Military-run Myanmar to hold a census next month to prepare for election slated for 2025
6 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 to use “caution” in complying with any census questions. Min Aung Hlaing said the “ultimate mission” of the ruling State Administrative Council is to hold a “free and fair multiparty democratic election” and that the census would be used to build voter lists, but did not specify a date for polling. The report said that the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Arakan Army have been committing terrorist acts causing serious losses of public security, lives and property.

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Myanmar plans December elections: Will Naypyidaw get a military-controlled democracy like Pakistan?
1 day, 8 hours ago

Myanmar plans December elections: Will Naypyidaw get a military-controlled democracy like Pakistan?

Firstpost  

The junta’s takeover of Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in February 2021 has been met with widespread opposition both within and outside the country While delivering a speech at the annual Armed Forces Day, Myanmar’s Military Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing that after a long military rule, the country will hold general elections by the end of this …

Myanmar junta announces elections by early 2026 amid raging civil war, but doubts persist
3 weeks ago

Myanmar junta announces elections by early 2026 amid raging civil war, but doubts persist

Firstpost  

The army takeover from Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in February 2021 has been met with widespread popular opposition, triggering armed resistances, and large parts of the country are embroiled in conflict. Four years after overthrowing the elected government, Myanmar’s military chief has announced that a general election will be held within the next 10 months, according to state …

Myanmar’s military leader announces dates for general election
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3 weeks ago

Myanmar’s military leader announces dates for general election

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Four years after seizing power from the elected administration, the head of the military government declared Myanmar will hold a general election within 10 months, state-run media reported Saturday. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said Friday the election will take place either in December or January 2026 at the latest, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar …

Myanmar junta chief says elections to be held by January 2026
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3 weeks ago

Myanmar junta chief says elections to be held by January 2026

Firstpost  

Myanmar’s junta chief has announced plans to hold elections in December 2025 or January 2026, marking the first vote since the military seized power in a 2021 coup. Myanmar’s junta chief said that elections would be held in Mayanmar in December or January, the first in the war-torn nation since the military staged a coup in 2021, country’s state media …

Myanmar junta chief says general election will be held by January 2026
Trending News
3 weeks ago

Myanmar junta chief says general election will be held by January 2026

New Indian Express  

BANGKOK: Myanmar's junta chief said the country would hold an election in December or January, the first in the war-torn nation since the military staged a coup in 2021. by January 2026," General Min Aung Hlaing was quoted as saying in the state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar published Saturday. "We also invite observation teams from Belarus to come …

Can Myanmar’s many parts make it whole again?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Can Myanmar’s many parts make it whole again?

New Indian Express  

On February 1, Myanmar completed four years of military rule. At the time of independence, other than the Buddhist Bamar, who now constitute over 68 percent of the country’s 5.46 crore population, a few other ethnic communities began fighting for their own independence. Shelby Tucker’s Burma: The Curse of Independence profiles this chaos convincingly, as does Bertil Lintner’s Burma in …

Peace prospects dim in Myanmar as civil war intensifies
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Peace prospects dim in Myanmar as civil war intensifies

Hindustan Times  

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government. Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages The political situation remains tense with no negotiation space in sight between the military government and the major opposition groups fighting …

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages

The Independent  

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Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government. The U.N. Human Rights Office said the military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since the army takeover as its …

Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls

Al Jazeera  

Pressure is building on Myanmar’s military regime to hold national elections that opposition forces have promised to disrupt. Publishing preliminary results in January, Myanmar’s Ministry of Immigration and Population said the census represents the military government’s “commitment to national reconciliation”. Myanmar’s military said its goal for the 2024 census was to provide an “accurate” voter list for the next election. …

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as civil war rages
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as civil war rages

New Indian Express  

BANGKOK: Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government. The U.N. Human Rights Office said the military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since the army takeover as its grip …

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency by six months
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency by six months

The Hindu  

Myanmar's junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives. The ruling military council headed by Army chief Min Aung Hlaing unanimously approved the extension, the junta's information team said in a statement. "All members of National Defence and Security Council including …

Myanmar’s military government extends its mandate to rule another 6 months
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar’s military government extends its mandate to rule another 6 months

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of crisis. The military declared a state of emergency on Feb. 1, 2021, when it arrested the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and top …

Myanmar’s military government extends state of emergency by 6 months
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar’s military government extends state of emergency by 6 months

The Independent  

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Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months

Al Jazeera  

The declaration is widely anticipated to be the last before the military holds long-delayed national polls this year. Myanmar’s military has extended its state of emergency for another six months as it struggles to maintain its increasingly fragile grip on power, with fighting raging on multiple fronts across the country. “All members of National Defence and Security Council including the …

How Myanmar’s elections are shaped by conflict and control
2 months ago

How Myanmar’s elections are shaped by conflict and control

Hindustan Times  

As the crisis in Myanmar enters its fifth year, it is essential to reflect on the ongoing conflict that is becoming increasingly complex. Myanmar Soon after the military takeover in 2021, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing formed the State Administrative Council and formulated a five-step roadmap, which included two provisions, one to reconstitute the Union Election Commission and second to …

Opinion – Echoes of 1971: Arakan Army's campaign in Myanmar may redraw Asia's geopolitical map
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion – Echoes of 1971: Arakan Army's campaign in Myanmar may redraw Asia's geopolitical map

India Today  

The United League of Arakan and its military wing, the Arakan Army, are very close to achieving what seemed impossible even three months ago – independence. Establishing control over much of Rakhine and the strategic river town of Paletwa in Chin state, the United League of Arakan-Arakan Army has agreed to talk to the military junta. Referring to the Haigeng …

Initial results of imprecise census in Myanmar show a slight population drop
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Initial results of imprecise census in Myanmar show a slight population drop

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government announced Tuesday that provisional results of a census taken in October put the Southeast Asian nation’s population at about 51.3 million, a slight drop from the last official nationwide count of about 51.5 million taken 10 years ago. However, it said the recent census was carried out successfully in less than half of the country’s …

An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters
3 months, 1 week ago

An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claimed Friday to have scored a major victory in the war against the ruling military, even as neighboring nations at a meeting in Thailand were discussing efforts to end the conflict peacefully. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority …

Armed ethnic rebels in northeast Myanmar declare ceasefire and seek talks with military government
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Armed ethnic rebels in northeast Myanmar declare ceasefire and seek talks with military government

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A major ethnic rebel group in Myanmar has announced a unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with the ruling military and called for a dialogue under Chinese auspices to help restore peace in the country’s northeast. The announcement Tuesday by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, or MNDAA, came a week after its battlefield ally, the Ta’ang National Liberation …

Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

New Indian Express  

UNITED NATIONS: Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations development agency warned in a new report. The UN Development Program said in the report issued Thursday that “a perfect storm is brewing” which has put western Rakhine “on …

Ethnic Militias Launch Surprise Offensive, Reshaping Myanmar's Civil War
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5 months ago

Ethnic Militias Launch Surprise Offensive, Reshaping Myanmar's Civil War

Associated Press  

Myanmar's civil war has seen a resurgence in violence in the past year, with coordinated offensive by powerful resistance groups pushing the military back in several key regions. The Tatmadaw military, previously considered invincible, has suffered significant losses and is facing a growing resistance threat. The offensive has also resulted in a significant increase in civilian deaths and displacement, highlighting …

Myanmar's Civil War: A Year of Intense Fighting and Civilian Devastation
5 months ago

Myanmar's Civil War: A Year of Intense Fighting and Civilian Devastation

New Indian Express  

Myanmar's civil war has seen a resurgence of resistance in recent months, with various militia groups and PDFs joining the offensive. The Tatmadaw has been pushed back towards the center, but resistance forces are closing in on Mandalay. The ongoing fighting has resulted in a significant increase in civilian deaths, highlighting the human cost of the conflict. Should the military …

Myanmar’s military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar’s military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government began a nationwide census Tuesday, saying it will be used to compile voter lists for a general election promised for next year, even though much of the country is engulfed in civil war. In a televised speech in early September, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military government, said the census information …

Myanmar’s military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar’s military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago extended a state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying Wednesday it needs time to prepare for long-promised elections. The United States criticized the state of emergency and called on the military regime to end the violence against Myanmar’s people and …

Myanmar's military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar's military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months as civil war rages

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The military regime that seized …

Myanmar military extends state of emergency by six months
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar military extends state of emergency by six months

Al Jazeera  

Generals have pledged to hold elections in 2025 after repeated delays caused by extensions of emergency rule. Myanmar’s military regime has extended the country’s state of emergency by six months as the armed revolt against its coup deepens. Last week, all responsibilities of Myanmar’s figurehead president were handed over to Min Aung Hlaing after Myint Swe, the acting president at …

Myanmar’s military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Myanmar’s military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine, state-controlled media reported Wednesday. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority armed forces battle the country’s …

Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military

The Hindu  

Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country's bitter civil war. Together, the Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army — among the most powerful militias formed …

Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar’s civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar’s civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Six months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war. “That’s new.” In this undated photo released by the Free Burma Rangers, a mother prays for her 17-year-old daughter after …

Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar’s civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar’s civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military

LA Times  

Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war. “That’s new.” Military forces now control less than half the country, but are holding on tenaciously to much of central Myanmar including the …

Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law, state-run media reported on Tuesday. The authorities activated the conscription law in February in a bid to to replenish the ranks that have been depleted in nationwide battles against ethnic minority armed groups …

Myanmar’s worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Myanmar’s worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Myanmar’s escalating conflict and worst violence since the military takeover in 2021 are having a devastating impact on human rights, fundamental freedoms and basic needs of millions of people — as well as “alarming spillover effects” in the region, U.N. officials said Thursday. Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs Khaled Khiari told the U.N. Security Council that “the …

Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down
11 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Did not see junta’s army personnel inside Myanmar, says Indian MP after visiting rebels
1 year ago

Did not see junta’s army personnel inside Myanmar, says Indian MP after visiting rebels

The Hindu  

An Indian MP who visited rebel held areas of western Myanmar said that the area that he visited is part of the Chin state of Myanmar that has been totally liberated by the Arakan army, one of the several ethnic armed organisations that is waging an armed struggle against the military junta of Myanmar. K. Vanlalvena, member of Rajya Sabha …

Myanmar’s resistance forces suggest terms for the military’s eventual handover of power
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Myanmar’s NUG says anti-coup forces ‘edging closer’ to defeating generals
1 year, 1 month 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 …

The thorny road to democracy in Myanmar
1 year, 2 months ago

The thorny road to democracy in Myanmar

Hindustan Times  

In 2010, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, embarked on a journey towards democracy after decades of military rule. The 2021 military coup, which overturned the results of a landslide election won by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, was not an aberration. His tenure as Commander-in-Chief was nearing its end, and the coup provided a pathway for him …

Examining Myanmar’s progression: Past to present
1 year, 3 months ago

Examining Myanmar’s progression: Past to present

Hindustan Times  

In these tumultuous times, as Myanmar faces numerous challenges, it becomes crucial to delve deeper into the strategies that can lead the nation towards peace and stability. After gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar's fledgling government struggled to address issues of ethnic representation, unintentionally marginalizing various ethnic groups. This crisis significantly damaged Suu Kyi's international standing and emphasised the enduring ethnic …

The process of Myanmar’s actual political unification has begun
1 year, 3 months ago

The process of Myanmar’s actual political unification has begun

The Hindu  

Indian think-tanks, analysts, writers and the media dub Myanmar’s Spring Revolution as militancy and militant action against Myanmar’s military, but there are many developments which we in India should take into account. In 2022, the parallel governance system set up by the National Unity Consultative Council organised an online “People’s Assembly convened in January 2022”, which adopted the Federal Democracy …

Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
1 year, 3 months ago

Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes

The Independent  

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Changing tide: The Hindu Editorial on democracy and Myanmar’s civil war
1 year, 3 months 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. …

Myanmar's armed rebellion against the junta over the years
1 year, 4 months 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 …

War in Myanmar: The Hindu Editorial on the junta and restoring democracy
1 year, 4 months ago

War in Myanmar: The Hindu Editorial on the junta and restoring democracy

The Hindu  

A coordinated offensive by Myanmar’s ethnic rebels against the junta in several parts of the country late last month is the clearest sign yet that the coup regime’s hands are overstretched. The Three Brotherhood Alliance, a coalition of ethnic minority armed groups, has claimed to have made territorial gains on Myanmar’s border with China and dozens of junta forces surrendering. …

Myanmar army faces a new challenge as an armed ethnic group opens a new front in a western state
1 year, 4 months ago

Myanmar army faces a new challenge as an armed ethnic group opens a new front in a western state

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government faced a fresh challenge Monday when one of the armed ethnic groups in an alliance that recently gained strategic territory in the country’s northeast launched attacks in the western state of Rakhine. The Arakan Army launched surprise assaults on two outposts of the Border Guard Police, a paramilitary force, in Rakhine’s Rathedaung township, according to …

Myanmar army faces a new threat from armed ethnic foes who open a new front in a western state
1 year, 4 months ago

Myanmar army faces a new threat from armed ethnic foes who open a new front in a western state

The Independent  

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Myanmar’s military government faces new challenge after armed group opens new front
1 year, 4 months ago

Myanmar’s military government faces new challenge after armed group opens new front

LA Times  

Members of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army pose last month with weapons allegedly seized from a Myanmar army outpost in Chinshwehaw town. Myanmar’s military government faced a fresh challenge Monday when one of the armed ethnic groups in an alliance that recently gained strategic territory in the country’s northeast launched attacks in the western state of Rakhine. The Arakan …

Ethnic rebels launch attacks across northern Myanmar
1 year, 5 months ago

Ethnic rebels launch attacks across northern Myanmar

The Hindu  

An alliance of ethnic rebel groups in Myanmar launched coordinated attacks on the military across the country's north on Friday, posing a fresh challenge to the junta as it struggles to quell resistance to its rule. The military's 2021 putsch sparked renewed fighting with powerful ethnic rebel groups in northern Shan state, home to a planned billion-dollar rail link, part …

Alliance of 3 ethnic rebel groups carries out coordinated attacks in northeastern Myanmar
1 year, 5 months ago

Alliance of 3 ethnic rebel groups carries out coordinated attacks in northeastern Myanmar

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — An alliance of ethnic rebel groups on Friday launched a coordinated offensive in northeastern Myanmar to seize military targets in areas near the Chinese border, the groups and residents of the area said. The alliance’s statement said its members are also “dedicated to eradicating the oppressive military dictatorship, a shared aspiration of the entire Myanmar population.” The politics …

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