Category: Features

News Features on Burma & Burmese issues

The coup military, re-energized with backing from major powers, and the hardship people are facing

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – September 4 View(MoeMaKa), September 5, 2025 The coup military, re-energized with backing from major powers, and the hardship people are facing In recent days, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has been in China. Amid SCO member…

How Thailand’s Political Instability Could Affect Myanmar People in Thailand

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – September 3 Highlights(MoeMaKa, September 4, 2025) How Thailand’s Political Instability Could Affect Myanmar People in Thailand With Myanmar’s civil war ongoing, millions of Myanmar nationals have left the country temporarily in various ways and for various…

The SCO Summit: Global Ripples That May Also Affect Myanmar

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – September 2 Highlights(MoeMaKa, September 3, 2025) The SCO Summit: Global Ripples That May Also Affect Myanmar This week, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Tianjin, China has sparked speculation that, amid today’s armed conflicts and…

The Right Path and Unity Are the Keys to Victory

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – September 1 Highlights(MoeMaKa, September 2, 2025) The Right Path and Unity Are the Keys to Victory In recent days and weeks, those resisting the military dictatorship and the coup regime are facing harsh battlefield realities—fighting stubbornly…

Blockades, Restrictions, and One of the Hardest Periods Yet for the Myanmar People

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 31 Highlights(MoeMaKa, September 1, 2025) Blockades, Restrictions, and One of the Hardest Periods Yet for the Myanmar People In 2025, the junta has repeatedly shifted its military strategies: imposing blockades, launching offensives, leveraging Chinese pressure…

The Implications of the Junta Leader’s Private Meeting with China’s President

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 30 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 31, 2025) The Implications of the Junta Leader’s Private Meeting with China’s President Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is currently in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit and…

The Importance of Facing Reality and Setting Strategy for the Revolution

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 29 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 30, 2025) The Importance of Facing Reality and Setting Strategy for the Revolution After the February 1, 2021 military coup, the goals of the uprising were clearly set: to topple military dictatorship,…

Junta Declares Karen National Union (KNU) an “Unlawful Association” and “Terrorist Organization”

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 28 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 29, 2025) Junta Declares Karen National Union (KNU) an “Unlawful Association” and “Terrorist Organization” The military junta has officially declared the Karen National Union (KNU)—Myanmar’s oldest ethnic armed organization fighting for self-determination—an…

Import Restrictions and Spiraling Prices

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 27 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 28, 2025) Import Restrictions and Spiraling Prices In recent weeks, Myanmar’s military junta has issued a series of new rules and restrictions on foreign imports. The most dramatic move was the sudden…

AA Reports 12 Civilians Killed, Including Children, in Mrauk-U Airstrike – Myanmar’s Refugee Crisis Spills Beyond Borders

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 26 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 27, 2025) AA Reports 12 Civilians Killed, Including Children, in Mrauk-U Airstrike – Myanmar’s Refugee Crisis Spills Beyond Borders The Arakan Army (AA) announced on August 26 that a junta airstrike on…

The Military Commission’s Grand Strategy Against Resistance Armed Groups

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 25 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 26, 2025) The Military Commission’s Grand Strategy Against Resistance Armed Groups In the lead-up to the elections planned for the end of the year, Myanmar’s junta has begun launching counteroffensives to retake…

The Destruction of Gote Htik Bridge and the Propaganda War

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 24 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 25, 2025) The Destruction of Gote Htik Bridge and the Propaganda War On the morning of August 24, about a 30-foot section of the Gote Htik Bridge near the Kyaukme side collapsed.…

The Disappearance of Truth and Facts Amid War

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 23 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 24, 2025) The Disappearance of Truth and Facts Amid War “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” — This was said by U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson in 1918, the year World…

A period overwhelmed by war, death, starvation, and physical/psychological trauma

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 22 Highlights(MoeMaKa, August 23, 2025) A period overwhelmed by war, death, starvation, and physical/psychological trauma Each morning at dawn and evening after work, people scroll through social media only to be met with devastating news:–…

Are the Revolutionary Armed Forces United in Purpose and Interest?

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – August 21 Highlights(Moemaka, August 22, 2025) Are the Revolutionary Armed Forces United in Purpose and Interest? As revolutionary armed groups continue to fight against the military junta, the question has emerged—especially after the second phase of…