News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 19 (MoeMaKa), August 20, 2026 Min Aung Hlaing Government Seeks Stronger Ties with Thailand, Russia and Cambodia It appears that coup leader Min Aung Hlaing’s ambition is to travel around the world as…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 18 (MoeMaKa), August 19, 2026 Hatred, Extrajudicial Killings, Accountability, and Justice In recent days, a video circulating on social media has drawn widespread condemnation from users shocked by the extreme brutality it depicts.…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 17 (MoeMaKa), August 18, 2026 Another Round of Flooding Hits Laymyethna Township Before Breached Embankment Can Be Repaired The embankment west of Laymyethna town, built to hold back the Ngawun River—a tributary of…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 16 (MoeMaKa), August 17, 2026 The Fifth International Conference on Myanmar Studies in Chiang Mai and Myanmar’s Civil War The International Conference on Myanmar Studies was held over three days, from August 14…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 15 (MoeMaKa), August 16, 2026 Myanmar Military Government Issues Statement on Rohingya Refugee Crisis Nearly Nine Years On More than five years after the military coup, Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the…
More than 30 clashes reported in Magway, with at least 50 junta troops reportedly killed* More than 30 clashes have taken place between resistance forces and Myanmar military troops operating in Magway Region, leaving at least 50 junta soldiers dead,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 14 (MoeMaKa), August 15, 2026 Myanmar Military Government Responds to U.S. Embassy Statement Following a recent visit by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 13 (MoeMaKa), August 14, 2026 Myanmar’s Nearly 80-Year Civil War and the Meaning of “Peace” Yohei Sasakawa, Honorary Chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation, visited Naypyidaw on August 10 and met with military leader…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 12 (MoeMaKa), August 13, 2026 Flood Situation in Lemyethna, Ayeyarwady Region, and the Mu River Basin in Sagaing Region Nearly two weeks—about 13 to 14 days—have passed since an embankment along the Ngawun…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 11 (MoeMaKa), August 12, 2026 Myanmar Military Government Pulls Back Hard on ASEAN’s Leash: The Impact of Thailand’s “Calibrated Re-engagement” Myanmar Military Government Pulls Back Hard on ASEAN’s Leash: The Impact of Thailand’s…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 10 (MoeMaKa), August 11, 2026 Will the Floods Slow Down the War? Nearly five days have passed since widespread flooding began affecting many parts of Sagaing Region, which has 37 townships and is…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 9 (MoeMaKa), August 10, 2026 How Should the Flood Disasters in Ayeyarwady and Sagaing Regions Be Addressed? On the night of July 30, an embankment holding back the Ngawun River west of Laymyethna…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 8 (MoeMaKa), August 9, 2026 Armed Conflict and Natural Disasters — or the Politics of Disaster Meteorologists had forecast that from around the middle of this year through the beginning of next year,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 7 (MoeMaKa), August 8, 2026 The 38th Anniversary of the 8888 Uprising and a Historical Perspective Whether written numerically as “8888” or in words as the “Four Eights,” the term refers to August…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – Scenes from August 6 (MoeMaKa), August 7, 2026 Min Aung Hlaing’s Official Visit to Thailand and a Shift in a Neighboring Country’s Policy While Myanmar news media have focused on reports of protests outside the United…
