Current Events Related to Myanmar

ASEAN

ASEAN actively aiding and abetting Myanmar junta's war crimes and crimes against humanity

ASEAN actively aiding and abetting Myanmar junta's war crimes and crimes against humanity Burma News International

Conflict

Guerrillas bomb bus service and other targets in Yangon

Guerrillas bomb bus service and other targets in Yangon Mizzima News

Singapore rescues passengers of Burma-flagged ship, Armed conflict persists in Tanintharyi

FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM US and EU enact more targeted sanctions against regime officials and cronies The United States and the European Union have sanctioned additional junta officials, and its business proxies, on Nov. 8. The EU announced that it had enacted a fifth round of sanctions targeting 19 individuals and one entity in Burma. …

Myanmar military cutting off vital maritime lifelines in northern Rakhine State

Myanmar military cutting off vital maritime lifelines in northern Rakhine State myanmar-now

Videos show brutal interrogation in Myanmar, allegedly at hands of junta soldier

Videos show brutal interrogation in Myanmar, allegedly at hands of junta soldier Radio Free Asia

KIA Poses Formidable Threat to Junta Military in Northern Myanmar

Since the coup, the ethnic armed group has seized a major regime base, trained many resistance fighters and fought the military both in Kachin and neighboring Sagaing.

The post KIA Poses Formidable Threat to Junta Military in Northern Myanmar appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Economy

Puma Energy pulls out of Burma – Salween Press

Puma Energy, the foreign business that has been mainly involved in the aircraft oil supply chain since 1997, is pulling out of Burma, reports the Karen media/news company Salween Press. Amnesty International’s investigation into the oil exporting company, and the...

Ethnic Issues

Myanmar's ethnic insurgents raise pressure on military junta

Myanmar's ethnic insurgents raise pressure on military junta Los Angeles Times

Foreign Affairs

Treasury Targets Major Arms Broker for Burma's Military Regime

Treasury Targets Major Arms Broker for Burma's Military Regime Treasury

U.S. Treasury Department Expands Sanctions against Myanmar

On October 6, 2022, the United States Treasury Department designated three Myanmar individuals and their company as targets of sanctions under Executive Order 14014 1 (E.O. 14014). The March 2022 sanctions designated five individuals and five entities connected to Myanmar’s military regime, including an infantry unit the United States holds responsible for torture and other human rights abuses.

Politics

Myanmar NUG Foreign Minister’s Unaired Global Town Hall Speech

Myanmar NUG Foreign Minister’s Unaired Global Town Hall Speech The Irrawaddy