Myanmar’s battle-scarred junta replaces five security ministers

September 3, 2023

The junta replaced its security and border affairs ministers in four states and one region with younger colonels on Friday, it said in a statement, The Irrawaddy reports. It is struggling to regain rural territory amidst rising resistance attacks in the states and region, while regime targets in their cities and towns are also face […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army alleges Myanmar junta’s covert support for ARSA

September 1, 2023

U Khaing Thu Kha, spokesperson for the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), stated that they are closely observing the Military Council’s moves towards covert support of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a designated terrorist group, as a subsidiary entity to further the interests of the Regime forces, Burma News International reports. “We are Continue Reading

Manipur violence deepens distrust between communities

August 30, 2023

Lawmakers in Manipur, a northeastern state in India, rocked in recent months by ethnic violence, gathered for a special session of the state legislature on Tuesday, DW reports. The meeting lasted just an hour, as a war of words erupted between ruling party and opposition legislators over the tense and volatile situation in the state. Speaker Thokchom […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta rallies support to defend capital as resistance gets closer

August 30, 2023

The regime is mobilizing support from local residents for possible attacks on the capital, following recent resistance attacks on junta bases in the regime’s nerve center, The Irrawaddy reports. A team of junta officials led by Naypyitaw Council member Colonel Min Naung gave food supplies, issued citizenship ID, and provided healthcare services in villages in […]Continue Reading

Nearly 30 Rohingyas hidden inside Myanmar dump truck and arrested

August 29, 2023

Military Council forces and subordinate police in Kyangin Township, Ayeyarwady Region, discovered and apprehended 27 Rohingya passengers who were covertly riding in a dump truck, Burma News International reports. At the Oatpon checkpoint in Zeepinkwin village tract, Kyangin, the dump truck was intercepted. Upon inspection, the Rohingya individuals who had been concealing Continue Reading

Divided UN Security Council condemns Myanmar junta—again

August 25, 2023

The junta was condemned by all but two members of the UN Security Council on August 23 for its “unrelenting violence” across Myanmar over the past months, but Myanmar’s Ambassador to the UN said more than words were necessary to stop the regime from committing atrocities, The Irrawaddy reports. Only China and Russia, which can […]Continue Reading

UN expert demands accountability for Rohingya genocide

August 24, 2023

NEWS DESK Marking the sixth anniversary of the Myanmar military’s genocidal attacks against the Rohingya, a UN expert on Thursday called on world leaders to end the paralysis of indifference and take action to hold the architects and perpetrators of this violence to account. “Min Aung Hlaing, who led the genocidal campaign, is now at […]Continue Reading

Myanmar regime ramps up ASEAN engagement as chair handover looms

August 22, 2023

The junta’s new home affairs minister Lieutenant-General Yar Pyae is attending the 17th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, the current chair of ASEAN, The Irrawaddy reports. This is Yar Pyae’s second ASEAN visit after being appointed home affairs minister when Min Aung Hlaing’s regime was reshuffled following the extension of Continue Reading

Myanmar’s junta arrests Swiss filmmaker, 13 cast members for defaming Buddhism

August 22, 2023

NEWS DESK Myanmar junta officials arrested a Swiss filmmaker and 13 cast members, accusing them of defaming Buddhism in informational videos posted on YouTube, according to a statement published by junta-controlled state media, RFA Burmese reports. The Swiss Embassy in Yangon told Radio Free Asia on Monday that it has asked Myanmar authorities to clarify […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta declares support for Niger military coup

August 22, 2023

NEWS DESK Myanmar’s military junta has publicly declared support for the military coup in Niger, and even compared the two countries’ coups, The Irrawaddy reports. August 6 issues of junta newspapers carried a propaganda article arguing that the Niger and Myanmar armed forces had staged coups not because of their thirst for power, but to […]Continue Reading