Current Events Related to Myanmar

ASEAN

Time to bounce Myanmar from ASEAN?

Whoever devised the motto for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2022 must be experiencing distressing chagrin following early August’s ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM). “Addressing Challenges Together” rings less resounding as a theme with the Myanmar military regime’s aggressive recalcitrance to work with the regional grouping on anything of substance. Since agreeing […]

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Conflict

Over 2,500 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed This Year in Karen State

Over 2,500 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed This Year in Karen State The Irrawaddy

Third day of ‘nonstop’ raids on townships as junta focus turns to Sagaing

Myanmar’s military pounded the Sagaing townships of Tabayin, Ye-U and Ayadaw with a third day of attacks by air and land, residents and anti-junta fighters said Thursday, following a vow by the junta to restore the embattled region “to its original state.” The air raids on Kone Thar followed military attacks from Aug. 8-10 on Su Tat village in nearby Tabayin township, where a resident told RFA his was among around 500 homes destroyed by troop arson.

Myanmar Battalion Commanders, Other Officers Killed in Clashes With Resistance Forces

Myanmar Battalion Commanders, Other Officers Killed in Clashes With Resistance Forces The Irrawaddy

Urban guerrillas kill two in separate shootings in Yangon

Urban guerrillas kill two in separate shootings in Yangon myanmar-now

Military closes Angumaw-Maungdaw road following Rathedaung Twsp fighting

Military closes Angumaw-Maungdaw road following Rathedaung Twsp fighting Burma News International

Police Major Among 12 Regime Personnel Killed in Police Station Attacks

Police Major Among 12 Regime Personnel Killed in Police Station Attacks The Irrawaddy

Almost 40 Regime Soldiers Reportedly Killed in Clashes With Ethnic Rakhine Army

Almost 40 Regime Soldiers Reportedly Killed in Clashes With Ethnic Rakhine Army The Irrawaddy

Gen Z picks up a rifle to take down the Myanmar junta

Gen Z picks up a rifle to take down the Myanmar junta Mizzima News

Myanmar: Silencing Dissent

Myanmar: Silencing Dissent Burma News International

Clashes between junta forces and Arakan Army rattle Rakhine, Chin states

Clashes between junta forces and the Arakan Army (AA), which wants control of Rakhine state and Paletwa township in Chin state, have been going on for about three weeks, compounding difficulties people are facing because the military has closed all major roads in the area, said a Paletwa resident who declined to be named for security reasons. Renewed fighting between Myanmar regime forces and the Arakan Army has intensified in Rakhine and Chin states with at least 10 clashes since July 18, following the dissolution of a fragile cease-fire that had held for a year and a half, residents of the western states told RFA.

Economy

Myanmar: Officials weakening domestic currency against the US dollar as of Aug. 11

Myanmar: Officials weakening domestic currency against the US dollar as of Aug. 11 Crisis24

NGO says Australian mining company's Myanmar sale 'poses money laundering risk'

NGO says Australian mining company's Myanmar sale 'poses money laundering risk' Mizzima News

Foreign Affairs

Malaysian FM Calls on ASEAN to Engage With Myanmar’s National Unity Govt

Malaysian FM Calls on ASEAN to Engage With Myanmar’s National Unity Govt The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Civilian Govt Demands Answers After International NGOs Appear to Recognize Junta

Myanmar Civilian Govt Demands Answers After International NGOs Appear to Recognize Junta The Irrawaddy

NGO urges Japan to halt training for officers from coup-hit Myanmar

NGO urges Japan to halt training for officers from coup-hit Myanmar Kyodo News Plus

Australia considering sanctioning Myanmar over detained academic

Australia considering sanctioning Myanmar over detained academic The West Australian

Japan Lawmaker Meets Regime Chief in Myanmar Capital

Japan Lawmaker Meets Regime Chief in Myanmar Capital The Irrawaddy

UN special envoy Noeleen Heyzer in Naypyitaw to meet Myanmar junta leadership

August 17, 2022 10:38 AM

The rare visit comes amid growing political chaos and violence in the country.

General News

Myanmar NGOs believe junta transfer of 500 political prisoners aimed to 'cause suffering'

Myanmar NGOs believe junta transfer of 500 political prisoners aimed to 'cause suffering' Mizzima News

Rights group claims Japan-trained Myanmar general linked to abuse, massacre

Rights group claims Japan-trained Myanmar general linked to abuse, massacre Burma News International

Australian Academic Detained in Burma Testifies For the First Time in Closed Court

Australian Academic Detained in Burma Testifies For the First Time in Closed Court The Epoch Times

Myanmar Parties Told They Need Junta OK Before Speaking to Foreigners

Myanmar Parties Told They Need Junta OK Before Speaking to Foreigners The Irrawaddy

Malaysia's passenger flight denied landing at Myanmar's Yangon Airport

Malaysia's passenger flight denied landing at Myanmar's Yangon Airport Anadolu Agency | English

Singapore Told to Clampdown on Companies Supplying Myanmar Military

Singapore Told to Clampdown on Companies Supplying Myanmar Military The Irrawaddy

EXPOSED: 116 companies that have brokered arms & equipment for the Myanmar military

116 Myanmar and Singapore companies with 262 directors and shareholders have brokered the supply of weapons and other equipment worth many millions in US dollars to the Myanmar military, including since the illegal attempted coup of February 1, 2021[...]

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Report Claims 38 Singapore-Based Firms Supplying Myanmar's Military

Report Claims 38 Singapore-Based Firms Supplying Myanmar's Military The Diplomat

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 6 more years in prison

A Myanmar military court on Monday sentenced former national leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison following her conviction on corruption charges that critics say are without merit. Suu Kyi, 77, now faces a total of 17 years in prison, with today’s 6-year term added to an 11 years already imposed following trials in other cases brought by Myanmar’s military leaders, who overthrew her democratically elected civilian government in a Feb. 1, 2021 coup.

Euromoney gives excellence award to Myanmar military linked United Amara Bank

Euromoney has awarded the military linked United Amara Bank (UAB) as “Best Bank” in Myanmar. Euromoney is a UK-based banking and finance media corporation[...]

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Military

‘Survival at any cost’: Myanmar generals move to cement power

‘Survival at any cost’: Myanmar generals move to cement power Al Jazeera English

Min Aung Hlaing Is Destroying the Myanmar Military

Min Aung Hlaing Is Destroying the Myanmar Military The Irrawaddy

Executions Show Myanmar's Junta Can't Be Reasoned With

Executions Show Myanmar's Junta Can't Be Reasoned With Foreign Policy

Politics

National Unity Government: Ministry of Foreign Affairs STATEMENT (16/2022) – Statement on the visit of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Myanmar

The National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar takes note of the announcement that the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, will travel to Myanmar[...]

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