News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 25 Dispatch(MoeMaKa), November 26, 2025 The fight against scam compounds: increasingly entangled with war and politics The “tiger-release” scam networks (online scam compounds) along the Thai–Myanmar border can broadly be seen as a cross-border criminal…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 24 Snapshot(MoeMaKa) November 25, 2025 U.S. Suspension of TPS for Burmese Nationals and Its Myanmar Policy Just a few days ago, a committee of the U.S. Congress held a hearing on Myanmar under the title:…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 24 Outlook(MoeMaKa, November 24, 2025) Fighting Between DKBA and KNLA South of Myawaddy; Airstrikes on Gold-Dredging Barges in Min Kin On November 21, clashes broke out between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and allied…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 22 View(MoeMaKa, November 23, 2025) Crackdown on “Kyar Phyant” Operations along the Thai–Myanmar Border and its Geopolitical Implications The crackdown on online scam syndicates (known locally as Kyar Phyant) in Myawaddy Township, along the Thai–Myanmar…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 21 View(MoeMaKa, November 22, 2025) TNLA, MDY PDF, and the Situation in Mogok, Momeik, and Upper Mandalay Region In recent days, much of the news has centered on the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 20 View(MoeMaKa, November 21, 2025) Impact of the U.S. Special Task Force and Congressional Hearing on Online Scam Centers on the Myanmar Military In recent weeks, the United States and the United Kingdom imposed sanctions…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 19 View(MoeMaKa, November 20, 2025) The suffering of IDPs and the decline of mutual aid Every day the news says which township, which village tract, which area saw fighting—and how many thousands or tens of…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 18 View(MoeMaKa, November 19, 2025) Two Ethnic Armed Groups Temporarily Withdraw from the NUCC On November 18, reports emerged that two ethnic armed groups — the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Karen National…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 17 View(MoeMaKa, November 18, 2025) BGF and the Junta Intensify Crackdown on “Kyar Phyant” Scam Syndicates After both the junta and the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) — one of the armed groups previously accused…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 16 View(MoeMaKa) November 17, 2025 MNDAA–Junta relations; China’s region-wide push on scam syndicates (“kyar-phyant”) After the routine coordination meeting between the junta and the Kokang armed group MNDAA—currently in a ceasefire with the junta—held in…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 14 Overview(MoeMaKa, November 15, 2025) The Lives of People in Myanmar Who Are Paying “Conscription Fees” For nearly eight decades of civil war in Myanmar, people have faced forced recruitment, rounding up of young men…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 14 Overview(MoeMaKa, November 15, 2025) Tensions Rise Between MNDAA and the Military; Hsipaw–Lashio Road Closed Tensions have erupted once again between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), based in Kokang, and the military junta…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 13 Overview(MoeMaKa, November 14, 2025) What Kinds of Stories Should Be Written in the Myanmar Spring Chronicle? Today’s most noteworthy story concerns reports that the National Unity Government (NUG) — the civilian administration leading the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 12 Overview(MoeMaKa, November 13, 2025) U.S. sanctions 4 DKBA leaders In recent months, reports about online fraud syndicates along the Thailand–Myanmar border have continued to surface, and the governments and armed groups connected to them…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 11 Overview(MoeMaKa, November 12, 2025) Looking Back on the Spring Revolution While scrolling through Facebook recently, I came across an analysis from a political commentator stating that “the first wave of the Spring Revolution has…
