News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – February 15 Snapshot(MoeMaKa), February 16, 2026 Myanmar junta expels Timor-Leste diplomat amid ASEAN member-state tensions Myanmar’s coup regime has ordered Timor-Leste’s chargé d’affaires (acting head of mission) for Myanmar to leave the country within seven days,…
Northern Shan State—where the TNLA, MNDAA, SSPP/SSA, the military junta, and various militia groups are active—has undergone significant changes since the 2021 military coup, particularly after the first and second phases of Operation 1027. These changes are not limited to…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 13 (MoeMaKa) February 14, 2026 Lives Struggling to Survive Under Wars, Airstrikes, and Economic Hardship With five years having passed since the military coup—and nearly five years since the civil war reignited with growing…
As the Panglong Agreement—signed on February 12, 1947, nearly a year before independence from British colonial rule—reaches its 79th anniversary, around 70 percent of Myanmar’s territory is engulfed in civil war. One of the primary reasons the civil war that…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 11 MoeMaKa), February 10, 2026 The Story of Divisions in Myanmar Media Divisions within Myanmar’s news media landscape are not exactly unusual. They have existed, to varying degrees, since earlier eras. During the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 9 (MoeMaKa), February 10, 2026 Could talks between the NUG, ethnic armed organizations, and the military become possible? In recent days, at Kachin Revolution Day held in the U.S. state of Texas, the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicles February 8 Will the military situation really change in 2026 following the PDF commanders’ conference? A statement dated February 8 announced that the People’s Defense Force (PDF), which operates under the Ministry of Defense of the National…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 6 (MoeMaKa), February 7, 2026 The First Shan National Conference Convened by the RCSS The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), one of the two Shan armed organizations based in Shan State, held…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 6 (MoeMaKa), February 7, 2026 Former NCGUB Prime Minister Dr. Sein Win Passes Away; Generational Handovers in the Anti-Dictatorship Struggle and Myanmar Dr. Sein Win, who served as Prime Minister of the National…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – February 5 Scene(MoeMaKa) February 6, 2026 The Spring Revolution at a Midpoint: 2026 In the aftermath of the election organized by the junta that controls Myanmar’s military, domestic sentiments and perspectives have been widely reflected in…
Myanmar Spring Chronicles, February 5 Thailand offers to mediate between ASEAN and Myanmar, as ASEAN’s authority remains limited Thailand has said it is ready to act as an intermediary to help improve relations between ASEAN and Myanmar, which has just…
Myanmar Spring Chronicles February 3 The Coup Regime Promulgates the Union Advisory Council Law More than a week after the election organized by the coup-installed military, and ahead of the convening of a parliament in March that is expected to…
Myanmar Spring Chronicles, February 2 Banmauk Town — One of the Towns Being Repeatedly Captured and Recaptured Banmauk, a township in Sagaing Region bordering Kachin State, was captured in late September last year after a joint offensive by the KIA…
Myanmar Spring Chronicles, February 1 The Fate of Anti-Dictator Revolutions and Anti-Dictatorship-System Revolutions One may ask: what is the difference between opposing a dictator and opposing a dictatorship system? How do the terms anti-dictator revolution and anti-dictatorship-system revolution differ? Wanting…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 31 Scene(MoeMaKa) February 1, 2026 The Suffering of the Myanmar People Over the Past Five Years February 1, 2026 marks exactly five years since the military coup of February 1, 2021. Late on the night…
