News Features on Burma & Burmese issues
The Fuse That Must Be Lit Under ASEAN (Part 5) – By Theo ZawMoeMaKa, May 29, 2025 You may have noticed that this series has been circling around Myanmar’s nuclear ambitions, which ultimately failed to reach their goal between 2000…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 28 Viewpoint(MoeMaKa, May 29, 2025) Military Spending vs. Disaster Relief and Recovery At a time when raising just a few tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid requires intense appeals and lobbying,…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 27 ViewpointMoeMaKa, May 28, 2025 The Junta’s Faltering Frontlines and Areas of Temporary Military Recovery Following major losses in 2024—losing base after base, town after town—the junta has entered mid-2025 with a mixed battlefield map.…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 26 ViewpointMoeMaKa, May 27, 2025 The 2025/2026 Election and a Nation at a Crossroads There is little dispute that the upcoming 2025/2026 election planned by the military junta will not provide a solution to Myanmar’s…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 25 ViewpointMoeMaKa, May 26, 2025 Can ASEAN’s Peace Initiative Succeed? In the months following Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, ASEAN convened a summit and invited the junta leader, resulting in the widely referenced “Five-Point Consensus” agreement.…
By – K.Z. Lu Moemaka, 25 May, 2025 Malaysia, as the 2025 ASEAN chair, faces significant challenges in leading the bloc amid the ongoing crisis in Myanmar, according to the media reports. The 46th ASEAN Summit, scheduled for May 26–27…
Theo Zaw – The Fire on ASEAN’s Lap (Part 4)MoeMaKa, May 23, 2025 Myanmar’s Pursuit of Nuclear Technology: Russia and North Korea in the Spotlight Myanmar’s ambitions to acquire nuclear technology in the 2000s were focused on two key countries…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 24 ViewpointMoeMaKa, May 25, 2025 Living in a Collapsed State: How Ordinary People Endure In conversations with our parents, we often heard the phrase “back when the country collapsed.” They were referring to two…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 23 ViewpointMoeMaKa, May 24, 2025 Is the Myanmar Crisis Drifting Under the International Radar? Myanmar’s political crisis has recently resurfaced in international headlines. Following the Myanmar military leader’s visit to Russia, shifts in Myanmar’s…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 22 ViewpointMoeMaKa, May 23, 2025 AA Declares State of Emergency in Rakhine; Youths Restricted from Leaving the Region Due to the ongoing conflict in parts of Rakhine State and adjacent regions of Bago, Magway, and…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 21 ViewpointMoeMaKa, May 22, 2025 The Tamu Incident and Myanmar’s Relations with Neighboring Countries Myanmar shares borders with five countries. Among them are two major global powers—China, the world’s most populous country and second-largest economy,…
The Fire Coal Placed on ASEAN’s Lap (3) by Theo ZawMoeMaKa, May 21, 2025 Revelations in The New York Times The New York Times further revealed that Pakistan’s former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf had once requested Myanmar’s military leaders to…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 20 Viewpoint MoeMaKa, May 21, 2025 10 PDF Fighters Allegedly Executed by Assam Rifles in Tamu Border Zone According to reports citing local residents and PDF sources in Tamu District, 10 members of the People’s…
A Fireball on ASEAN’s Lap (Part 2) – by Theo ZawMoeMaKa, May 19, 2025 Based on findings from top U.S. investigative agencies, it appears increasingly evident that Myanmar’s defense minister’s statement at the 2012 Shangri-La Dialogue—claiming the country had ceased…
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – May 19 ViewpointMoeMaKa, May 20, 2025 The Lives of People Still Reeling from the Earthquake’s Aftermath It has now been more than 50 days since a major earthquake struck Myanmar, with the most severe damage concentrated…
