Category: Myanmar
Myanmar: Rebel Karen commanders admit killing 25 people, agree to cooperate with international justice, while over 1,000 killed by security forces since military coup
[Al Jazeera, AP News] “Two senior commanders of the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) have admitted that security forces under…
Myanmar’s truce is over as ethnic armies unite against coup, restart attacks
[REUTERS] “More than 500 people have been killed by the military across Myanmar in protests against the coup, according to…
Eight countries attended Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day parade while military killed over 100 protesters
[REUTERS] “Myanmar security forces killed 114 people, including some children, in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday, the…
Myanmar: Military Regime Cracks Down on Soros’ Open Society Foundation
[The Irrawaddy, Nikkei Asia] “The military regime has seized control of the bank accounts of billionaire George Soros’ Open Society…
China blames NGOs, urges Myanmar to punish perpetrators as Chinese factories burn
[Global Times] “The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar Sunday urged authorities in Myanmar to take effective measures to stop violence and…
Israeli drones, spyware sold to Myanmar despite ban
[The New Arab] “Israeli companies Cellebrite, Elbit Systems and Gaia Automotive Industries have reportedly sold arms and spyware to Myanmar.”…
Clandestine nightly flights between China and Myanmar during coup d’etat
[news.com.au, The Strategist] “Every night for more than a week, unregistered planes have been carrying unknown goods and people between…
Little reason to doubt China’s claim of no prior knowledge of Myanmar Coup
[The Diplomat] “The Chinese government was caught unawares by the military coup in Myanmar, Chen Hai, China’s ambassador to Myanmar,…
Myanmar junta deploy night-time arrests, mobs, ex-convicts to instil fear
[Financial Times] “Myanmar’s military junta has escalated night-time arrests of opponents, reviving a tactic from the country’s old military regime…
Myanmar ethnic armed groups divided about military coup
[Myanmar Times] “The seven major ethnic armed groups that have yet to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have kept…
Blackwater founder’s FSG Accomplished First Escort Mission in Myanmar in 2021
[Frontier Services Group] “In December 2020, upon notice of the client’s urgent need to open up an important logistics corridor…
China is building the ‘Southern Great Wall’, a 1,200-mile fence along its Myanmar border, in part to prevent dissidents from fleeing
[Newsweek] “China is in the process of building a barbed-wire wall along its 1,300-mile southern border with Myanmar to prevent illegal crossings, according…
Blackwater founder’s FSG working for China in Myanmar
[Asia Times, Myanmar Times] “The Frontier Service Group (FSG), founded by former US military contractor Eric Prince, is moving into…
Latest research: Rohingya death toll in Myanmar massacres up to 25,000
[The Daily Star] “An estimated 25,000 Rohingyas were murdered and 19,000 Rohingya women and adolescents raped during the military crackdown…
Amnesty International: Rohingya armed group ARSA massacred Hindus in Myanmar
[Amnesty International] “A Rohingya armed group [Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army or ARSA] brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at…
Change in Tone: The Irrawaddy, other ‘democratic’ media promote hate and fake news
[Financial Times] “The military’s rampage against the Rohingya last year was without Aung San Suu Kyi’s apparent consent or prior…
International Court: Myanmar guilty of genocide against Kachin, Rohingya, other ethnic groups
[The Daily Star] “A seven-member panel [of the international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal] announced the verdict yesterday after considering documentary and…
Myanmar: Rohingya armed group ARSA Linked to Pakistani Terrorists
[Asia Times] “While Myanmar’s emergent Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) claims it’s like other ethnic armed groups fighting for self-determination…
China concerned over instability in Rakhine State, Myanmar
[The Irrawaddy] “Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacks on police stations on Aug. 25 left at least 59 of the…
WSJ: ‘Saudis back Rohingya militants against Burmese security forces’
[The Wall Street Journal] “Even as Burma has made dramatic progress toward democracy and pluralism, the military has waged a…
Assault on Burma’s Rohingya minority: ‘A Genocide in the Making’
[Foreign Policy] “Last fall, Burmese voters elected their first democratic government in half a century. That inspired hope that the…
Myanmar: Historic Aung San Suu Kyi election victory, ethnic conflicts remain to resolve
[Newsweek] “The resounding election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party [in early November] surprised…
Myanmar: State-sponsored ‘proxy war’ pitting Buddhists against Muslims
[Al Jazeera] “Communal clashes and anti-Muslim attacks by Buddhist mobs have torn apart communities across Myanmar over the past three…
Democratic Liberalization in Myanmar, Shift Away from China
[Foreign Policy] “China was Myanmar’s main backer and largest investor during its years of international seclusion, supporting strategic infrastructure projects…
Myanmar: ‘God’s Army’ Twin Child Soldier Leaders briefly reunite
[The New York Times] “As children, the twins Johnny and Luther Htoo were bulletproof and invulnerable to land mines —…
Controversial China-Myanmar Gas Pipeline Now Fully Operational
[Myanmar Business Today, Myanmar Times] “The China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), China’s state-run oil and gas firm, said last week…
Geopolitics: ‘As Myanmar opens, China alliance starts to fray’
[REUTERS] “As Myanmar pursues dramatic reforms, its relationship with China — the Southeast Asian nation’s biggest investor and second-biggest trade…
Rare concession to public pressure: Myanmar halts Chinese-funded Myitsone Dam
[BBC] “In a rare concession, the Burmese government has suspended a long planned and highly controversial hydroelectric dam project in…
Renewed Ethnic Clashes in Myanmar Put Spotlight on China
[World Politics Review] “On June 9, deadly clashes broke out in northern Myanmar between the country’s army and the ethnic…
Regime Change and NGOs: the Colour Revolutions and the Arab Spring
[openDemocracy] “The Arab revolt of 2010-11 has spread with intense speed and magnitude. A protest that began in the provincial…