Current Events Related to Myanmar

ASEAN

Hun Sen Asks Japanese Envoy to Work With ASEAN on Myanmar Crisis

Hun Sen Asks Japanese Envoy to Work With ASEAN on Myanmar Crisis The Irrawaddy

Cambodia Announces Postponement of Special US-ASEAN Summit

The March 28-29 meeting has been delayed due to scheduling clashes with some Southeast Asian governments.

ASEAN Envoy Confirms Mission to Myanmar Later This Month

ASEAN Envoy Confirms Mission to Myanmar Later This Month The Diplomat

Conflict

KNDF gives medical treatment to two junta soldiers

KNDF gives medical treatment to two junta soldiers Mizzima News

Landmine Kills Children In Northern Shan State Village

Two children and a one-year-old baby were killed by a concealed landmine in Lashio Township in northern Shan State. The children from Hko Kham in Pan Hto Lane village tract were playing on the morning of 5 March when the explosive device detonated in the middle of the village, injuring eleven people, including other children. […]

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The Emergence of Civilian Resistance to Military Rule in Myanmar

In a matter of months, the People's Defense Forces have evolved from rag-tag groups into organized, and increasingly well-armed, military outfits.

At Least 32 Regime Soldiers Reported Killed in Northern Myanmar Clashes

At Least 32 Regime Soldiers Reported Killed in Northern Myanmar Clashes The Irrawaddy

Junta roadblocks leave 10,000 refugees at risk of starvation in Myanmar

Junta roadblocks leave 10,000 refugees at risk of starvation in Myanmar Radio Free Asia

COVID

Omicron Infections Increase – Karen Health Officials Tighten COVID-19 Restrictions and Prevention Guidelines

Padoh Saw Diamond Khin, head of the Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW), explained the Omicron variant – the fourth wave of Covid-19 – is on the increase in many parts of Burma, including Karen State, protocols and restriction to prevent the spread of the infection have been revised by districts health officials in …

Crime & Narcotics

Illicit drugs seized in Nay Pyi Taw, Shan State (North)

Myanmar police force seized illegal drugs in Zabuthiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw and Mongyai Township, Shan State (North). On a […]

Stimulant tablets seized in some townships

A combined team consisting of members of the Anti-Drug Police Force conducted a patrol at 4 pm on 6 March […]

K1.3 bln worth of illegal drugs seized in Mingaladon, Dagon Myothit (North)

Illegal drugs worth over K1.3 billion were seized in Mingaladon Township and Dagon Myothit (North) Township in Yangon Region on […]

The Myanmar Army's Criminal Alliance

The Myanmar Army's Criminal Alliance United States Institute of Peace

Economy

Burma to experience week without power as junta fails to mitigate upstream shock

Burma’s return to the dark ages took an all too familiar step forward after the military’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE) announced on Sunday that the country faces week-long nationwide power cuts. Outages are slated to occur between March 12 and March 18, with most regions likely to experience total blackouts for at least …

Norway wealth fund puts Adani Ports for its link with Myanmar and two others on its watch list

Norway wealth fund puts Adani Ports for its link with Myanmar and two others on its watch list The Star Online

Myanmar Timber Exports Continue, Despite Western Sanctions: Report

According to the environmental advocacy group Forest Trends, much more can be done to strangle the junta's access to natural resource revenues.

Ethnic Issues

Blaze in Rohingya Refugee Camp Leaves 2,000 Homeless

Another fire swept through a refugee camp housing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh yesterday, killing a six-year-old boy and leaving about 2,000 people homeless, including 1,000 children, highlighting once again the unsafe and insecure conditions in the camps. In a statement yesterday, the international non-government organization Save the Children, which has an active presence in the […]

Blaze in Rohingya Refugee Camp Leaves 2,000 Homeless

In a statement yesterday, the international non-government organization Save the Children, which has an active presence in the camps, said that the blaze destroyed a part of Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar at around 4.30 p.m. local time yesterday afternoon, destroying 400 shelters. Another fire swept through a refugee camp housing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh yesterday, killing a six-year-old boy and leaving about 2,000 people homeless, including 1,000 children, highlighting once again the unsafe and insecure conditions in the camps.

General News

Telenor Group violating sanctions by installing telecoms spy system

Telenor Group violating sanctions by installing telecoms spy system Burma News International

Women Risk Danger to Protest the Military Coup in Burma - NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

Women Risk Danger to Protest the Military Coup in Burma - NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY National Endowment for Democracy

Myanmar Junta Revokes Citizenship of Opposition Figures, NUG Ministers

Stripping dissenters of their citizenship is a tried and tested policy of Myanmar's military.

A Russian Tzar And A Burmese Monarch – OpEd

A Russian Tzar And A Burmese Monarch – OpEd Eurasia Review

RESIST (Women’s Courage Tested in Myanmar One Year Since the Failed Coup)

Women in Myanmar have shown their strength over decades of armed conflict. They have also reshaped a landscape of patriarchal values that have long attempted to shape the country[...]

Regime Imposes New Travel Restrictions on Myanmar Citizens

Regime Imposes New Travel Restrictions on Myanmar Citizens The Irrawaddy

After a year of reporting on Myanmar’s military coup, I knew my luck would eventually run out

After a year of reporting on Myanmar’s military coup, I knew my luck would eventually run out The Guardian

Military

Myanmar junta claims of control dismissed as bid to 'save face' amid chaos

Myanmar junta claims of control dismissed as bid to 'save face' amid chaos Radio Free Asia

Defector pilot describes corruption, ‘brainwashing’ in Myanmar’s Air Force

Zay Thu Aung also suggested that international sanctions targeting Moscow for invading Ukraine are likely to impact Myanmar’s junta, whose air force fleet is comprised of fighter jets that require regular maintenance by the Russians who built them. Zay Thu Aung is an air force pilot who recently defected from a base in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw and joined the anti-junta Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) after relocating to an area controlled by one of the country’s armed ethnic groups.

Myanmar Military Conglomerate Shifts HQ to Capital Amid Junta's Security Fears

Myanmar Military Conglomerate Shifts HQ to Capital Amid Junta's Security Fears The Irrawaddy

Arms embargo on Myanmar's junta would reduce, but not end, civilian deaths: experts

Arms embargo on Myanmar's junta would reduce, but not end, civilian deaths: experts Radio Free Asia

Myanmar defectors describe navy tradition of abuse, fear

Captain Pyae Sone Oo waited deep into the evening earlier than making preparations to flee. His superiors had ordered him to assemble 25 infantry troopers below his command to assault anti-coup protesters the following morning. But from his navy base near the town of Dawei in southeastern Myanmar, the prospect of killing harmless civilians deeply …

Myanmar junta using social media to track its opponents – Radio Free Asia

When junta supporters and the Myanmar military were removed from Facebook after last year’s coup, they switched to the less regulated Telegram social network, which is based in Russia, reports Radio Free Asia. Military authorities now use Telegram both to...

UK MPs call for aviation fuel sanctions against Myanmar military – Mizzima

55 British Parliamentarians from nine different political parties and Independent MPs have joined the call for aviation fuel sanctions against the Burmese military, reports Mizzima. “The British government has led on sanctions since the coup, systematically identifying sources of revenue...