Myanmar Junta Scraps Retirement Age for Its Leaders (ကာချုပ်၊ ဒု-ကာချုပ်တို့ နှစ်အကန့်အသတ်မရှိ တာဝန်ထမ်းဆောင်နိုင်ရန် ညွှန်ကြားချက်အဟောင်းများကို ၎င်းတို့အမိန့်ဖြင့် ပယ်ဖျက်)
The military regime’s Ministry of Defence has scrapped the retirement age of 65 for its leaders: commander-in-chief and his deputy. Days after the military coup in February, the ministry scrapped the age limit for the two, enabling Sen Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who turned 65 in April – which was seen by some observers as […]
Junta cuts off water and food supplies to rebel town of Mindat (မင်းတပ်တွင် အရေးပေါ်အကူအညီလိုအပ်နေသည့် စစ်ဘေးဒုက္ခသည် တစ်သောင်းကျော်ရှိ)
Thousands who fled the town as it was seized by the military are also in desperate need of supplies, aid workers say More than 10,000 people fled the town of Mindat in southern Chin State in recent days after the Myanmar military launched an all-out offensive there in a bid to crush an armed uprising […]
How Myanmar’s military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens
In the months before the Myanmar military’s Feb. 1 coup, the country’s telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, sources with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters.
Do not give in to evil and division, Pope Francis tells Myanmar community
The people of Myanmar must not despair in the face of evil or allow themselves to be divided, Pope Francis said on Sunday (May 16) at a special Mass for the Myanmar community in Italy. Myanmar’s military seized power in a Feb 1 coup, derailing the country’s tentative progress towards full democracy and triggering protests […]
In Myanmar, the army controls its soldiers’ lives, minds and finances
The Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s powerful army, controls every aspect of its soldiers’ lives. And those who leave pay a heavy price. DW spoke to three defectors.As he witnessed the brutal crackdown on unarmed civilians protesting the army’s takeover, the young lieutenant felt increasingly disgusted. Soon after, he left without saying goodbye to his parents, fleeing the […]
Recognize Myanmar unity gov’t before it’s ‘too late’, nations urged (NUG အား အသိအမှတ် ပြုရန် နှောင့်နှေးလေ ပြည်တွင်းစစ် ပိုကြီးမားနိုင်လေဟုဒေါက်တာ ဆာဆာ သတိပေး )
Myanmar’s pro-democracy unity government stressed the need for Southeast Asian leaders and the international community to immediately officially recognize it as the “sole legitimate” representative of the people of Myanmar, warning that delays in doing so could lead to a civil war and make way for “more atrocities.” “We are saying to our Asean (Association […]
UN General Assembly to consider call for Myanmar arms embargo
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday (May 18) is set to consider a draft non-binding resolution calling for “an immediate suspension” of the transfer of weapons to the military junta of Myanmar, a UN official said on Sunday. Unlike Security Council resolutions, General Assembly resolutions are non-binding but carry strong political significance.If an approval […]
Myanmar Political Prisoners Harshly Interrogated: Freed Japanese Journalist (ဂျပန်သတင်းထောက် တိုကျိုပြန်ရောက်၊ မြန်မာပြည်ကသတင်းစကား ကမ္ဘာကို ဖြန့်မည်)
A Japanese freelance journalist who spent nearly four weeks in a Myanmar prison before returning to Japan on Friday said the prison where he was being kept held many political prisoners who had been subjected to harsh interrogations. Yuki Kitazumi said in an online interview from a hotel outside Tokyo on Saturday night that he […]
Miss Myanmar won the Miss Universe national costume contest with a powerful political statement ( မယ်စကြာဝဠာပြိုင်ပွဲတွင် ချင်းဝတ်စုံဖြင့် အကောင်းဆုံးအမျိုးသား၀တ်စုံဆုရရှိ )
Miss Myanmar Thuzar Wint Lwin won the national costume competition at Miss Universe on Sunday night with a powerful political statement. Lwin held up a “Pray for Myanmar” sign as she walked the stage, addressing her country’s current political crisis. The pageant queen has made it her mission to shine a spotlight on what is […]
Myanmar anti-coup fighters retreat from town as U.S. makes appeal (တောင်ပေါ်မြို့မင်းတပ်အခြေအနေ)
Fighters of a local militia opposed to Myanmar’s junta have pulled back from the northwestern town of Mindat after days of assault by combat troops backed by artillery, a member of the group said on Sunday. The United States and Britain called on the army to avoid civilian casualties and a shadow National Unity Government […]