News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 21 SceneJanuary 22, 2026 The Rohingya Genocide and Myanmar Politics Issues related to ethnicity, religion, and minority rights have never been simple matters in Myanmar politics. They are at once cultural issues and the products…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 20 Scene*January 21, 2026 Myanmar nationals in Thailand facing growing troubles Because of Myanmar’s economic crisis, the conscription law, and the risk of arrest and punishment for opposing the coup regime politically, the number of…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scene of January 19January 20, 2026 Nearly 80 detainees held as prisoners of war escape from Mae Sae (Karenni/Kayah State) On the 18th of this month, an incident occurred in which prisoners of war held at…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 18 SceneJanuary 19, 2026 Who will act to ease the suffering the people are enduring? As the flames of civil war spread ever wider, those who suffer the most are the people who do not…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 17 SceneJanuary 18, 2026 How will armed groups resolve friction among themselves? Myanmar’s military claims it is achieving the outcomes it wants in the second phase of the election, and its media outlets are…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 14 Snapshot January 15, 2026The Gradual Withdrawals from the NUCC and Myanmar’s Political TraditionSince the early days following the 2021 military coup, a number of organizations have withdrawn from the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 15 Snapshot January 16, 2026 Drug Manufacturing Facilities in Hsipaw Township Seized by the Junta In recent days, the coup regime escorted international diplomats, United Nations agencies, and some domestic media outlets to locations in Hsipaw…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 13 SnapshotJanuary 14, 2026 Myanmar at the ICJ over the Rohingya Genocide In connection with the genocide committed by Myanmar’s armed forces in northern Rakhine State during August and September 2017, the African country of…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 12 (Perspective) “Inter-ethnic Conflict and Myanmar’s Decades-long Civil War” The Kokang ethnic armed organization known by the acronym MNDAA announced that January 5 would be designated as the Restoration Day of Special Region (1), and…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 11 SnapshotJanuary 12, 2026 Elections and Violent Attacks As the coup regime conducted the second phase of its election, it became apparent that ethnic armed organizations and People’s Defense Force (PDF) units under the National…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 10 SnapshotJanuary 11, 2026 Will the Coup Regime’s Election Produce a Political Solution? After the November 2020 general election, in which elected members of parliament emerged victorious, preparations were underway to convene the new…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 9 SnapshotJanuary 10, 2026 Shifts in Global Power Dynamics and the Myanmar Crisis Myanmar’s decades-long unresolved civil war entered a new phase after the 2021 military coup, when public resistance against the junta reached unprecedented…
In the final week of December, NUG-affiliated PDF forces and other revolutionary groups jointly attacked Katha town in Upper Sagaing Region. In recent days, they have also announced plans to launch an urban seizure operation against Wuntho town, located southwest…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 7 SceneJanuary 8, 2026 Is American democracy setting on Myanmar’s Spring journey? “What should we write today?” Two editors asked each other.Should we write about the attacks on security outposts in western Bago Region? Or…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – January 6 Scene January 7, 2026 PDF forces announce they will also attack Wuntho while fighting to seize Katha While efforts were underway to hold the first phase of the election scheduled for December 28, PDF…
