Category: Features

News Features on Burma & Burmese issues

Military tensions between two members of the Northern Brotherhood Alliance in northern Shan State could deal a blow to the revolutionary forces

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 12 (MoeMaKa), March 13, 2026 Military tensions between two members of the Northern Brotherhood Alliance in northern Shan State could deal a blow to the revolutionary forces Reports emerged on March 12 that recent…

Local residents who had been detained by a military column in Nyaunglebin Township were rescued, while more than 100 people were killed in an airstrike on a prisoner-of-war camp in Rakhine State.

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 11 (MoeMaKa), March 2, 2026 Local residents who had been detained by a military column in Nyaunglebin Township were rescued, while more than 100 people were killed in an airstrike on a prisoner-of-war camp…

Tagaung, a town in Mandalay Region that had been under PDF control, has been lost.

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 10 (MoeMaKa), March 11, 2026 Tagaung, a town in Mandalay Region that had been under PDF control, has been lost. According to some news outlets, on March 10 junta forces regained control of Tagaung,…

25 civilians killed by bombings during clashes in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region; conflict between two ethnic armed groups in northern Shan

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 9 (MoeMaKa), March 10, 2026 25 civilians killed by bombings during clashes in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region; conflict between two ethnic armed groups in northern Shan On March 5, in Kyaukkyi Township, Nyaunglebin District,…

International Women’s Day and Sexual Violence Against Women

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 8 (MoeMaKa), March 9, 2026 International Women’s Day and Sexual Violence Against Women March 8 is International Women’s Day, a day on which awareness-raising and advocacy events related to women’s rights are held. In…

The National Unity Government and Accountability to the People

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 7 (MoeMaKa), March 8, 2026 The National Unity Government and Accountability to the People In recent months, a series of reports have emerged concerning accountability and responsibility in relation to the National Unity Government…

How should we politically position ourselves in the Israel/U.S.–Iran war?

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 6 (MoeMaKa), March 7, 2026 How should we politically position ourselves in the Israel/U.S.–Iran war? In recent months, the United States accused the President of Venezuela of involvement in drug trafficking into the U.S.,…

Junta Preparing to Launch IMEI Registration System Requiring Mobile Handset Registration

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 5 (MoeMaKa), March 6, 2026 Junta Preparing to Launch IMEI Registration System Requiring Mobile Handset Registration After tightening the registration system for mobile SIM cards used in Myanmar several years ago, the military junta…

The military regime has begun reshuffling key positions.

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 5 (MoeMaKa), March 4, 2026 The military regime has begun reshuffling key positions. Ahead of the convening of parliament in just over a week, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has started making changes within…

The Israel + United States–Iran War Shockwaves Have Reached Myanmar

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 3 (MoeMaKa), March 4, 2026 The Israel + United States–Iran War Shockwaves Have Reached Myanmar On February 28, Israel and the United States launched airstrikes against Iran. As a result, oil production facilities and…

On March 2—when the full moon day of Tabaung, regarded by Buddhists as a sacred day, coincided with Peasants’ Day (marking the 1962 military coup)

  Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 2 (MoeMaKa), March 3, 2026 On March 2—when the full moon day of Tabaung, regarded by Buddhists as a sacred day, coincided with Peasants’ Day (marking the 1962 military coup) On March 2—when…

More than 20 people were killed in an airstrike on a village in Mindon Township; the Kokang armed group has released 200 prisoners of war.

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from March 1 (MoeMaKa), March 2, 2026 More than 20 people were killed in an airstrike on a village in Mindon Township; the Kokang armed group has released 200 prisoners of war. On the morning…

Israel and the United States Launch Massive Airstrikes on Iran; Potential Implications for Myanmar

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 27 (MoeMaKa), March 1, 2026 Israel and the United States Launch Massive Airstrikes on Iran; Potential Implications for Myanmar Eight months after last June’s war—during which the United States used powerful bunker-buster bombs…

Follow-up Arrests by the NUG After Bo Nagar’s Surrender

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from February 27 MoeMaKa), February 28, 2026 Follow-up Arrests by the NUG After Bo Nagar’s Surrender After Bo Nagar, the leader of the BNRA (a local defense force based in Pale Township, Sagaing Region), surrendered to…