News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 5 Scene January 6, 2026 Independence and Political Positioning In 1956, in Hungary, an Eastern European country, mass protests erupted alongside a change in government leadership and a movement demanding the withdrawal of Soviet troops…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 4 SceneJanuary 5, 2026 The routine annual amnesty, Maduro’s arrest, and the unmasking of modern colonialism As has long been customary, governments announce sentence reductions and prisoner amnesties on symbolic dates such as Independence Day…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 3 Scene*January 4, 2026 The arrest of the Venezuelan president by the U.S. military and its possible implications for the world and Myanmar On the morning of January 3, the third day of 2026, news…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 2 Scene*January 3, 2026 Renaming BGF units as the KNA and its possible implications Starting on January 1, battalions under the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) led by Saw Chit Thu began replacing their insignia…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 1 ScenesJanuary 2, 2026 City-capture battles and strategy From late 2023 through the end of 2025, revolutionary armed groups fighting against the coup regime were able to attack and capture more than 80 or 90…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 31 ScenesJanuary 1, 2026 December 31 Key events of 2025 The strongest Sagaing earthquake in nearly 100 years A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck a little before 1:00 p.m. on March 28, 2025, hitting Mandalay,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from December 30*December 31, 2025 Events of 2025 – Politics and the Military (continued) After reaching a ceasefire understanding with the MNDAA*—one of the two armed groups that grew significantly stronger in northern Shan during…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from December 28*December 29, 2025 An election that can be held in less than half the country: Myanmar’s election and the near-term outlook Because it is winter and the sun has not fully risen even…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 27 Scene (Moemaka)December 28, 2025 Five Years On: The Myanmar Military’s Forced Election — and What Lies Beyond At the time of writing, it is the morning of December 28. This Spring Chronicle scene corresponds…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 26 Scene*December 27, 2025 Two days before the coup regime’s election After alleging that there were voting irregularities in the election held in early November 2020, the military seized power nearly three months later. Now,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from December 25*(MoeMaKa) December 25, 2025 Reports say PDF forces are preparing to launch a town-seizure operation in Sinphyukyune, a town in Magway Region located on the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River, and have…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from December 24(MoeMaKa) December 25, 2025 The coup leader attends a Christmas event held in Yangon News reports said the coup leader attended the annual Christmas thanksgiving and praise ceremony held at St. Mary’s Church…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from December 23(MoeMaKa) December 24, 2025 The impact of politically linked killings on the revolution In recent days, one news story that many people have read concerns the killing of a CDM teacher and her…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scene on December 22(Mizzima) December 23, 2025 The ICJ to hold a third hearing in the genocide case After the Myanmar military’s operations in northern Rakhine State in August and September 2017—during which thousands of Rohingya…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – December 21 Scene(MoeMaKa) December 22, 2025 The real likelihood of restarting the Myitsone project, and a new order allowing lawsuits against project opponents Myanmar’s coup regime has issued an announcement empowering authorities to take action against…
