News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 27 (MoeMaKa, September 28, 2025) The junta’s daily airstrikes that keep killing and injuring civilians In recent days, a deeply distressing report emerged from Kan Htu Ma village in Sagaing Region: a junta…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 26 (MoeMaKa, September 27, 2025) An era where the world seems to be drifting in a darker direction The United Nations was founded in June 1945, only months after World War II ended,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from September 25 (MoeMaKa, September 26, 2025) The coup leader’s trip to Russia The Myanmar coup leader left the country on September 24 to attend the World Nuclear Forum 2025 in Moscow. This comes as…
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,…
