{"id":8829,"date":"2026-02-15T08:47:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T02:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/?p=8829"},"modified":"2026-02-15T08:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T02:17:46","slug":"lives-struggling-to-survive-under-wars-airstrikes-and-economic-hardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2026\/02\/lives-struggling-to-survive-under-wars-airstrikes-and-economic-hardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Lives Struggling to Survive Under Wars, Airstrikes, and Economic Hardship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 Scenes from February 13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(MoeMaKa)<\/em> February 14, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lives Struggling to Survive Under Wars, Airstrikes, and Economic Hardship<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With five years having passed since the military coup\u2014and nearly five years since the civil war reignited with growing intensity\u2014the lives of the people of Myanmar have been forced to confront, all at once, the threats of death, disease, and economic collapse, struggling day by day simply to stay alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has reached a point where people can hardly decide which of two choices is \u201cbetter\u201d: to be thankful they are still alive, or to think that death itself might be a form of release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are living under conditions\u2014events, realities, prices, and ways of survival\u2014that they have never heard of even once in their lifetimes. In the war, armed groups and political forces are not only fighting with weapons; they also impose economic blockades\u2014cutting off farmlands, seas, and trade routes that ordinary people rely on for their livelihoods. The consequences of severing supplies of food, fuel, consumer goods, and medicine are borne most heavily by civilians living in these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, traveling overland between Mandalay and Myitkyina took just an overnight journey. Now, depending on the military situation, the trip can take three nights\u2014or stretch into weeks. And this is not only true of the Mandalay\u2013Myitkyina road. Overland routes linking areas such as Mandalay\u2013Muse, Mandalay\u2013Monywa, Hakha, and Tedim now take four or five times longer than they did before the current escalation of civil war. Not only in Upper Myanmar but also in the south\u2014on routes connecting Dawei, Myeik, and Kawthaung\u2014goods and passengers are frequently stranded on the road, and at times are even killed or injured amid gunfire. People are enduring danger, delays, and sharply rising costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Rakhine State\u2014where the coup military has imposed blockades for years\u2014nearly all townships face shortages of goods and outrageously inflated prices. People also suffer because it is no longer easy to transport and trade local agricultural and other products to the rest of Myanmar. They struggle to survive by conducting limited cross-border trade with India and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coup military\u2019s long-running blockade of Rakhine State has aimed to prevent the Arakan Army from being able to govern the region and to force military and political concessions. But up to now, it appears that this strategy has not succeeded. Although Rakhine\u2019s people face extremely harsh conditions, they have managed to survive for more than two years by relying on basic foodstuffs and medicines entering through the India border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond restricting goods, movement in and out of Rakhine State has also been blocked except by air. Those traveling from Rakhine to other cities\u2014via Ayeyarwady Region and Bago Region\u2014often have to cross forest routes for weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In parts of upper Sagaing, Kachin State, and Chin State, the blockade may not be as severe as in Rakhine, but overland transport still faces route closures, and various armed groups levy taxes and fees. As a result, civilians in these areas must buy essential food, consumer goods, and medicines at exorbitant prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With livelihoods disrupted and people unable to work normally, they are forced to spend whatever savings they have\u2014scraping together what they can\u2014to purchase overpriced rations, food, household necessities, and medicines when illness strikes. It would not be wrong to say that, for ordinary people, this situation is gradually becoming one of total depletion. As resistance and war drag on, these conditions\u2014soaring prices and the inability to earn a living\u2014are likely to become even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid all of this, the danger of airstrikes also threatens people across many regions. In areas such as Rakhine, Kachin, Chin, Sagaing, Bago, Karenni (Kayah), Karen, and Tanintharyi, the risk of air attack exists day after day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Rakhine State, towns such as Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw, Pauktaw, Minbya, and Thandwe are being struck in turn\u2014almost daily. In the central dry zone\u2014places like Myaing, Yesagyo, Depayin, Salingyi, Taze, and Kantbalu\u2014airstrike threats are also constant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With prices rising, and with fighting forcing people to flee from their towns and villages to other places, most cannot remain displaced for long: rent costs, and lost jobs and income, quickly drain even modest savings. Some people have decided, no matter what happens, not to leave their homes\u2014because after others fled, there were cases of houses being broken into and destroyed. Stories like this continue to circulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given these conditions\u2014high prices, blockades, broken and delayed transportation links, and road \u201ctaxes\u201d and fees\u2014the organizations leading the resistance must take these realities into account and find ways to ease the burden in the coming period. The time has come to search for practical solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If they do not, it is certain that the public will become exhausted in the midst of war, and support for the resistance\u2014materially, morally, and through participation\u2014will inevitably decline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 Scenes from February 13 (MoeMaKa) February 14, 2026 Lives Struggling to Survive Under Wars, Airstrikes, and Economic Hardship With five years having passed since the military coup\u2014and nearly five years since the civil war reignited with growing…<\/p>\n

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