News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 12 (Perspective) “Inter-ethnic Conflict and Myanmar’s Decades-long Civil War” The Kokang ethnic armed organization known by the acronym MNDAA announced that January 5 would be designated as the Restoration Day of Special Region (1), and…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 11 SnapshotJanuary 12, 2026 Elections and Violent Attacks As the coup regime conducted the second phase of its election, it became apparent that ethnic armed organizations and People’s Defense Force (PDF) units under the National…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 10 SnapshotJanuary 11, 2026 Will the Coup Regime’s Election Produce a Political Solution? After the November 2020 general election, in which elected members of parliament emerged victorious, preparations were underway to convene the new…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 9 SnapshotJanuary 10, 2026 Shifts in Global Power Dynamics and the Myanmar Crisis Myanmar’s decades-long unresolved civil war entered a new phase after the 2021 military coup, when public resistance against the junta reached unprecedented…
In the final week of December, NUG-affiliated PDF forces and other revolutionary groups jointly attacked Katha town in Upper Sagaing Region. In recent days, they have also announced plans to launch an urban seizure operation against Wuntho town, located southwest…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 7 SceneJanuary 8, 2026 Is American democracy setting on Myanmar’s Spring journey? “What should we write today?” Two editors asked each other.Should we write about the attacks on security outposts in western Bago Region? Or…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 6 Scene January 7, 2026 PDF forces announce they will also attack Wuntho while fighting to seize Katha While efforts were underway to hold the first phase of the election scheduled for December 28, PDF…
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…
