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 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 […]
Beyond the Coup in Myanmar: The ASEAN Way Must Change (မြန်မာ့အရေးအတွက် R2P ဆွေးနွေးတော့မယ့် အာဆီယံအဖွဲ့)
(Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series on the Feb. 1, 2021 coup in Myanmar. The series brings together expert local and international voices on the coup and its broader context. The series is a collaboration between Just Security and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School). The Association […]
Myanmar army battles anti-coup rebels in northwest town (မင်းတပ်မြို့တွင် စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်များနှင့် တိုက်ပွဲပြင်းထန်လျက်ရှိ)
Myanmar’s army battled local militia fighters in the northwestern town of Mindat on Saturday, residents said, to try to quell a rebellion that has sprung up to oppose the junta which seized power in the Southeast Asian country in February. The fighting in Mindat, Chin state, underlines the growing chaos in Myanmar as the junta […]
Shwebo Development Market is Fire in Myanmar ( ရွှေဘိုဈေး မီးလောင်မှုဖြစ်စဉ်)
Today 15 May 2021 in Sagaing Region at Shwe Bo township, the great market is FIRE! Vendors were devastated checking their stores. Shwe Bo market was reported to have set ablaze by junta forces in the wee hours today. Shwe Bo market is a major market where locals rely on for trades and daily necessities.Lasts […]
Miss Universe Myanmar Arrives in Florida With a Message for the Junta (အာဏာသိမ်းစစ်အစိုးရအကြောင်း ပြောကြားခဲ့သည့်မြန်မာမယ်စကြာဝဠာ)
Ma Thuzar Wint Lwin hopes to use her international platform as a pageant contestant to criticize the country’s military coup and support the pro-democracy movement. As a girl, Ma Thuzar Wint Lwin would watch the Miss Universe pageant and wish that she could be the one onstage representing her country, Myanmar. She entered her first […]
Myanmar junta imposes martial law in town (မင်းတပ်မြို့နယ်ကို စစ်အုပ်ချုပ်ရေး ကြေညာ)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the coup on February 1, with protests almost daily against military rule across the country and ethnic militias stepping up attacks, overrunning military posts.Myanmar’s junta has declared martial law in a town in Chin State after blaming “armed terrorists” for attacks on a police station and a bank, state […]
Resistance fighters forced to retreat again as regime soldiers overrun Sagaing village (ချောင်းဦးမြို့နယ်တွင် စစ်တပ်က အကြမ်းဖက်စီးနင်း၍ ရွာလုံးကျွတ် ထွက်ပြေးရ)
No fatalities have been reported but there were several injuries on either side and one resistance fighter was arrestedMyanmar military soldiers have overrun a village in Sagaing Region where resistance fighters were taking shelter after their stronghold in the nearby town of Chaung-U was crushed earlier this month. The fighters were forced to once again […]
Myanmar beauty queen takes up arms against junta (လက်နက်စွဲကိုင်တော်လှန်မယ့် အလှမယ် ထားထက်ထက်)
YANGON (AFP) – A former Myanmar beauty queen has joined ethnic rebels to take up arms against the country’s military junta, posting photos of herself with an assault rifle.Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the military seized power on Feb 1, ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms Htar Htet […]
Myanmar and a new kind of civil war
Urban dissidents trained by battle-hardened guerillas in thecountryside could make things harder for the Tatmadaw. In early 1989, I was passing through Bangkok when a friend from a Western embassy invited me to what she called “a secret meeting”. She knew that I was a Myanmar-watcher, but what interested her most was the fact that […]