News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
