Current Events Related to Myanmar

Conflict

Kachin Independence Army Seizes Myanmar Military Base Near Chinese Border

Combined force of KIA, Arakan Army and PDFs take strategic junta position in Mansi Township.

Rakhine on Fire: Myanmar Junta Hits Hospital With ‘Most Devastating Bombs Yet’

Arakan Army says junta jets began dropping more powerful bombs on Ramree town on Tuesday, destroying a market, hospital and homes. An entire ward of Ponnagyun town was also incinerated.

New Battlefront Emerging in Western Myanmar | FULCRUM

New Battlefront Emerging in Western Myanmar | FULCRUM fulcrum.sg

Myanmar Military Withdrawing From Northern Rakhine State Township: Arakan Army

The junta cannot accept the reality of defeat on the battlefield so it is isolating the western state and using its military to terrorize civilians, Arakan Army says.

Crime & Narcotics

204kg of raw opium seized in eastern Myanmar

204kg of raw opium seized in eastern Myanmar The Star Online

Japanese Crime Boss Trafficked Nuclear Material From Myanmar, U.S. Says

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “It is impossible to overstate the seriousness of the conduct alleged in today’s Indictment. As alleged, Takeshi Ebisawa brazenly trafficked material containing uranium and weapons-grade plutonium from Burma to other countries. He allegedly did so while believing that the material was going to be used in the development of a nuclear weapons program, and the weapons-grade plutonium he trafficked, if produced in sufficient quantities, could have been used for that purpose. Even as he allegedly attempted to sell nuclear materials, Ebisawa also negotiated for the purchase of deadly weapons, including surface-to-air missiles. I want to thank the career prosecutors of my Office and our law enforcement partners for their unwavering commitment to protecting our national security by ensuring that the defendant will now face justice in an American court.”

Myanmar, the world's leading opium producer, grapples with pervasive civil conflict and drug crisis (4)

Myanmar, the world's leading opium producer, grapples with pervasive civil conflict and drug crisis (4) Eleven Myanmar

Foreign Affairs

Belarus, Myanmar thrash out plans to expand cooperation

Belarus, Myanmar thrash out plans to expand cooperation Belarus News (BelTA)

Governor of China's Yunnan, Myanmar Junta Boss Discuss Ways to Resume Border Trade

Governor of China's Yunnan, Myanmar Junta Boss Discuss Ways to Resume Border Trade The Irrawaddy

General News

A Detained Flight Passenger Attempts Suicide

A Detained Flight Passenger Attempts Suicide Burma News International

Compulsory army conscription law shatters education hopes

Compulsory army conscription law shatters education hopes University World News

‘The outlook for Myanmar is deeply troubling’

Veteran democracy activist Ko Mya Aye, a former 88 Generation student leader, tells The Irrawaddy how he sees Myanmar’s crisis.

Military

Myanmar Junta Takes Aim at Civil Servants as it Races Ahead With Conscription

Myanmar Junta Takes Aim at Civil Servants as it Races Ahead With Conscription The Irrawaddy

‘I don’t want to kill’: Conscription law sparks fear in war-torn Myanmar

‘I don’t want to kill’: Conscription law sparks fear in war-torn Myanmar CNN

Myanmar Junta Launches Mass Production of Army Uniforms for Conscription

Military-owned garment factories ordered to supply 100,000 uniforms as country counts down to April draft.

Myanmar’s Conscription Law in Numbers

The Irrawaddy presents key data relating to the law and its implementation.

Young people scramble to leave Myanmar as military conscription looms

Young people in Myanmar’s commercial capital are lining up outside the Thai embassy to apply for visas and looking for other ways to leave the country following an announcement from the junta regime that it will call up conscripts for mandatory military service. Additionally, young people riding on city buses are talking to each other about entering the Buddhist monkhood to avoid military service if they get out of the country, the Yangon resident said.

United Nations

Myanmar junta ‘increasingly desperate’, says UN expert

Myanmar junta ‘increasingly desperate’, says UN expert Malay Mail