Thailand yesterday confirmed that it had granted permission for Myanmar’s military junta to land three flights in the border town of Mae Sot to evacuate military personnel and civil servants fleeing resistance attacks in Karen State. In a statement released yesterday, the Ministry said that it had received a request from the Myanmar embassy “to … Read more
More than three years after the Myanmar military seized power in a coup, it has become commonplace to argue that the battlefield is turning against the military and its State Administration Council (SAC). Resistance forces have enjoyed momentum since the launch of Operation 1027, an offensive launched in late October by the Three Brotherhood Alliance … Read more
Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has denounced the military’s announcement that it will begin enforcing a 2010 military conscription law, vowing to resist its implementation. In a statement yesterday, the NUG, which is coordinating the nationwide resistance to the military junta, said that the February 10 announcement was “unlawful and has no legal effect.” … Read more
After significant battlefield setbacks over the past three months, Myanmar’s military announced that it would start to enforce for the first time a 2010 conscription law that subjects young men and women to at least two years of military service. In a statement read out on state broadcaster MRTV on Saturday, junta spokesperson Maj. Gen. … Read more
Myanmar’s military junta has extended the country’s state of emergency by another six months, again delaying a general election it has promised to hold – though it remains unlikely to ever happen. In a statement cited by the AFP news agency, the regime’s National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) agreed yesterday to the extension, which … Read more
Three years have passed since the military coup in Myanmar. Since then, the resistance movement has flourished into an inspired example of people’s power and the defiance of authoritarian forces. In the eyes of the military, the hijacking of the 2020 general election and subsequent coup attempt was an easy conquest. They thought that violence … Read more
Myanmar’s military junta has sent a senior official to a major meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the first time since late 2021. According to reporters, Marlar Than Htaik, the permanent secretary of Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is attending this week’s ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Laos. The two-day informal … Read more
Current trends suggest Myanmar’s military regime will be toppled the same way it came to power: through the use of force.
In February 2021, the world watched the people of Myanmar revolt as yet another military coup brought a decade of democratic reforms to an abrupt end. While attention has faded in the three years since, the fight has not. Mass protests transitioned into a full-scale armed rebellion. But with the military regime supported by Russia, … Read more
A court in Myanmar has ordered the auction in March of the Yangon villa belonging to imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi, where the Nobel laureate spent more than 15 years under house arrest. In a ruling on Thursday, the country’s Supreme Court ordered the property to be auctioned on March 20, with the reserve … Read more