On the morning of December 14, the coup regime held a press conference at the Myanmar Radio building in Yangon to brief the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 13 Situation Overview (MoeMaKa) December 14, 2025 Junta Offensive Operations in Northern Shan State and Mandalay Region In recent months and weeks, we have seen reports that territories in Madaya, Thabeikkyin, and Singu Townships—areas that…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle — December 12 Field Overview December 13, 2025 Myanmar and the Expanding Crisis of Transnational Scam Syndicates Protected by Armed Groups Over the past several years, the criminal networks known in Chinese as “pig-butchering” scams have grown…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from December 11 (MoeMaKha) December 12, 2025 The military junta that deliberately bombed Mrauk-U Hospital At around 9 p.m. on December 10, fighter jets belonging to the coup military junta dropped two 500-lb bombs on…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from December 10 (MoeMaKha) December 11, 2025 Success, failure, and media narratives around the “Silent Strike” On December 10, designated internationally as Human Rights Day, strike leaders from Mandalay, Yangon and Sagaing Region recently staged…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes of December 9(MoeMaKa) December 10, 2025 World Bank report and Myanmar’s economy during wartime In the final few weeks of this year, the World Bank released its monitoring and assessment on Myanmar’s economy. According to…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 8 Snapshot (MoeMaKa) December 9, 2025 After nearly 5 years: NUG reshuffle that trims some ministries The National Unity Government (NUG), formed on April 17, 2021, has announced changes nearly five years later, reducing some…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 7 Overview (MoeMaKa) December 8, 2025 Thai Foreign Minister Makes One-Day Trip to Naypyitaw Only a few weeks after openly stating that Myanmar’s upcoming election would not be acceptable and would not solve the country’s…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 6 Overview December 7, 2025 Civil War and Myanmar’s Economy: The Lives of People Struggling in Hardship Issues such as Myanmar’s economic collapse, rising cost of living, worsening poverty, and widespread hunger receive far less…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 5 Snapshot(MoeMaKa) December 6, 2025 Two Scandinavian embassies in Myanmar announce closures; Silent Strike call for December 10 A few weeks ago, the Embassy of Finland in Yangon, which handles affairs related to Myanmar, announced…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 4 Snapshot (MoeMaKa) December 5, 2025 Myanmar Still the World’s Top Opium Producer War and political crisis continue to ravage Myanmar, and at the same time the country remains the world’s largest cultivator of opium…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 3 Panorama(MoeMaKa) December 4, 2025 Threats from the Military-backed USDP and Military Leaders In recent days, the military, which seized power and is responsible for holding the upcoming election in late this month and early…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View of December 2(MoeMaKa) December 3, 2025 Indonesia invites JCB and the junta’s NSPNC for talks Ethnic armed organizations and political groups that are part of the JCB – Joint Coordination Body – and, on the…
