Category: Features

News Features on Burma & Burmese issues

The Spring Revolution at a Midpoint: 2026

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – February 5 Scene(MoeMaKa) February 6, 2026 The Spring Revolution at a Midpoint: 2026 In the aftermath of the election organized by the junta that controls Myanmar’s military, domestic sentiments and perspectives have been widely reflected in…

Thailand offers to mediate between ASEAN and Myanmar, as ASEAN’s authority remains limited

Myanmar Spring Chronicles, February 5 Thailand offers to mediate between ASEAN and Myanmar, as ASEAN’s authority remains limited Thailand has said it is ready to act as an intermediary to help improve relations between ASEAN and Myanmar, which has just…

The Coup Regime Promulgates the Union Advisory Council Law

Myanmar Spring Chronicles February 3 The Coup Regime Promulgates the Union Advisory Council Law More than a week after the election organized by the coup-installed military, and ahead of the convening of a parliament in March that is expected to…

Banmauk Town — One of the Towns Being Repeatedly Captured and Recaptured

Myanmar Spring Chronicles, February 2 Banmauk Town — One of the Towns Being Repeatedly Captured and Recaptured Banmauk, a township in Sagaing Region bordering Kachin State, was captured in late September last year after a joint offensive by the KIA…

The Fate of Anti-Dictator Revolutions and Anti-Dictatorship-System Revolutions

Myanmar Spring Chronicles, February 1 The Fate of Anti-Dictator Revolutions and Anti-Dictatorship-System Revolutions One may ask: what is the difference between opposing a dictator and opposing a dictatorship system? How do the terms anti-dictator revolution and anti-dictatorship-system revolution differ? Wanting…

The Suffering of the Myanmar People Over the Past Five Years

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 31 Scene(MoeMaKa) February 1, 2026 The Suffering of the Myanmar People Over the Past Five Years February 1, 2026 marks exactly five years since the military coup of February 1, 2021. Late on the night…

Thai Ultra-Nationalists and Myanmar Nationals Living in Thailand

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 30 Scene*(MoeMaKa) January 31, 2026 Thai Ultra-Nationalists and Myanmar Nationals Living in Thailand In recent days, some individuals who describe themselves as migrant worker rights activists in Thailand have urged Myanmar nationals living and working…

Myanmar’s Sham Election and ASEAN’s Stance

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 29 Scene*(MoeMaKa) January 30, 2026 Myanmar’s Sham Election and ASEAN’s Stance In recent weeks, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro, whose country currently holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN—the Southeast Asian bloc made up of…

NUG and resistance groups preparing to form a new body called the FSC

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 28 Scene(MoeMaKa) January 29, 2026 NUG and resistance groups preparing to form a new body called the FSC Reports have emerged that the National Unity Government (NUG), the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), and other…

January 27 — The Myanmar people living amid increasingly frequent and brutal killings

Myanmar Spring Chronicles (MoeMaKa) January 27 —The Myanmar people living amid increasingly frequent and brutal killings Since the coup, crimes have risen to levels never seen before in many generations, and the brutality of those crimes has reached degrees that…

Education During the Revolutionary Period

Myanmar spring chronicles Education During the Revolutionary Period If one were asked to point out a controversial issue during the Spring Revolution—an issue that could harm mobilization efforts because it focuses too narrowly on a single political narrative, or one…

Final phase of the junta-run election concluded

Myanmar Spring Chronicle — January 25 Scene*(MoeMaKa) January 26, 2026 Final phase of the junta-run election concluded The third and final phase of the election organized by the Tatmadaw — the military that seized power in 2021 — concluded on…

Changing Military Situation in Myawaddy Township

Myanmar Spring Chronicles January 24 Changing Military Situation in Myawaddy Township Over the past year and a half, the situation in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, has gradually shifted from a period in which revolutionary forces were able to seize territory…

The Risk of Western Bloc Fragmentation and Its Impact on the Myanmar Cause

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 23 SceneJanuary 24, 2026 The Risk of Western Bloc Fragmentation and Its Impact on the Myanmar Cause Eighty years after World War II, we are now seeing signs and signals that could overturn the global…

KNLA Hands Over Suspect Who Shot at Thai Police to Thai Authorities

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 22 Scene*January 23, 2026 KNLA Hands Over Suspect Who Shot at Thai Police to Thai Authorities In recent days, a Myanmar national named Naing Lin Aung, who shot at Thai police and fled following an…