Myanmar’s military is for the first time requiring the wives of its mid-ranking officers to undergo military training, according to some officers and their wives. The training for spouses of captains and majors was launched on Monday at battalions in Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region as well as in Taunggyi and Aungban in Shan […]Read More

Myanmar’s people collectively showed their defiance of the junta with a successful nationwide silent strike on Friday, making it clear once again that the regime would never be allowed to rule them, despite its seizure of power from the country’s democratically elected government in a February 1 coup. Roads in cities across the country, including […]Read More

Myanmar’s military regime, which has become notorious for its brutal crackdowns on protesters, is appearing increasingly isolated on the world stage after being shunned from another international summit on Thursday, in the third such snub in two months. The two-day virtual Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) involving leaders of Asia and Europe is being hosted by Cambodia. […]Read More

Myanmar’s military has suffered its heaviest losses yet over the last month, with 1,300 soldiers killed and 463 injured in clashes with civilian resistance groups, according to the country’s shadow National Unity Government’s (NUG) Defense Ministry. The junta’s casualties are almost double the number the regime suffered in September. In September, a total of 768 […]Read More

News of former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson’s visit to conflict-torn Myanmar has not generated excitement among the public. Reports suggest that Richardson is scheduled to meet the regime’s health and foreign ministers, and that he is likely to meet coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The Biden administration welcomed former New […]Read More

Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations U Kyaw Moe Tun and two ministers from the parallel National Unity Government (NUG) last week met Derek Chollet, a senior member of the U.S. Department of State. Myanmar’s military regime has accused U Kyaw Moe Tun of high treason, asked the UN to hand him over and hopes […]Read More

Under the previous military regime, Myanmar was known as a “diplomatic graveyard”, chiefly for the UN’s failed missions to the country on issues ranging from humanitarian assistance to national reconciliation between the junta’s old boys and their democratic opponents—primarily the now ousted and detained leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. That bad reputation persists for […]Read More

Striking police officers in Kayah State have formed a police force which will work together with anti-regime groups to fight military rule. It is the first such shadow police force to be formed in Myanmar since the junta’s February 1 coup. The Karenni State Police (KSP) was formed on August 15 under the leadership of […]Read More

The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM), which is controlled by the military regime, has sold nearly US$90 million (148 billion kyats) since the February coup as the kyat’s value tumbles. The CMB auctioned $6.8 million to domestic banks in February following the coup, $12 million in April, $24 million in May, $12 million in June […]Read More