Current Events Related to Myanmar

ASEAN

ASEAN Stagnates as the Crisis in Myanmar Intensifies

In an unprecedented and welcomed move, ASEAN excluded the attempted coup leader Min Aung Hlaing from the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summit[...]

Conflict

Electricity Office in Myanmar Capital Targeted With Bomb Blast

Electricity Office in Myanmar Capital Targeted With Bomb Blast The Irrawaddy News Magazine

KNU says it killed 271 in escalating clashes with junta forces in October

KNU says it killed 271 in escalating clashes with junta forces in October myanmar-now

Tens of thousands flee military operations in Myanmar's Shan state and Sagaing region

Tens of thousands flee military operations in Myanmar's Shan state and Sagaing region Radio Free Asia

Rakhine rebels in first clash with Myanmar troops since coup

Rakhine rebels in first clash with Myanmar troops since coup Bangkok Post

UN Security Council calls for an end to violence in Myanmar

UN Security Council calls for an end to violence in Myanmar Al Jazeera English

UN’s ‘deep concern’ at Myanmar fighting between Rakhine rebels and military

Arakan Army in Rakhine state suggests clashes broke out after junta troops entered ceasefire area The UN security council has expressed its “deep concern” about unrest in Myanmar and called for an “immediate cessation of violence” as well as efforts to ensure civilians are not harmed. Reports have emerged of clashes between junta troops and fighters from a major militant group in Rakhine state. The security council warned that “recent developments pose particular serious challenges for the voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees and internally displaced persons.” Continue reading...

Struggle for truth after attack in northwestern Myanmar

Struggle for truth after attack in northwestern Myanmar Al Jazeera English

Myanmar Junta Loses 1,300 Soldiers Killed Over Last Month: NUG

Myanmar Junta Loses 1,300 Soldiers Killed Over Last Month: NUG The Irrawaddy News Magazine

Myanmar military shells northeast cathedral twice in five months

Myanmar military shells northeast cathedral twice in five months National Catholic Reporter

UN Security Council expresses 'deep concern' about violence in Myanmar | TheHill

UN Security Council expresses 'deep concern' about violence in Myanmar | TheHill The Hill

COVID

Tatmadaw aircraft transports vaccines to Kengtung Township

A Tatmadaw aircraft transported 14,900 units of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines and 3,008 units of Sinovac vaccines from Yangon to Kengtung […]

COVID-19 positive patients, patients to be monitored admitted to COVID-19 centres

COVID-19 positive patients and those required to be monitored are systematically admitted to Tatmadaw hospitals, military training depots, transit centres […]

Schoolchildren, adults receive COVID vaccines in Nay Pyi Taw

Health officials gave the first dose of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to over 12-year-old schoolchildren and over 18-year-old people at People’s […]

Mizoram Plans To Inoculate Myanmar Refugees Against Covid

Mizoram Plans To Inoculate Myanmar Refugees Against Covid NDTV

Myanmar lifts stay-at-home order in 17 more townships

Myanmar lifts stay-at-home order in 17 more townships Lokmat

Crime & Narcotics

UN Investigator: Crimes Against Humanity Under Myanmar Junta

Preliminary evidence shows that attacks on civilians are widespread, systematic and follow a pattern.

Economy

Myanmar Junta to Stage Gem Fair in December

Myanmar Junta to Stage Gem Fair in December The Irrawaddy News Magazine

Junta Cronies Eye Telenor’s Myanmar Business

Junta Cronies Eye Telenor’s Myanmar Business The Irrawaddy News Magazine

Myanmar’s Civilian Government Blacklists Junta Conglomerates

Myanmar’s Civilian Government Blacklists Junta Conglomerates The Irrawaddy News Magazine

Rare earth metals used in electric vehicles may come from mines controlled by Myanmar junta

Rare earth metals used in electric vehicles may come from mines controlled by Myanmar junta myanmar-now

General News

Top party meeting endorses Xi Jinping to lead China in building 'new world'

The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Thursday passed a resolution on party history, the third in its century-long history, presenting "core leader" Xi Jinping as the right person to take China into a new era of international assertiveness and long-term "Marxist" rule. Regarding the resolution on party history, the communique said the CCP's main task is to "strive for national independence and liberation, and create the fundamental social conditions for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

Kyaw Min Yu (aka) Jimmy (88 Generation Peace and Open Society), leader of terrorist attacks in Yangon Region arrested

Kyaw Min Yu (aka) Jimmy, advisor of political and security affairs to terrorist CRPH/NUG and Public Information Officer of 88 […]

American Journalist Jailed in Myanmar Faces New Charges Related to Terrorism, Treason

American Journalist Jailed in Myanmar Faces New Charges Related to Terrorism, Treason Newsweek

Myanmar's junta blocked from attending global climate summit

Myanmar's junta blocked from attending global climate summit Radio Free Asia

Irrawaddy Region Teachers Fear Violence After Regime Forces Reopening Of Schools

Irrawaddy Region Teachers Fear Violence After Regime Forces Reopening Of Schools By Network Media GroupWednesday, November 3, 2021 Teachers and parents of students are fearful of being caught up in the urban conflict between the military and the People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) after the junta announced it would reopen schools closed by the Civil Disobedience […]

IMA withdraws from accounting conference over Myanmar issue

IMA withdraws from accounting conference over Myanmar issue Accounting Today

US journalist hit with further charges in Myanmar

“Danny Fenster is an American citizen, and I think he is being held hostage because they want to have a bargaining chip with the U.S. government,” said Nathan Maung, a U.S. citizen and co-founder of Yangon-based Kamayut Media who was arrested and later released by the military following the coup. Fenster’s lawyer said his client had initially been charged in connection with reports filed in Myanmar Now, a news outlet for which Fenster no longer worked when the articles appeared.