News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 28 View Moemaka, March 29, 2025 Myanmar Faces Its Worst Natural Disaster Amid Ongoing Civil War It started subtly, like a slight jolt while sitting on a stool. At first, it was unclear whether it…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 27 View Moemaka, March 28, 2025 The 80th Anniversary of Resistance Day and Its Historical Lesson On March 27, 1945, during World War II, Japanese forces had occupied Burma as part of their expansionist…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 26 SceneMoemaka, March 27, 2025 TNLA and the Territorial Dispute in Northern Shan State In the late 2023 and mid-2024 period, the military successes of the three ethnic armed organizations collectively known as the “Northern…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 25 OverviewMoeMaKa, March 26, 2025 The Battle for Khale Day Camp and the Karen Revolution’s Journey Reports indicate that the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA) successfully captured the Khale Day military camp on…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 24 OverviewMoeMaKa, March 25, 2025 Peace Talks in Naypyidaw Amid Intense Warfare While battles rage across the country—with ongoing military clashes, arrests, killings, bombings, airstrikes, and the burning of civilian homes—the military junta in Naypyidaw…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 23 OverviewMoeMaKa, March 24, 2025 Implications of the MNDAA & Military Council’s Negotiations in Kunming After an initial meeting in January between the Myanmar military council and the Kokang armed group MNDAA, a follow-up negotiation…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 22 Overview MoeMaKa, March 23, 2125 The Role of News Media and Social Media in the Spring Revolution The “Spring Revolution” is a broad term referring to the resistance movement against the military coup that…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 21 SceneMoeMaKa, March 22, 2125 The Shift in Military Power Balance in Northern Shan Due to Chinese Pressure On October 27, 2023, Operation 1027 began, and nearly a year later, in October 2024, the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 20 PerspectiveMoeMaKa, March 20, 2024 Severe Crisis for Internally Displaced People and Those in Need of Aid Before the military coup in Myanmar, there were around 670,000 internally displaced people (IDPs). However, four years after…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 19 ViewpointMoeMaKa, March 20, 2025 Armed Conflicts, Governance Breakdown, and the Rapid Depletion of Myanmar’s Natural Resources Following the military coup that overthrew the elected NLD-led government in 2020, armed resistance escalated as…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 18 Overview MoeMaKa, March 19, 2025 ARSA Founder and Nine Others Arrested in Bangladesh Ata Ullah Abu Ammar Jununi, the founder and leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), was arrested by Bangladesh’s elite…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 17 Overview MoeMaKa, March 18, 2025 How Will the Rohingya Refugee Crisis Be Resolved? During his visit to Cox’s Bazar, where Rohingya refugees are currently residing in Bangladesh, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated that…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 14 SceneMoeMaKa, March 15, 2025 A Village in Sintgu Township Bombed; WFP Plans to Cut Aid On the afternoon of March 14, the military junta carried out an airstrike on Let Pan Hla village in…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 13 OverviewMoeMaKa, March 14, 2025 Military Council Responds to Discussions on Chin State’s Integration with Mizoram and the Reclamation of Kabaw Valley Last week, an Indian legislator from Mizoram publicly stated that Chin State, sharing…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – March 12 OverviewMoeMaKa, March 13, 2025 Prolonged Trade Blockades Deepen Public Hardship As domestic trade blockades persist for an extended period, the suffering of the people continues to intensify. The ongoing armed conflicts within the country…
