An Assassination in Myanmar…and Preparing for a Civil War
“Nobody knew what happened to him. He just disappeared.” There is anguish in the voice of Thurain, who a few months ago was a young entrepreneur in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar. Now he’s part of an underground resistance group opposing the brutal Burmese military that overthrew the nation’s democratically elected government in February. […]
NUG Myanmar and Japanese parliament members first online meeting
Myanmar’s parallel government NUG Myanmar and Japanese parliament members first online meeting was held on May 26. urges Japan government not to recognize Myanmar military, support CRPH/NUG bilateral agreement on nine points (draft) NUG မြန်မာ အစိုးရအဖွဲ့နှင့် ဂျပန်လွှတ်တော်အမတ်များ ပထမဆုံးအကြိမ် ဆွေးနွေး26 May, 2021အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ (NUG)နဲ့ ဂျပန်လွှတ်တော်အမတ်တွေရဲ့ ပထမဆုံးအကြိမ် အွန်လိုင်းမှဆွေးနွေးပွဲကို တိုကျိုမြို့ချီယိုဒရှိ ဂျပန်လွှတ်တော်အမတ်များ အဆောက်အအုံမှာ မေ ၂၆ ရက် ညနေ ၅ နာရီက ကျင်းပခဲ့ပါတယ်။အစည်းအဝေးကို […]
Total suspends gas-linked cash payments to Myanmar army
French energy giant Total said Wednesday that Myanmar’s army would no longer receive cash payments linked to a pipeline it operates through a joint venture with the military, following February’s military coup. Total said in a statement the decision was made at a May 12 meeting of shareholders of Moattama Gas Transportation Company Limited (MGTC), […]
American journalist detained in Myanmar while trying to board flight out of country
Danny Fenster was detained at the airport in Myanmar’s largest city. An American journalist working in Myanmar has been detained there by local authorities, according to his employer and his family. Frontier Myanmar, a Yangon-based news and business magazine that publishes in print and online in both English and Burmese, said in a statement Monday […]
Myanmar: Explosion in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, late May 25
Explosion in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, late May 25. Disruptions likely. Reports of casualties; avoid the area. EventAn explosion occurred along Wai Za Yan Tar Road in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, May 25. The cause of the blast is unclear. The explosion severely damaged a vehicle. Reports indicate the blast injured at least one person, while others […]
Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup
YANGON: Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court hearing on Monday (May 24) for the first time since her government was overthrown by the military in a Feb 1 coup, her lawyer told Reuters. Aung San Suu Kyi looked in good health and held a face-to-face meeting with her […]
20 Myanmar soldiers killed in raid on police station (မိုးဗြဲ ရဲစခန်း PDF သိမ်း၊ ရဲများကို လက်နက်နှင့်အတူ ဖမ်းမိ)
Twenty Myanmar soldiers and policemen were killed on Sunday morning when anti-coup forces stormed a police station in southern Shan State, independent local media reported. The Irrawaddy newspaper reported that the attack on the police station in Moebye was carried out by the People’s Defense Forces supported by local militia. Radio Free Asia reported that […]
Around 40 Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Kayah State
Around 40 regime soldiers have reportedly been killed during fierce clashes by the Karenni People’s Defense Force (PDF), formed by civilian resistance fighters, and the Karenni Army in Kayah State on Sunday. A clash broke out in Moe Bye on the Shan-Kayah state border on Sunday morning with the regime forces indiscriminately firing artillery shells […]
Myanmar junta’s electoral body to dissolve Suu Kyi party
Myanmar’s junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party for vote fraud in a November election, local media reported on Friday, citing a commissioner, who threatened action against “traitors” involved. News sites Myanmar Now and the Irrawaddy said the announcement was made at a meeting on Friday with political parties that was […]
Japan reporter freed from Myanmar says inmates were abused (ငရဲခန်း စစ်ကြောရေး နဲ့ အင်းစိန်ထောင် ထဲက အခြေအနေ)
A Japanese journalist who was freed from a Myanmar prison said Friday that military and police interrogators repeatedly asked him about his friends, clients and made-up allegations. Yuki Kitazumi, a freelance journalist and a former reporter for Japan’s Nikkei business news, also said other inmates told him about abuses they suffered at the hands of […]