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Two years since the Burmese military’s attempted coup, over five years since its 2017 attacks of genocide, and after its decades of atrocities against our communities, we, Women’s Peace Network, are conflicted with speechless tragedy and rage. The military remains free to brutalize the entire (…)
, by Justice for Myanmar
Myanmar’s oil and gas industry provides enormous revenues to the illegal military junta, enabling it to wage a brutal offensive against its own people.
Now newly-leaked documents and corporate records reveal that some of the world’s biggest oilfield services companies, including Baker Hughes, (…)
, by SPRINGATE-BAGINSKI Oliver , Win Myo Thu
Myanmar’s opposition parties and ethnic separatists have formed a united front against the military junta.
Two years on from the latest military coup that deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, what began as a wave of national protest against the army’s power grab has descended (…)
, by Banyar Aung
To mark the anniversary of the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, The Irrawaddy offers a review of developments in Myanmar’s political, economic and military spheres, as well as its international relations, over the past two years.
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Politics
Firstly, the 2008 Constitution was (…)
, by Ma Cheria, Ma Tin Tin Wai
Interviewer’s Note:
Myanmar started its broad-ranging political and economic liberalisation process when the quasi-civilian government came to power in 2011, calling for the expansion of foreign direct investment and international trade. The nature of Myanmar’s workforce also shifted from (…)
, by Min Ye Kyaw, RATCLIFFE Rebecca
People across the country now live under constant threat of attacks from the skies.
It was early evening, and people had gathered at a local pandal in Moe Dar Lay village, in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region, to prepare for a Buddhist novice ordination ceremony the following day. Just as they began to (…)
, by Aung Zaw
We send our year-end salutations to all people in Myanmar, in particular the resistance forces who are standing up to the murderous military regime run by bullying criminals.
One of the first things we learned in 2022 is that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Myanmar junta leader Min Aung (…)
, by LINTNER Bertil
Ever since the military first seized power in a coup in March 1962, Myanmar has been plagued by a vicious cycle of popular protests and violent repression—and, every time the people have risen up against the dictatorship, the men in green have managed to cling on to power. The question in 2023 (…)
Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.
A pickup truck with four-wheel drive rumbled down a small hill and then came to a sudden stop. For the past few (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
Representatives of seven of Myanmar’s ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) met the new Chinese special envoy to Myanmar, Deng Xijun, in China’s Yunnan Province in the last week of December, according to the EAOs.
On Wednesday, Deng Xijun reportedly arrived in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw after (…)
, by Oakland Socialist
Khin Thiri Nandar Soe, a Burmese woman living in the San Francisco Bay Area explains that the Burmese junta is waging a war against the population of that country and that it learned that strategy from Putin. Text of Khin’s speech below this video
I am originally from Burma also known as (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
Ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) based in Shan State have rejected the Myanmar junta’s demand that they stop supporting the parallel National Unity Government (NUG), its CRPH parliamentary body, and its People’s Defense Force (PDF) armed wing.
Sources told The Irrawaddy that the United Wa (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s military regime has suspended issuing passports since last week, dismaying many job seekers planning to work overseas away from the social and economic turmoil in Myanmar. Labor rights activists say that the junta’s move is politically motivated.
The regime suspended issuing (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
Leaked minutes from a top-level “counterterrorism” meeting led by Home Affairs Minister Lieutenant-General Soe Htut show the junta is at its wit’s end after failing to drum up public support to crush the shadow National Unity Government (NUG).
The leaked document, which comes from a December (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
Resistance attacks on Myanmar regime bases have escalated this month after the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) and several ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) vowed to step up operations to end military rule.
Fighting is expected to intensify as the junta responds with shelling and (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has yet to announce a date for a general election that he plans to hold in August this year amid armed conflict across the country.
But Min Aung Hlaing appears determined to secure the presidency and is expected to push ahead with an election by any (…)
, by ELLIS-PETERSEN Hannah, HASSAN Aakash
Villagers-turned-pro-democracy fighters rely on ‘brothers and sisters’ in India for guns and food.
Sunglingthanhg, aged 63, keeps an eye on the village of Haimual from his post. Photograph: Aakash Hassan/The Observer
With a loaded cartridge holder strapped to her back and a shotgun gripped (…)
, by THIT Han
More than 20 employees fired for protesting conditions in a Yangon factory opt out of signing a contract to be rehired, stating that their demands to address rights violations were ignored
Workers from Myanmar Pou Chen factory, which produces Adidas shoes, are seen asking for an increase in (…)
2022 witnessed the first anniversary of the February 2021 attempted coup in Myanmar. Despite the many exacerbating circumstances since then, Rohingya and all other people in the country continue to resist, calling for peace, justice and freedom.
Dear friends and colleagues,
Happy New Year! (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
Acting President Duwa Lashi La of Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) said in his new year’s speech that 2023 will mark the turning point in the war against military rule and called for continuous revolution.
“When we are fighting against the brutalities of the terrorist (…)
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