Category: Features

News Features on Burma & Burmese issues

NUG’s administration and justice system now under questioning

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View of December 1(MoeMaKa) December 2, 2025 NUG’s administration and justice system now under questioning After a video spread on social media showing the arrest of CDM doctor Dr. Khin Thu Thu Lwin by the Min…

What is the NUG, where is the NUG, and what is the outlook for the Spring Revolution?

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Viewpoint of November 30(MoeMaKa) 1 December 2025 What is the NUG, where is the NUG, and what is the outlook for the Spring Revolution? As the National Unity Government (NUG), formed two and a half months…

With TNLA as escort, junta troops re-enter and take positions inside Mogok

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Viewpoint of 29 November(MoeMaKa) 30 November 2025 With TNLA as escort, junta troops re-enter and take positions inside Mogok One year and four months after the town was first captured, junta troops have now re-entered Mogok…

The Growing Difficulty of Tackling the “Tiger Scam” Problem

  Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from November 28 (MoeMaKa) November 29, 2025 The Growing Difficulty of Tackling the “Tiger Scam” Problem The crisis surrounding the so-called “tiger compounds” — large-scale online fraud syndicates — has many root causes and…

PDF Forces Withdraw from Mogok and Moe Meik – Strategy Beyond Operation 1027

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – View from November 27(MoeMaKa) November 28, 2025 PDF Forces Withdraw from Mogok and Moe Meik – Strategy Beyond Operation 1027 News outlets that focus on Mandalay Region and northern Shan affairs are reporting that PDF units…

Amnesty for those arrested under Political Section 505-A and related warrants

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 26 Dispatch(MoeMaKa) November 27, 2025 Amnesty for those arrested under Political Section 505-A and related warrants The military council announced in its 8 p.m. news broadcast on November 26 that: 5,580 people who had been…

The fight against scam compounds: increasingly entangled with war and politics

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 25 Dispatch(MoeMaKa), November 26, 2025 The fight against scam compounds: increasingly entangled with war and politics The “tiger-release” scam networks (online scam compounds) along the Thai–Myanmar border can broadly be seen as a cross-border criminal…

U.S. Suspension of TPS for Burmese Nationals and Its Myanmar Policy

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 24 Snapshot(MoeMaKa) November 25, 2025 U.S. Suspension of TPS for Burmese Nationals and Its Myanmar Policy Just a few days ago, a committee of the U.S. Congress held a hearing on Myanmar under the title:…

Fighting Between DKBA and KNLA South of Myawaddy; Airstrikes on Gold-Dredging Barges in Min Kin

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 24 Outlook(MoeMaKa, November 24, 2025) Fighting Between DKBA and KNLA South of Myawaddy; Airstrikes on Gold-Dredging Barges in Min Kin On November 21, clashes broke out between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and allied…

Crackdown on “Kyar Phyant” Operations along the Thai–Myanmar Border and its Geopolitical Implications

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 22 View(MoeMaKa, November 23, 2025) Crackdown on “Kyar Phyant” Operations along the Thai–Myanmar Border and its Geopolitical Implications The crackdown on online scam syndicates (known locally as Kyar Phyant) in Myawaddy Township, along the Thai–Myanmar…

TNLA, MDY PDF, and the Situation in Mogok, Momeik, and Upper Mandalay Region

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 21 View(MoeMaKa, November 22, 2025) TNLA, MDY PDF, and the Situation in Mogok, Momeik, and Upper Mandalay Region In recent days, much of the news has centered on the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and…

Impact of the U.S. Special Task Force and Congressional Hearing on Online Scam Centers on the Myanmar Military

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 20 View(MoeMaKa, November 21, 2025) Impact of the U.S. Special Task Force and Congressional Hearing on Online Scam Centers on the Myanmar Military In recent weeks, the United States and the United Kingdom imposed sanctions…

The suffering of IDPs and the decline of mutual aid

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 19 View(MoeMaKa, November 20, 2025) The suffering of IDPs and the decline of mutual aid Every day the news says which township, which village tract, which area saw fighting—and how many thousands or tens of…

Two Ethnic Armed Groups Temporarily Withdraw from the NUCC

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 18 View(MoeMaKa, November 19, 2025) Two Ethnic Armed Groups Temporarily Withdraw from the NUCC On November 18, reports emerged that two ethnic armed groups — the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Karen National…

BGF and the Junta Intensify Crackdown on “Kyar Phyant” Scam Syndicates

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – November 17 View(MoeMaKa, November 18, 2025) BGF and the Junta Intensify Crackdown on “Kyar Phyant” Scam Syndicates After both the junta and the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) — one of the armed groups previously accused…