Current Events Related to Myanmar

ASEAN

In rare rebuke, ASEAN scorches Myanmar for ‘highly reprehensible’ executions

ASEAN on Tuesday issued its harshest criticism of the Burmese junta yet, calling Myanmar’s execution of four political prisoners “highly reprehensible” and saying it displayed “a gross lack of will” to return the member-state to normalcy. The executions mark a setback “in expediting progress on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC), namely in building trust and confidence to engender a dialogue among all parties concerned, in order to end violence and alleviate the suffering of the innocent people,” Cambodia said in a statement as ASEAN chair.

Conflict

In Myanmar, We Pay With Our Lives for the Choices of World Leaders

In Myanmar, We Pay With Our Lives for the Choices of World Leaders The Diplomat

Myanmar After the Coup

Myanmar After the Coup The New YorkerMyanmar: Military's use of banned landmines in Kayah State amounts to war crimes Amnesty InternationalLandmines Continue to Kill Myanmar Civilians as Junta Troops Lay Them in Villages SOFREPMyanmar accused of war crimes over ‘depraved use’ of landmines Al Jazeera EnglishView Full Coverage on Google News

Analysis | Myanmar's junta can't win the civil war it started

Analysis | Myanmar's junta can't win the civil war it started The Washington Post

Two men shot dead by military while driving through Yangon

Two men shot dead by military while driving through Yangon myanmar-now

Unrest in Myanmar prisons amid protests of activist executions

The incidents of prison unrest came amid reports that junta forces conducted stop-and-search operations in Mandalay on Monday, carrying out house-to-house checks and arresting around 20 young people following the announcement of the weekend's executions. Another Mandalay resident told RFA the soldiers were mainly targeting young people, checking their mobile phones for social media posts of a black logo mourning the four executed activists and a red logo supporting revolution against the military's Feb. 1, 2021 coup.

Myanmar junta cuts phone and internet connections in Magway amid fierce fighting

The People's Administration Organization of nearby Saw township said that the cutting of internet and phone lines meant junta troops would soon raid local villages. Residents of Gangaw and Tilin townships said they believed their telecoms were cut off because of strong resistance by local People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) against junta troops.

Village in-charge detained by BGF in Maungdaw Twsp

Village in-charge detained by BGF in Maungdaw Twsp Burma News International

Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution review – as chilling and courageous as TV gets

As we watch young protesters become a guerrilla army with just one firearm between them, this startling film lays out the brutality of last year’s military coup. This is not just television – it is evidence for a future war crimes trial How does a civil war happen? How do businesspeople, office workers and students morph into peaceful demonstrators, then rioters, then enemies of the state and internal exiles before finally becoming armed resistance fighters? While we have been preoccupied with Covid and the horrors of Ukraine, this process has been playing out in Myanmar, a country that briefly opened the door to partial democracy under Aung San Suu Kyi before a military junta slammed it shut again. Seeing it documented in this film is heartbreaking and revelatory. Continue reading...

The Dynamics of Arakan Politics and the Possibility of Another War - Myanmar

The Dynamics of Arakan Politics and the Possibility of Another War - Myanmar ReliefWeb

Myanmar Executes Four Pro-Democracy Activists, Defying Foreign Leaders

They were the country’s first executions in more than 30 years. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted civilian leader who was detained during last year’s coup, remains in prison.

Crime & Narcotics

International court rejects Myanmar's bid to halt genocide case | The Strategist

International court rejects Myanmar's bid to halt genocide case | The Strategist The Strategist

Economy

Myanmar Regime’s US Dollar Restrictions Halting Border Trade

Myanmar Regime’s US Dollar Restrictions Halting Border Trade The Irrawaddy

Myanmar-China Traders Battered by Forex Rates, New Rules

Myanmar-China Traders Battered by Forex Rates, New Rules Asia Financial

Myanmar Says It Has Enough Funds to Avert Sri Lanka-Like Crisis

Myanmar Says It Has Enough Funds to Avert Sri Lanka-Like Crisis Bloomberg

Junta further restricts retention of foreign currency

Junta further restricts retention of foreign currency myanmar-now

Junta Watch: Regime in Fantasyland on Electric Cars, Economics

Also this week, the coup leader’s obsession with the NLD followed him to Russia, and the military meddled in another place it shouldn’t—the Central Bank of Myanmar.

The post Junta Watch: Regime in Fantasyland on Electric Cars, Economics appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Ooredoo to follow Telenor in Myanmar exodus

Ooredoo to follow Telenor in Myanmar exodus Total Telecom

Chinese Pull Out Of Kachin State Banana Tissue Culture Farms

Only one-third of the banana tissue culture farms are still in Myitkyina and Waimaw townships after many of the Chinese who invested in these farms have withdrawn in the last two years. According to a member of the Kachin State Crops Association, Chinese entrepreneurs who paid for 30-year leases to cultivate banana crops in Kachin...

The post Chinese Pull Out Of Kachin State Banana Tissue Culture Farms appeared first on Kachin News Group (KNG).

Fashion brands failing to protect Myanmar's garment workers, says report

Fashion brands failing to protect Myanmar's garment workers, says report just-style.com

Ethnic Issues

Myanmar junta set to meet last ethnic armed group under 'peace talks' initiative

Myanmar junta set to meet last ethnic armed group under 'peace talks' initiative Mizzima News

Brig-Gen Saw Nedah Mya: We Want Political Change

Brig-Gen Saw Nedah Mya: We Want Political Change Burma News International

The rapid rise of the Arakan Army

The rapid rise of the Arakan Army Mizzima News

Foreign Affairs

US says no more 'business as usual' with Myanmar's junta

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday said there can be no "business as usual" with Myanmar's ruling military following its execution of four democracy activists, adding that all options were on the table as it considered further measures to punish the junta.

Australian Embassy spent US$525,000+ at Myanmar military linked LOTTE Hotel since coup attempt

The Australian Embassy in Yangon has spent US$525,473 on accommodation, food and other services at the military linked LOTTE Hotel and LOTTE Serviced Apartment since February 1, 2021[...]

The post Australian Embassy spent US$525,000+ at Myanmar military linked LOTTE Hotel since coup attempt first appeared on Progressive Voice Myanmar.

Russia is Gaining an Indo-Pacific Foothold Through Myanmar

Russia is Gaining an Indo-Pacific Foothold Through Myanmar The Diplomat

'They're killing every day': Wong weighs sanctions on Myanmar junta

'They're killing every day': Wong weighs sanctions on Myanmar junta The Australian Financial Review

General News

Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar): Information for U.S. Citizens

Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar): Information for U.S. Citizens US Embassy in Burma

Myanmar marks 75th anniversary of death of independence hero

Myanmar marks 75th anniversary of death of independence hero Mizzima News

Military

Myanmar Junta Chief Motivated Only by Cruelty and Revenge

Enjoying impunity at home and indifference from abroad, Min Aung Hlaing is living up to his boast that there is ‘nothing’ he ‘dare not do’.

The post Myanmar Junta Chief Motivated Only by Cruelty and Revenge appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Regime's Brutality Began Long Before The Coup – Analysis

Myanmar Regime's Brutality Began Long Before The Coup – Analysis Eurasia Review