News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
“Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 19 Overview”, published by MoeMaKa on April 20, 2025: ✈️ Airstrikes Dominate the Daily Headlines The top headlines in Myanmar’s news every day are increasingly centered on one tragic theme: how many civilians died due…
“Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 18 Overview”, published by MoeMaKa on April 19, 2025: 🤝 What Will Come from the NUG–Malaysian PM Meeting? 🔁 Operation 1027’s Gains and the Loss of Lashio In what marks a historic first, the National…
“Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 17 Overview” published by MoeMaKa on April 18, 2025: 🌍 Aftershocks Continue in Mandalay — On New Year’s Day, Junta Offers Amnesty While Myanmar’s Crisis Deepens Nearly three weeks after the March 28 earthquake,…
“Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 16 Overview” published by MoeMaKa on April 17, 2025: 🚫 Armed Groups Oppose Channeling Earthquake Aid Through Military Junta Ahead of the expected meeting on April 17 in Bangkok between Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim…
“Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 15 Overview” published by MoeMaKa on April 16, 2025: 🌊 A Thingyan, Unlike the Traditional One This year’s Myanmar New Year Water Festival (Thingyan), traditionally held from April 12 or 13 for four days of…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 14 Overview published by MoeMaKa on April 15, 2025: 🛑 Airstrikes Intensify Two Weeks After the Earthquake In the two weeks following the powerful March 28 earthquake, the Myanmar military junta has intensified airstrikes across…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 13 Overview published by MoeMaKa on April 14, 2025: Earthquakes Continue in Mandalay & Sagaing as ASEAN Plans to Meet Min Aung Hlaing More than two weeks after the powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake on March…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 12 Snapshot MoeMaKa, April 13, 2025 Hope of a Path to Peace from the Earthquake Disaster Fades The devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar’s central Dry Zone—particularly the key cities of Mandalay, Sagaing, and the junta-controlled…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 11 UpdateMoeMaKa, April 12, 2025 Relief, Aid, and a Crisis of Trust In Myanmar, decades of politicized disaster response have made it unsurprising that many people now distrust government-led relief efforts. Whether facing floods,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 10 UpdateMoeMaKa, April 11, 2025 How Will Myanmar Recover from the Earthquake? Thirteen days after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28, the military regime still lacks the capacity to compile a…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 9: A Broader ViewMoeMaKa, April 10, 2025 While Civil War Rages in Myanmar, Trade Wars Reignite Across the Globe Since the military coup in 2021, Myanmar’s internal conflict—once sporadic—has escalated into a full-scale civil war…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 8 OverviewMoemaka, April 9, 2025 Resistance Forces Capture Inndaw and Falam On April 7, resistance joint forces announced that they had successfully captured Inndaw in northern Sagaing Region and Falam in Chin State. Inndaw was…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 7 OverviewMoemaka, April 8, 2025 Earthquake and Relief Efforts As of now, the death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar’s Sagaing region on March 28 has risen to 3,600, with over 5,000 injured…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 6 OverviewMoemaka, April 7, 2025 Earthquake and Politics The devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar’s Sagaing region on March 28—an event that could be called a national catastrophe—has sparked broad questions about how different actors responded…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – April 5 OverviewMoemaka, April 6, 2025 What Impact Could MNDAA’s Withdrawal from Lashio Have on Operation 1027? In early January this year, under pressure from China, the Kokang armed group MNDAA and the Military Council’s Peace…
