Category: Features

News Features on Burma & Burmese issues

Did Asian Values Change According to Western Dreams?

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 22 (MoeMaKa), October 23, 2026 Did Asian Values Change According to Western Dreams? Today, I would like to discuss whether the values upheld by Asia and the expectations of the West can actually…

The Myanmar Military’s Offensives and the Battlefronts Where It Faces Resistance

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 21 (MoeMaKa), October 22, 2026 The Myanmar Military’s Offensives and the Battlefronts Where It Faces Resistance The Myanmar military, which seized power on February 1, 2021, found itself facing renewed attacks from several…

Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar Politics

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 20 (MoeMaKa), October 21, 2026 Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar Politics On October 19, a social media account identifying itself as the spokesperson for the coup regime’s Presidential Office announced that two…

Myanmar’s Armed Conflict and Excessive Gold Mining

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 19 (MoeMaKa), October 20, 2026 Myanmar’s Armed Conflict and Excessive Gold Mining Colonel Naw Bu, spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), told BBC Burmese that anyone with objections or concerns about gold…

Signs That Sittwe May Be Slipping Away: The Military Situation in and Around Rakhine State’s Capital

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 17 (MoeMaKa), October 18, 2026 Signs That Sittwe May Be Slipping Away: The Military Situation in and Around Rakhine State’s Capital The Arakan Army (AA) has been gradually advancing toward Sittwe, the capital…

A Thai Political Scholar’s Assessment of Myanmar’s Revolution

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 16 (MoeMaKa), October 17, 2026 A Thai Political Scholar’s Assessment of Myanmar’s Revolution Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a professor of international relations at the Faculty of Political Science at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, has written…

Myanmar Kyat Depreciates Amid Growing Instability, Raising Concerns Over Rising Consumer Prices

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 15 (MoeMaKa), October 16, 2026 Myanmar Kyat Depreciates Amid Growing Instability, Raising Concerns Over Rising Consumer Prices In recent days, the Myanmar kyat has depreciated significantly against major foreign currencies, including the US…

The Meaning of “Peace” and Myanmar’s Civil War

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 14 (MoeMaKa), October 15, 2026 The Meaning of “Peace” and Myanmar’s Civil War In modern Myanmar politics, the word “peace” has come to mean something quite different from its original definition. Traditionally, peace…

Medical Consultation Costs and Faith-Based Healing Practices in Myanmar

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 13 (MoeMaKa), October 14, 2026 Myanmar’s Civil War, Soaring Commodity Prices, and the Limits of Public Resilience One of the health-related stories making headlines in recent days concerns the military authorities’ decision to…

Myanmar’s Civil War, Soaring Commodity Prices, and the Limits of Public Resilience

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 12 (MoeMaKa), October 13, 2026 Myanmar’s Civil War, Soaring Commodity Prices, and the Limits of Public Resilience A Facebook news page called Burma Voice has reported that transporting Chinese-made consumer goods from Muse,…

A Country in the Horn of Africa Facing Circumstances Similar to Myanmar

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 11 (MoeMaKa), October 12, 2026 A Country in the Horn of Africa Facing Circumstances Similar to Myanmar In November 2020, just a few months before the military coup in Myanmar, intense fighting resumed…

Online Meetings Between ULA/AA and SCEF, and Relations Between the United States and Myanmar’s Military Government

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 10 (MoeMaKa), October 11, 2026 Online Meetings Between ULA/AA and SCEF, and Relations Between the United States and Myanmar’s Military Government Recent news reports indicate that the Steering Council for the Emergence of…

Garment Factories Are Closing as Job Opportunities Become Increasingly Scarce in Myanmar

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 9 (MoeMaKa), October 10, 2026 Garment Factories Are Closing as Job Opportunities Become Increasingly Scarce in Myanmar In Myanmar, where civil war is raging across the country, job opportunities and livelihoods have been…

Myanmar Military Leader’s Visit to Malaysia and Diplomatic Shifts: Clues to a Changing U.S. Policy Toward Myanmar

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 8 (MoeMaKa), October 9, 2026 Myanmar Military Leader’s Visit to Malaysia and Diplomatic Shifts: Clues to a Changing U.S. Policy Toward Myanmar Among the news reports on October 8, two major developments concerning…

Two Killed in Drone Attacks in Hpakant; Revolutionary Fighters Kill Fellow Resistance Members and Seize Money and Weapons in Depayin Township

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from October 7 (MoeMaKa), October 8, 2026 Two Killed in Drone Attacks in Hpakant; Revolutionary Fighters Kill Fellow Resistance Members and Seize Money and Weapons in Depayin Township News reports indicate that two people were…