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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Ramification | China’s changing colours in Myanmar should ring bells in Delhi

China is not only fearing its investments in Myanmar, which are being jeopardised because of the Tatmadaw’s inability to protect Chinese assets, but also the growing proximity of ethnic armed organisations to the West-supported National Unity Government It is said that China’s frustration was with the Tatmadaw’s inability to control cybercrime, cyber slavery, trafficking, money laundering, and illicit gambling that …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

India hosts Myanmar military junta officers, allied politicians for discussions

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: India hosted a delegation representing Myanmar’s military junta and allied political forces this week for discussions on democracy and federalism as part of efforts to foster a solution to the neighbouring country’s security challenges, people familiar with the matter said. The people cited above said the anti-junta resistance forces were not part of a workshop hosted in New …

India Jaiswal Icwa Myanmar Military Junta Officers Workshop Hosted

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Anarchy in Anyar: A Messy Revolution in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone

The Diplomat

Saing Nai Gyi village, in Sagaing Region’s Wetlet Township, sits at the historic heart of Myanmar’s central Dry Zone, or Anyar. The ABFSU’s current chair said that there were “many undocumented civilian deaths” in resistance-controlled areas and that the NUG “repeatedly ignored” complaints against PATs’ “violent conduct.” His predecessor added that there had been numerous allegations of PATs and PSTs …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Military-run Myanmar to hold a census next month to prepare for election slated for 2025

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Myanmar will hold a national census next month to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, the head of the military government said. A group that leads the pro-democracy struggle, the National Unity Government, expressed skepticism that the military government intends to hold an election any time soon and advised people …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Anti-coup forces allege Myanmar military using banned, restricted weapons

Al Jazeera

Calls for investigation grow as fighters from multiple states allege military using weapons such as white phosphorous. “I fell down to the ground when the bombs dropped,” Aung Nge, a fighter with the Kachin People’s Defense Force, told Al Jazeera from an undisclosed location. Although they could not go into details about their research, they told Al Jazeera that they …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest amid heatwave

Al Jazeera

Military also pardons 3,000 prisoners to mark this year’s traditional New Year holiday. Myanmar’s jailed former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure amid a severe heatwave, the military has said. Major General Zaw Min Tun told foreign media on Tuesday that Aung San Suu Kyi and …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed or seized more than a dozen drones used in the attacks. The opposition National Unity Government ‘s “Defense Ministry” said in a statement that special units …

Army Military Airport Attack Myanmar Resistance Group

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Myanmar’s resistance forces suggest terms for the military’s eventual handover of power

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s leading resistance group and allied ethnic armed groups battling the military government on Wednesday released a political road map to ending military rule and enabling a peaceful transition of power, saying they were open to peace talks with the army if it accepted their terms. Myanmar’s political crisis was unleashed when the military took power and used …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Myanmar’s NUG says anti-coup forces ‘edging closer’ to defeating generals

Al Jazeera

Three years after 2021 coup, the resistance says it is gaining strength and taking territory from the military. Speaking from an undisclosed location inside Myanmar at an online forum, NUG Acting President Duwa Lashi La said anti-coup forces had made “stunning gains” since the start of Operation 1027, which was launched late last year by an alliance of ethnic armed …

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1 year ago

Changing tide: The Hindu Editorial on democracy and Myanmar’s civil war

The Hindu

There seems to be a rejuvenation in the hopes for a return to democracy in Myanmar if recent events in the civil war are anything to go by. The junta sought to overcome the protests following the coup with crackdowns besides detaining NLD leaders in its attempt to reverse the changes in Myanmar’s polity since its controlled democratisation in 2010. …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar's armed rebellion against the junta over the years

Hindustan Times

On October 27, an ethnic armed organisation based in Myanmar’s north began fierce coordinated operations against military regime targets with two other groups. They have also been silently training and arming some of the smaller, newer anti-junta groups, known as “People’s Defence Forces ”, and exchanging notes with other well-established ethnic armies in western and eastern Myanmar. As veteran Myanmar …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Why are people fleeing Myanmar for Mizoram? | Explained

The Hindu

The story so far: In a spillover of the civil war in Myanmar, 1,500 nationals of India’s neighbouring country, took refuge in Mizoram’s Champhai district early on November 13 following an intense gunfight between the Myanmar Army, and pro-democracy militias in the country’s western Chin State abutting Mizoram. The attacks in Chin State coincidentally followed a major coordinated attack on …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Myanmar’s striking civil servants: Displaced, forgotten, but holding on

Al Jazeera

Mizoram, India – From the patio of a concrete house overlooking the verdant mountains stretching from the Indian state of Mizoram to her native Chin State in neighbouring Myanmar, Grace wistfully recalls her days working for her country’s education department. “Work is scarce here and I was near retirement, so I’m not able to do manual labour any more,” said …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Myanmar military extends emergency, postpones election

Al Jazeera

Military delays election it promised to hold in August 2023 citing ongoing violence across the country. Myanmar’s military has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after extending a state of emergency it imposed in the aftermath of its 2021 coup. But coup leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, told the meeting that extended the state of emergency …

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1 year, 5 months ago

The international community must stand up to Myanmar’s junta

Al Jazeera

With authoritarianism on the rise in much of our world, the struggle of the Myanmar people is the struggle of all who cherish democracy and justice. As army tanks rolled into the centre of Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw on 1 February 2021, the junta swept away a decade of tentative democracy, unprecedented economic development and fragile progress towards greater press freedom. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Myanmar’s NUG negotiates ethnic differences as crisis deepens

Al Jazeera

Administration set up in wake of the 2021 coup is also battling international indifference as conflict fades from headlines. In response, the minister told Al Jazeera that the case was “in process for legal action” and that the NUG was “doing a lot of things to prevent this kind of thing by adopting the military code of conduct that applies …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Cyclone Mocha highlights Rohingya crisis and Myanmar’s military campaign

The Hindu

Sunday’s landfall of the dangerous Cyclone Mocha near Sittwe port in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine province has once again highlighted the need to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis that started in 2017 when the community was forced to take shelter across the Naf river in Cox’s Bazar. We are ready to respond and will need unhindered access to all affected communities,” …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Under pressure, ASEAN says ‘deeply concerned’ at Myanmar violence

Al Jazeera

Regional bloc is leading diplomatic efforts to end the violence caused by the 2021 military coup but has made scant progress. “We were deeply concerned with ongoing violence in Myanmar and urged the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and the use of force to create a conducive environment for the safe and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance and …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Myanmar aid convoy attack raises stakes for under-fire ASEAN

Al Jazeera

As leaders of the Southeast Asian bloc meet in Indonesia, the crisis triggered by the February 2021 military coup strikes close to home. “ASEAN should and must engage with different stakeholders, not just with the military junta.” Myanmar was admitted to ASEAN under a previous military government, but top military-appointed ministers were excluded from ASEAN meetings shortly after the coup, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Singapore, Indonesia condemn attack on diplomats in Myanmar

Al Jazeera

Singapore and Indonesia have condemned an attack on regional diplomats on a humanitarian aid mission in crisis-hit Myanmar’s northeastern Shan State. “Singapore condemns this attack,” the city-state’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement late on Monday. “It is critical to safeguard the safety of humanitarian and diplomatic personnel, to ensure that they can continue their operations and provide …

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1 year, 7 months ago

2 Years of Turmoil: Myanmar’s Spiraling Civil War

The Diplomat

February 1 marked two years since Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, launched a disastrous putsch that has plunged the country into broader strife and economic meltdown. More than 3,000 civilians have been reported killed by SAC forces and an estimated 300 from the regime’s air strikes while the junta recently blamed PDF attacks for killing nearly 5,500 civilians. The United Nations …

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1 year, 8 months ago

As the Conflict Worsens, Myanmar’s Junta Arms the Populace

The Diplomat

On January 31, the Myanmar military administration’s Ministry of Home Affairs authorized a 15-page document regulation permitting citizens to possess firearms in Myanmar, as the civil war intensifies two years after the military takeover. The speculation was later confirmed by the junta’s spokesperson, Zaw Min Tun, who stated that the military government had received “requests by the people for their …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Members of the Myanmar diaspora in Australia say they are frustrated with the government's current sanctions

ABC

Myanmar's junta has released 3,113 prisoners, including 98 foreigners, to mark the country's traditional New Year, according to a statement from the military government, however members of Australia's Myanmar diaspora community say more needs to be done after a deadly airstrike last week. Key points: Members of Myanmar's diaspora community are frustrated with Australia's response to the junta Advocates say …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Myriad woes: The Hindu Editorial On Myanmar’s war within

The Hindu

Myanmar’s military did it again. On Tuesday, the junta, notorious for its attacks on civilians, carried out air strikes on an opposition gathering in the rebel-held Sagaing region, killing over 100, including women and children. The National Unity Government, the parallel administration formed by opposition groups, as well as witnesses, said a fighter jet and a combat helicopter bombed the …

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Ramification | China’s changing colours in Myanmar should ring bells in Delhi

India hosts Myanmar military junta officers, allied politicians for discussions

Anarchy in Anyar: A Messy Revolution in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone

Military-run Myanmar to hold a census next month to prepare for election slated for 2025

Anti-coup forces allege Myanmar military using banned, restricted weapons

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest amid heatwave

Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down

Myanmar’s resistance forces suggest terms for the military’s eventual handover of power

Myanmar’s NUG says anti-coup forces ‘edging closer’ to defeating generals

Changing tide: The Hindu Editorial on democracy and Myanmar’s civil war

Myanmar's armed rebellion against the junta over the years

Why are people fleeing Myanmar for Mizoram? | Explained

Myanmar’s striking civil servants: Displaced, forgotten, but holding on

Myanmar military extends emergency, postpones election

The international community must stand up to Myanmar’s junta

Myanmar’s NUG negotiates ethnic differences as crisis deepens

Cyclone Mocha highlights Rohingya crisis and Myanmar’s military campaign

Under pressure, ASEAN says ‘deeply concerned’ at Myanmar violence

Myanmar aid convoy attack raises stakes for under-fire ASEAN

Singapore, Indonesia condemn attack on diplomats in Myanmar

2 Years of Turmoil: Myanmar’s Spiraling Civil War

As the Conflict Worsens, Myanmar’s Junta Arms the Populace

Members of the Myanmar diaspora in Australia say they are frustrated with the government's current sanctions

Myriad woes: The Hindu Editorial On Myanmar’s war within