News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 29 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 30, 2025) Election Laws Issued in Relation to the Military Council’s Planned Polls The military council, which seized power in a coup, has issued amendments to the election law—known as the Sixth…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 28 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 29, 2025) Who Benefits from the Thailand–Cambodia Border Conflict? After decades of unresolved border disputes between Thailand and Cambodia, military clashes finally erupted in recent days—though on a limited scale. Beginning on…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 27 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa – July 28, 2025) The Life of Myanmar People Enduring One Wave of Flooding After Another Every year during the monsoon season, certain regions of Myanmar suffer from flooding. This is partly due…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 26 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 27, 2025) Junta Airstrikes in Mogok and Katha, Shelling of Naung Pain Village in Kyaukme A few days after the junta recaptured Naung Cho, its military escalated offensives with airstrikes targeting the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 25 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 26, 2025) Widespread Hunger, Crimes, and Extrajudicial Killings across Myanmar A recent report from rural villages in Ngazun Township, Mandalay Region, states that over 10,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) are now surviving…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 24 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 25, 2025) Thai–Cambodian Border Conflict and Its Potential Impact on Myanmar On the morning of July 24, tensions between Thailand and Cambodia over a border dispute escalated into an armed clash, following…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 23 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 24, 2025) The Loss of Thabeikkyin and U.S. Legislative Moves on Myanmar On July 22, Myanmar’s military retook control of Thabeikkyin town in northern Mandalay Region, nearly one year after MDY-PDF (Mandalay…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 22 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 23, 2025) Peace, Ceasefire and Total Victory – Three Distinct Paths The terms “peace, ceasefire, and total victory” are often used in the context of Myanmar’s civil war, but each carries very…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 21 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 22, 2025) The Fall of Naung Cho and Mobye: Reflections on the Spring Revolution’s Strategic Direction In recent days, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) lost control of Naung Cho, a town…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 20 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 21, 2025) Political Prisoners Dying in Custody Wut Yay Aung, a 25-year-old executive member of the Dagon University Students’ Union, passed away on July 20 while serving time in Insein Prison after…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 19 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, July 20, 2025)Martyrs’ Day and the Meaning of Martyrdom On July 19, 1947, during a cabinet meeting under the then British colonial rule, several prominent figures of Myanmar’s independence movement were assassinated —…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 18 Viewpoint: MoeMaKa (Published July 19, 2025) “Service fees, taxation, and resistance war funding” BBC Burmese recently reported that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been collecting “fees” from villages around Kandaw (near Pakokku–Gangaw road)…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 17 PerspectiveMoeMaKa, July 18, 2025 Armed Clashes Between PDF Groups in Yaw Region On July 15, in Tilin Township, northern Magway Region, an incident occurred in which members of the PDF group “Generation Z Army…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 16 Viewpoint(Moemaka, July 17, 2025) Transitional Problems During the Revolution After the military coup in February 2021, a mass uprising emerged under the banner of resisting the coup and establishing a federal democratic state—widely known…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 15 Viewpoint(Moemaka, July 16, 2025) Taxation, Rule of Law, and Criminal Incidents in Upper Myanmar In recent days, a series of events have drawn renewed attention to the issues of taxation, law enforcement, and public…
