Current Events Related to Myanmar

ASEAN

54 years on, Asean needs new modality

After 54 years of being together, Asean is at the end of its tether. It has never been more divided than now, split within member states and across all 10 of them, dominated once again by divisive superpower rivalry and competition. In practice, this means Asean will appear increasingly ineffectual and inert. There will be much bureaucratic motion but few substantive organisational and policy...

Special Envoy to Restive Myanmar Draws Mixed Reception

Special Envoy to Restive Myanmar Draws Mixed Reception VOA Asia

ASEAN’s role in Myanmar further undermined by Brunei business with military and cronies

August 11, 2021, Myanmar: Brunei’s state-owned oil company is in business with the Myanmar military junta controlled Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and crony conglomerate IGE Group, in a further sign of the unsuitability of Brunei’s second foreign minister Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof’s appointment as ASEAN Special Envoy to Myanmar. BRUNEI Energy Myanmar, a […]

Conflict

Myanmar Military and Ethnic Armed Groups Clash Close to Border With China

Myanmar Military and Ethnic Armed Groups Clash Close to Border With China The Irrawaddy News Magazine

MNDAA Fight With Burma Army Near Pang Seng

MNDAA Fight With Burma Army Near Pang Seng Burma News International

Myanmar Military Shells Kachin Civilians

Myanmar Military Shells Kachin Civilians The Irrawaddy News Magazine

Myanmar Military Conducts Raids in Yangon as Anti-Junta Attacks Pick Up

Myanmar Military Conducts Raids in Yangon as Anti-Junta Attacks Pick Up The Irrawaddy News Magazine

COVID

One million units of COVID-19 vaccines arrive from China in second batch

The second batch of one million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines out of two million vaccines purchased from China arrived at the […]

Myanmar army attacks medics, hampering Covid-19 response, rights groups say

Myanmar army attacks medics, hampering Covid-19 response, rights groups say AsiaOne

Crime & Narcotics

Thai Arms Manufacturer Denies Involvement in Murder Plot Against UN Myanmar Envoy

Thai Arms Manufacturer Denies Involvement in Murder Plot Against UN Myanmar Envoy The Irrawaddy News Magazine

US Authorities Thwart Plot Against Outspoken Myanmar Envoy

The revelation of a plot against Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun will only deepen the junta's international opprobrium.

Economy

Central Bank sells $2.5 million for the fifth time in August

The Central Bank of Myanmar sold $2.5 million on August 12, which is the fifth time it auctioned dollars in the first two weeks of August. With this auction, the total amount of dollars, that the Central Bank of Myanmar has sold, now totals $13 million in August alone. The auction average exchange rate was […]

Scores of Rights, Media Groups Urge Telenor to Halt Sale of Myanmar Business

Scores of Rights, Media Groups Urge Telenor to Halt Sale of Myanmar Business The Irrawaddy News Magazine

Importing Vaccines for 50 Million Population Will Make the Country Poor: Junta Leader

Coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said at the seventh coordination meeting on COVID-19 Prevention, Control and Treatment held on August 9 that importing vaccines for the country’s 50 million population will make the country poor, and thus the country needs to produce both COVID-19 vaccines, and medicines in the future. “In the future, […]

Dollar rate hits K1,700

The dollar rate has been strong against Myanmar Kyat since the military coup reaching over K1,700 per dollar on August 11. This is the second time that the dollar rate against Myanmar Kyat reached over K1,700 within six months after the coup compared to K1,355 per dollar before the coup in January. Industry insider believes […]

Kirin writes off $193 million but not planning to leave Myanmar

Japanese drinks giants Kirin Holdings booked an impairment loss of over 21.4 billion yen ($193 million) in the six months through June on account of its beer production businesses in Myanmar. But it is not planning to exist in Myanmar, Reuters reported quoting senior executive officer Toru Yoshimura from Kirin, despite being forced to scrap […]

China to Fund Myanmar Projects in Agreement With Junta | World News | US News

China to Fund Myanmar Projects in Agreement With Junta | World News | US News U.S. News & World Report

Ethnic Issues

KIO Cooperating With Other Organisations To End Dictatorship And Bamar Centricism

The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) chair said his ethnic armed organisation (EAO) has been cooperating with the Burmese and other groups to tear down the military dictatorship and end the Bamar-centric view of Burmese as a superior ethnic group. “KIO is cooperating with ethnic alliance groups, Bamar (Burmese) and organizations on political and military affairs...

The post KIO Cooperating With Other Organisations To End Dictatorship And Bamar Centricism appeared first on Kachin News Group (KNG).

General News

Than Shwe hospitalized with an unspecified illness

Than Shwe hospitalized with an unspecified illness Burma News International

Myanmar’s Former Military Dictator Hospitalized Due to COVID-19

Than Shwe's illness is paralleled by the collapse of the crafted system of semi-democracy that he engineered.

World Food Program struggles to provide assistance in Myanmar

World Food Program struggles to provide assistance in Myanmar The Japan Times

US Provides $50 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Myanmar

US Provides $50 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Myanmar VOA Asia

China Announces Aid Dispersal to Myanmar’s Military Junta

Can Western democracies offer similar aid without legitimizing Myanmar's military administration?

In the US, activists push for bill that would strip the Tatmadaw of billions

Last weekend Myanmar activists in the US marched to the White House calling for lawmakers to formally recognise the NUG, shut off the Tatmadaw’s international sources of revenue and reassign $1 billion in assets to the provisional government

The post In the US, activists push for bill that would strip the Tatmadaw of billions appeared first on Southeast Asia Globe.

Healthcare

NUG And Ethnic Health Organisations Form National Health Committee In Burma

NUG And Ethnic Health Organisations Form National Health Committee In Burma Burma News International

Politics

Weather & Environment

Quake info: Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Thayet District, 82 km southwest of Magway, Magway Region, Myanmar (Burma), on Thursday, 5 Aug 2021 5:34 pm (GMT +6:30)

Quake info: Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Thayet District, 82 km southwest of Magway, Magway Region, Myanmar (Burma), on Thursday, 5 Aug 2021 5:34 pm (GMT +6:30) VolcanoDiscovery

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolts Myanmar's Burma

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolts Myanmar's Burma Web India 123