India intends to scrap a free movement zone across it’s border with Myanmar after repatriating about 150 soldiers who crossed the frontier amid heavy fighting launched by the rebel Arakan Army in the north, where the junta is struggling to hold its ground. The zone had provided a safe area for people fleeing the fighting, … Read more
Late yesterday, Myanmar social media was abuzz with reports that junta forces in the town of Laukkai had fallen to resistance forces, marking a potential watershed in the nationwide civil war. Khit Thit, an independent Myanmar news company reported that the Myanmar military’s regional operations command in Laukkai surrendered to the Myanmar National Defense Alliance … Read more
Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has issued its first formal policy statement on China, vowing to safeguard Chinese economic investments and enterprises as resistance forces continue to make gains in regions close to the Chinese border. In a 10-point statement released on Monday, the NUG pledged a broad continuity with the partnership established by … Read more
Myanmar’s military has taken part in China-brokered peace talks with representatives of an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups that has made significant territorial gains since late October, the military and Chinese government confirmed yesterday. Fighting has been raging in Shan State since late October, when the Three Brotherhood Alliance – made up of the … Read more
A court inside Myanmar’s Insein Prison yesterday sentenced the country’s former minister of information to 10 years in prison for expressing dissent against the ruling military junta. According to a report from the Burmese language service of Radio Free Asia (RFA), which cited “sources with ties” to the fearsome Yangon prison, the sentence against Ye … Read more
Coming nearly three years after the military coup d’état of February 1, 2021, “Operation 1027” marks a defining moment in Myanmar’s revolution. This operation is not merely a military offensive; it is also a symbol of the enduring spirit and resourcefulness of Myanmar’s peoples and their People’s Defense Forces (PDFs), their burgeoning alliances with the … Read more
They say there are three possible outcomes to a war. You can win the war and win the peace, as the United States did in Western Europe in 1945, for instance. You can lose the war but win the peace, which the U.S. has arguably done in Vietnam since 1975. Or you can win the … Read more
Following the Myanmar military’s seizure of power in 2021, analysts speculated that Chinese companies would take advantage of the military-appointed State Administration Council (SAC)’s diplomatic and economic isolation to push through infrastructure projects under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), a component of the Belt and Road Initiative. Almost three years since the putsch, however, progress on pre-project … Read more
Advertisement For the past two years, a string of significant global events, including the Taliban reconquest of Afghanistan, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the Israel-Hamas conflict, have diverted international attention from Myanmar’s turmoil and the Myanmar people’s struggles for democracy. Despite the lack of attention, however, the self-defense efforts of the Myanmar people have highlighted the military’s … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia The arrest of the former army officer followed the imposition of heavy prison terms on two high-ranking members of the military government. Former Myanmar Information Minister Ye Htut as seen in an undated photo posted on his Facebook page on January 11, 2017. Credit: Facebook/Ye Htut Advertisement Myanmar’s former information minister has … Read more