News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 21 MoeMaKa), February 22, 2026 Among the regions where military operations are ongoing They are Sagaing Region and Kachin State. If we examine where the junta forces are launching offensives and where defensive battles…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 20 MoeMaKa), February 21, 2026 Drop Bomb Hits Passenger Plane at Myitkyina Airport; KIA’s Future Outlook A state-owned Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) passenger aircraft preparing to depart from Myitkyina to Mandalay was struck by…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 19 MoeMaKa), February 20, 2026 Aftermath of Bo Nagar’s Surrender in Pale and Yinmabin, and the Controversy Over the Prime Minister’s Office Secretary Within two days after NUG-affiliated battalions launched a large-scale attack on BNRA…
BNRA Commander Bo Nagar Surrenders to the Military Junta Forces under the National Unity Government (NUG), numbering from the hundreds to nearly a thousand, began attacking units led by Bo Nagar in Pale Township. These units were named the BNRA…
Clashes Between Anti-Junta Resistance Forces in Pale Township, Sagaing Region News that battalions under the Yinmarbin District command of the NUG launched an early-morning attack today against units of the Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA), which is active in Pale…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 16 (MoeMaKa) February 17, 2026 Salween River Bridge in Hpasawng Blown Up; Simultaneous Military Operations in Karen and Karenni Areas After the military junta recaptured Hpasawng town in Karenni (Kayah) State, PDF forces reportedly…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – February 15 Snapshot(MoeMaKa), February 16, 2026 Myanmar junta expels Timor-Leste diplomat amid ASEAN member-state tensions Myanmar’s coup regime has ordered Timor-Leste’s chargé d’affaires (acting head of mission) for Myanmar to leave the country within seven days,…
Northern Shan State—where the TNLA, MNDAA, SSPP/SSA, the military junta, and various militia groups are active—has undergone significant changes since the 2021 military coup, particularly after the first and second phases of Operation 1027. These changes are not limited to…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 13 (MoeMaKa) February 14, 2026 Lives Struggling to Survive Under Wars, Airstrikes, and Economic Hardship With five years having passed since the military coup—and nearly five years since the civil war reignited with growing…
As the Panglong Agreement—signed on February 12, 1947, nearly a year before independence from British colonial rule—reaches its 79th anniversary, around 70 percent of Myanmar’s territory is engulfed in civil war. One of the primary reasons the civil war that…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 11 MoeMaKa), February 10, 2026 The Story of Divisions in Myanmar Media Divisions within Myanmar’s news media landscape are not exactly unusual. They have existed, to varying degrees, since earlier eras. During the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 9 (MoeMaKa), February 10, 2026 Could talks between the NUG, ethnic armed organizations, and the military become possible? In recent days, at Kachin Revolution Day held in the U.S. state of Texas, the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicles February 8 Will the military situation really change in 2026 following the PDF commanders’ conference? A statement dated February 8 announced that the People’s Defense Force (PDF), which operates under the Ministry of Defense of the National…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 6 (MoeMaKa), February 7, 2026 The First Shan National Conference Convened by the RCSS The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), one of the two Shan armed organizations based in Shan State, held…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 6 (MoeMaKa), February 7, 2026 Former NCGUB Prime Minister Dr. Sein Win Passes Away; Generational Handovers in the Anti-Dictatorship Struggle and Myanmar Dr. Sein Win, who served as Prime Minister of the National…
