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The brutality of Myanmar’s junta has unmasked the generals in command but also influential Buddhist monks who were previously revered as significant religious figures.
Ashin Chekinda was known for his Buddhist programs for teenagers during the holidays, attracting hundreds of youngsters (...)
This is a brief political explanation for the Singaporean foreign minister, his counterparts and other leaders in the region, as well as UN officials—including the world body’s envoy to Myanmar—and all those who have misconceptions about Myanmar’s political reality today.
They all need to (...)
The Myanmar junta’s campaign of deadly airstrikes in resistance strongholds has sharply escalated in recent weeks, with daily attacks inflicting heavy casualties on resistance forces, ethnic allies and civilians. In exclusive interviews with The Irrawaddy, Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd, a (...)
In the latest sign of its growing ties with Myanmar’s military regime, China has opened a direct shipping route linking its international port in the South China Sea to Myanmar’s business hub, Yangon.
Named after the Beibu Gulf Port complex in Guangxi Province, the new Beibu Gulf Port-Myanmar (...)
The ultimate objective of the Spring Revolution is not simply to oppose the military dictatorship but also to build a community that values diversity and peaceful coexistence and to break the repetition of horrendous events based on hatred.
Links between ultranationalist ideology, military (...)
In my recent interactions with Myanmar border-based local humanitarian actors and networks, what moved me most was their courage, ingenuity and solidarity. Many of these frontline humanitarian workers are refugees themselves or have been running and hiding from military atrocities for months, (...)
Thakin Soe (1906-1989) is known as one of the founders of the Communist Party of Burma. He was also the leader of the Red Flag Communist Party of Burma, a radical split from the CPB. Since Thakin Soe was critical of Stalinism, Mao Zedong’s thought, and the CPB’s leadership, he was called a (...)
A Chinese-backed power plant that forms an important part of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) scheme in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State opened this week, signaling that Beijing is moving forward with its projects in post-coup, conflict-torn Myanmar.
The US$180-million, gas-fired (...)
In almost every socialist publication of the 21st century, whenever the self-claimed socialists discuss the term “secularism”, they like to discuss it by criticising the liberal left like Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and the new atheism movement. There may be nothing wrong with the critiques (...)
The Association of South East Asian Nations, ASEAN, favours the compromised “dialogue” between all the stakeholders in Myanmar’s politics, including the People’s Defense Forces and the military junta. This reminds me of a quote by Ghassan Kanafani of the Popular Front for the Liberation of (...)
Few normal people would want to spend their vacation in a volatile country routinely rocked by armed clashes and explosions. So when someone begins touting the potential of the tourism industry in such a place, it would be wise to take their claims with a grain of salt.
Junta chief Min Aung (...)
In Sagaing Region, local people linked to resistance groups risk death to document the conflict, providing media outlets with a vital – if inevitably partisan – source of information from the ground.
Ko Sitt Naing stared in despair at the burnt dead body. It lay among ashes with its hands tied (...)
As UN aid agencies line up to sign deals with the junta, local groups fighting “for victory and humanity” continue to be the country’s real saviours
The recent rush of UN agencies to sign memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Myanmar’s military junta has raised important questions about who is (...)
By bravely writing about his treatment at the hands of the military, Frontier reporter Ye Mon has exposed its institutional barbarism and hopefully encouraged other survivors to tell their story.
It’s hard to imagine the courage required to come forward and share a personal story of sexual (...)
Peace talks between the Myanmar junta’s governing body, the State Administration Council (SAC), and various ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) seem oxymoronic in light of the bitter conflict between the multi-colored resistance and the increasingly embattled Myanmar military that is convulsing (...)
We of the #MilkTeaAlliance Friends of Myanmar group & the undersigned activists & groups call on the members of the UN credentials committee to reject the application of the Junta in Myanmar for Myanmar’s seat in the UN General Assembly.
Since the Junta attempted its attempted coup (it (...)
Ending military rule forever is the only way to break a pattern dating to 1962 that has seen 10% of the country’s 54 mn people flee in search of a more secure future.
Repeated military coups and consecutive military regimes in Myanmar dating back more than half a century to the first military (...)
“Some observers, of whom this writer is one, have long considered General Ne Win as the most destructive personal force in Myanmar’s modern history.... Yet I have been forced to reconsider this evaluation with the rise of General Min Aung Hlaing”.
Some observers, of whom this writer is one, have (...)
Myanmar’s junta is looking to control money sent home by expatriate workers to boost its foreign currency reserves.
The regime is looking to demand that specific proportions of foreign wages are sent through designated banks at the official exchange rate to families in Myanmar, according to (...)
Despite the efforts of Myanmar’s military regime to expedite the development of the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (KPSEZ) and deep sea port in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the project is facing significant delays due to local protests and the impact of last year’s coup.
Spanning 4,300 (...)
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