Current Events Related to Myanmar

ASEAN

Russia’s War Causes Disarray in ASEAN

Along with China’s moves in the South China Sea and Myanmar’s coup, the invasion of Ukraine has introduced another fault line among the bloc’s members.

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ASEAN envoy arrives in Myanmar to ‘end violence,’ but won’t meet opposition

Talks also focused on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus to resolve Myanmar’s political crisis the military regime had agreed to during an emergency ASEAN meeting in April 2020, as well as ties between the bloc and the junta and issues related to humanitarian assistance, the statement said. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) envoy Prak Sokhonn arrived in Naypyidaw Monday with the stated goal of quelling violence in Myanmar during his first official visit, but observers have questioned his commitment after learning he will not be meeting with the junta’s opposition.

Conflict

CNF Spokesperson: Almost All Chin State Govt Departments Stopped Working

CNF Spokesperson: Almost All Chin State Govt Departments Stopped Working Burma News International

KNLA Capture Burma Army Soldiers In Mutraw

KNLA Capture Burma Army Soldiers In Mutraw By Network Media Group Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Twenty-seven Burma Army (BA) soldiers, including a deputy battalion commander and a lieutenant, were captured alive after Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 5 ambushed a IB-97 column in Mutraw (Hpapun) District, Karen State. In the ambush last Friday, KNLA […]

Burma Army Offensive Attacks in Central Karen State Displaces Another 10000 Villagers – Total Displaced Now Estimated at 144000

Burma Army Offensive Attacks in Central Karen State Displaces Another 10000 Villagers – Total Displaced Now Estimated at 144000 Burma News International

Fighting intensifies in northwestern Myanmar displacing over 270000 people in Chin, Sagaing and Magway: OCHA

Fighting intensifies in northwestern Myanmar displacing over 270000 people in Chin, Sagaing and Magway: OCHA Eleven Myanmar

Myanmar military deliberately killed civilians after coup: Report

Myanmar military deliberately killed civilians after coup: Report Al Jazeera EnglishMyanmar’s Military Committed Genocide Against Rohingya, U.S. Says The New York TimesU.S. plans to call Myanmar violence against Rohingya a genocide NPRWATCH: Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Myanmar repression of Muslim Rohingya is genocide PBS NewsHourUS Declares Myanmar Committed Genocide Against Rohingya The OnionView Full Coverage on Google News

Eight Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Magwe Ambush: Resistance

Eight Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Magwe Ambush: Resistance The Irrawaddy

PDF Kill 50 Burma Army Soldiers In Nawngkio Township

PDF Kill 50 Burma Army Soldiers In Nawngkio Township Burma News International

COVID

Myanmar, China jointly produce COVID-19 vaccines-Xinhua

Myanmar, China jointly produce COVID-19 vaccines-Xinhua Xinhua

Omicron 'spreading rapidly' through southeastern township under assault by junta

Omicron 'spreading rapidly' through southeastern township under assault by junta myanmar-now

Economy

Dollar worth over K2,000 at exchanges despite CBM reference rate at K1,778

The majority of the exchanges are found trading a dollar at unofficial rates of over K2,000 although the Central Bank […]

Telenor Group helping M1 group to violate Myanmar sanctions

Telenor Group helping M1 group to violate Myanmar sanctions Mizzima News

Myanmar set to welcome international tourists from April 17; here are some unmissable places in the country

Myanmar set to welcome international tourists from April 17; here are some unmissable places in the country The Indian Express

Myanmar military approves Norwegian Telenor's exit

Junta under pressure to restore access to electricity in Myanmar

A resident of Yangon’s Thingangyun township, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said power outages since the beginning of March had forced people to turn to charcoal stoves for cooking and wait for the electricity to come back on so that they can pump water. Scheduled cuts to Myanmar’s shaky electricity supply over the past week to take pressure off the country’s strained power grid have failed to remedy dire shortages, sources said Friday, as activists warned that the junta’s failure to restore power distribution could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Myanmar Telecoms Industry Report 2022-2027: Marked Slowdown in Tower Infrastructure Rollout

Myanmar Telecoms Industry Report 2022-2027: Marked Slowdown in Tower Infrastructure Rollout Yahoo Finance

Foreign Affairs

Australia’s Embrace of Defectors Sends Shockwaves Through Myanmar Military

Australia’s Embrace of Defectors Sends Shockwaves Through Myanmar Military The Irrawaddy

ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER ON DESIGNATION OF ATROCITIES AGAINST ROHINGYA AS GENOCIDE

Today, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced that the United States has determined that the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya people[...]

Australia issues protection visas to Myanmar military defectors

Australia issues protection visas to Myanmar military defectors Sydney Morning Herald

Myanmar junta to be charged in Australia for Kayah (Karenni) State mass murder

Myanmar junta to be charged in Australia for Kayah (Karenni) State mass murder Mizzima News

Myanmar army joins brutal list of US-recognized genocides

US genocide declaration seen as a ‘way forward’ to justice for Rohingya

Rights groups welcomed the U.S.’s declaration that the Myanmar military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya in 2017, but some advocates said the alleged perpetrators must actually be punished to deter more atrocities in the country. “I believe this will open up a way forward in order to get justice for the Rohingya people, other ethnic minorities, as well as for the citizens of Myanmar who are suffering killings and other human rights abuses every day by the military,” he said.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum US Embassy in Burma

General News

Myanmar junta courts sentence 3 journalists to prison in 3 days

Myanmar junta courts sentence 3 journalists to prison in 3 days Radio Free Asia

Resistance Leader and Former Monk Admits Committing War Crimes in Upper Myanmar

Resistance Leader and Former Monk Admits Committing War Crimes in Upper Myanmar The Irrawaddy

Monk Praises Myanmar Junta Chief for Honoring Prominent Nationalist

Monk Praises Myanmar Junta Chief for Honoring Prominent Nationalist The Irrawaddy

Military

Russia's war means fewer arms for Myanmar

Russia's war means fewer arms for Myanmar Asia Times

Myanmar, North Korea on a new missile-making mission

CHIANG MAI – With Myanmar regaining its past pariah status after last year’s democracy-suspending coup and future arms supplies from Russia in jeopardy due to the war in Ukraine, it is hardly surprising that the top brass is turning back to one of its trusted ex-military allies: North Korea. According to a Yangon-based independent research […]

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Protégé of Myanmar Junta Boss Tipped to be His Successor as Military Chief

Protégé of Myanmar Junta Boss Tipped to be His Successor as Military Chief The Irrawaddy

Politics

NUG achieves widespread aid distribution as international groups flounder

The NUG’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management announced on February 14 that it had provided K361.1 million (US$203,000) in humanitarian assistance nationwide over the month of January. In contrast, a number of leading INGOs have repeatedly expressed an inability to provide aid to areas most hard hit by Burma’s growing humanitarian crisis. The …