News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 24 (MoeMaKa, September 25, 2025) Karen State front surges with manpower and arms; Kachin State front stalls After holding the line for over a year, the coup military has, since last August, regrouped…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 23 (MoeMaKa, September 24, 2025) ULA/AA detains a female journalist in Maungdaw, Rakhine State The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), which controls parts of Rakhine State, detained female journalist Ma Mudra in…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 22 (MoeMaKa, September 23, 2025) Disaster preparedness under military rule amid war and natural hazards During July–September—the Northern Hemisphere summer—tropical cyclones typically form. In recent years, influenced by global climate change, these storms…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 21 (MoeMaKa, September 22, 2025) After six days of fighting for Banmauk, resistance forces hold much of the town In Banmauk (population 8,500+), Katha District, Kachin State, resistance forces launched an offensive on…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 20 (MoeMaKa, September 21, 2025) To grasp reality, we must look beyond propaganda A question I often find myself asking is whether the public, the armed resistance groups of the Spring Revolution, and…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 19 (MoeMaKa, September 20, 2025) Airstrike on a KIA training site in Shwegu; killing of nine women confirmed two years later A military training school located in Kachin State’s Shwegu Township, within KIA…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 18 (MoeMaKa, September 19, 2025) Timor-Leste’s ASEAN Accession Bid and Its Relations with Myanmar’s Military Regime Since Myanmar’s 2021 coup, Timor-Leste—whose president and prime minister formally received members of the National Unity Government…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 17 (MoeMaKa) September 18, 2025 Could geopolitical tremors emerge in Myanmar’s western region? Looking at several recent reports from Bangladesh’s frontier areas adjoining Myanmar’s Rakhine State, a few developments stand out. A Bangladeshi…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – September 15 View (MoeMaKa, September 16, 2025) More people are giving up their lives amid unbearable hardship Amid conditions so harsh that it is difficult just to earn enough each day to feed one’s family, reports…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – September 15 View (MoeMaKa) September 16, 2025) The battle for Bhamo: still no clear winner—and what it may portend Since December 2024, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and allied PDFs have been attacking to capture Bhamo…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – September 14 View (MoeMaKa) September 15, 2025) Generals taking off their uniforms to contest the election In recent days, reports have emerged that the military has retired more than a dozen generals so they can shed…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – September 13 View (MoeMaKa) September 14, 2025 Myanmar’s fate must be solved by Myanmar people; in hard times we must help each other Sweden, which has been supporting Myanmar’s civil society groups, human-rights monitors, and media,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 12 (MoeMaKa), September 13, 2025 Hate speech and assassinations are things that must be stopped All over the world—and in Myanmar too—assassinations and killings happen almost everywhere and at all times. In Myanmar,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 11 (MoeMaKa), September 12, 2025 An election staged to project the image the military wants; treason/“undermining state prestige” conviction against Dr. Aye Maung cleared After the junta set a date last month for…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 10 (MoeMaKa), September 11, 2025 The Karen State front: rapid penetration by Military Commission forces After more than 500 days in which the Asia Highway linking Myawaddy and Kawkareik—crossing the Dawna Range—had been…
