Category: Features

News Features on Burma & Burmese issues

How Should the Problems in the Sagaing, Magway, and Mandalay Federal Units Be Resolved?

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 30 (MoeMaKa), July 1, 2026 How Should the Problems in the Sagaing, Magway, and Mandalay Federal Units Be Resolved? Earlier this year, an incident occurred in Pale Township, Yinmabin District, Sagaing Region, in…

Conflicts Among Revolutionary Armed Groups Are Increasing

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 29 (MoeMaKa), June 30, 2026 Conflicts Among Revolutionary Armed Groups Are Increasing In recent months, clashes among revolutionary armed organizations have become more frequent. These incidents have ranged from armed confrontations and direct…

Matriculation Exam Results Announced: Education and the Spring Revolution

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 28 (MoeMaKa), June 29, 2026 Matriculation Exam Results Announced: Education and the Spring Revolution On June 28, the military junta announced the results of the 2025–2026 matriculation examination, which was held in March in…

Looking back on more than five years of the Spring Revolution:

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 27 (MoeMaKa), June 28, 2026 Looking back on more than five years of the Spring Revolution: Broadly speaking, the term “Spring Revolution” refers to the entire movement that emerged after the military coup of…

Incidents That Could Damage the Image of the Spring Revolution

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 26 (MoeMaKa), June 27, 2026 Incidents That Could Damage the Image of the Spring Revolution News emerged on June 26 that Pu Lei Maung, commander of Battalion No. 6 under the Yinmabin District, which…

What Could Min Aung Hlaing’s Wartime Economic Policy Lead To?

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 25 (MoeMaKa), June 26, 2026 What Could Min Aung Hlaing’s Wartime Economic Policy Lead To? If we examine the backbone of the economic policies adopted by the civilian-style government led by Min Aung Hlaing,…

The Struggle to Survive Under the Oppression of the Conscription Law

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 24 (MoeMaKa), June 25, 2026 The Struggle to Survive Under the Oppression of the Conscription Law The Military Service Law—and the requirement of compulsory military service—has become one of the many realities confronting people…

Conflict Among Revolutionary Armed Groups While the Military Junta Continues Offensive Operations

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 23 (MoeMaKa), June 24, 2026 Conflict Among Revolutionary Armed Groups While the Military Junta Continues Offensive Operations As the military junta launched offensives to regain control of the transportation route linking Tamu, on the…

After BNRA, Is PLA Next? Or Is This About the NUG, the CoCs, and Ownership of the Revolution?

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 22 (MoeMaKa), June 23, 2026 After BNRA, Is PLA Next? Or Is This About the NUG, the CoCs, and Ownership of the Revolution? One of the most talked-about recent developments is the conflict between…

The Foundation for Peaceful Coexistence Between the People and the Revolutionary Forces

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 21 (MoeMaKa), June 22, 2026 The Foundation for Peaceful Coexistence Between the People and the Revolutionary Forces Commentators have increasingly argued that the principal challenge facing military leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing is not merely…

The Problem of Forced Military Recruitment

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 20 (MoeMaKa), June 21, 2026 The Problem of Forced Military Recruitment The problem of forced military recruitment in Myanmar did not begin only after 2021 or after the activation of the Conscription Law in…

June 19: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Birthday and the Military Regime’s Repression

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 19 (MoeMaKa), June 20, 2026 June 19: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Birthday and the Military Regime’s Repression Over the past several decades, many of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthdays on June 19…

The Myanmar Military Leader’s Visit to China and Its Implications

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 18 (MoeMaKa), June 19, 2026 The Myanmar Military Leader’s Visit to China and Its Implications Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing appears to be pursuing international and regional recognition by leveraging restrictive election laws…

Myanmar’s Economy Further Worsened by the Fallout from the Iran–U.S. War

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 16 (MoeMaKa), June 17, 2026 Myanmar’s Economy Further Worsened by the Fallout from the Iran–U.S. War According to the World Bank’s latest regular report released today, the war that began at the end of…

Crimes Committed Amid Hardship and Displacement

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from June 15 (MoeMaKa), June 16, 2026 Crimes Committed Amid Hardship and Displacement   In recent days, reports have surfaced in the media and on social media alleging that the principal of Dawna Land School, a…