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Deportation Fear Grips Myanmar Dissidents Amid Thai Border Scam Crackdown
Source: Irrawaddy
A Myanmar migrant in Mae Sot said: “People staying at a hotel were detained despite having passports and CI (certificates of identity). They were fined 800 baht because they were not staying at the place they had originally registered.”
By Irrawaddy
Thai Immigration Officials Feed Myanmar Deportees Into Junta’s War Machine
Source: Irrawaddy
A shadowy system has quietly developed to facilitate repatriation between Ranong and Kawthaung that leaves Myanmar migrants facing deportation and forced conscription—and their devastating consequences.
Investigation | Nayt Thit
20 Killed in Myanmar Junta Airstrikes on Hospital and Village
Source: Irrawaddy
On Saturday, a junta warplane dropped two bombs on a district hospital in Kyaukme, northern Shan State, which is controlled by the ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army
By Irrawaddy
Airbus: Tell AVIC to Choose Between Business with Burmese Military or with Airbus
Source: Burma Campaign UK
AVIC sold up to 8 new aircraft to the Burmese military in the last year alone, knowing full well they will be used to kill civilians. Deliberate attacks on civilian targets break international law.
By Burma Campaign UK
Myanmar military kills 19 in air attack on militia office
Source: Radio Free Asia
The Myanmar military killed 19 people including 14 members of an insurgent militia in an air attack on a rebel position, the militia said
By RFA Burmese
SAC Chairman commits to strengthening ties with China, pledges continued support for collaborative projects
Source: Eleven Media Group
The SAC Chairman made the following remarks at the 2025 Chinese New Year, Year of the Snake, held at the Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium 1 in Yangon on the evening of January 25.
By Eleven Media Group
Former Senior General Than Shwe’s son-in-law sentenced to three years in prison for incitement
Source: Eleven Media Group
Dr. Nay Soe Maung is the son of Major General Tin Sein (retired) and the son-in-law of Senior General Than Shwe (retired). He is also the father of Ko Nay Shwe Thway Aung.
By Eleven Media Group
How China’s plan to seize Taiwan depends on Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
China’s deep involvement in Burma extends beyond its support for the junta and engagement with groups like the United Wa State Army (UWSA)
By Antonio Graceffo, PhD, holds advanced degrees in economics and national security
Parties Suggest Myanmar Junta Expands Conscription
Source: Irrawaddy
Representatives from a working group of political parties, led by 88 Generation leader U Ko Ko Gyi, chair of the People’s Party, made the suggestion at the regime’s National Solidarity and Peace Negotiation Committee led by Lieutenant General Tun Tun Naung in Naypyitaw on Thursday and Friday.
By Irrawaddy
Rohingya Crisis Escalates as The Arakan Army Expands Its Control – RSIS
Source: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
It raises serious concerns about the Rohingya crisis and the evolving crime-terror nexus. There is also an increasing risk of jihadist activities along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border region and beyond.
By Iftekharul Bashar
Number of IDPs in Myanmar Has Surged Above 1.8 Million
Source: Irrawaddy
Between February 2021 and June 2023, another 1.5 million people in seven states and four regions were displaced by the civil war. They account for 82 percent of the more than 1.8 million internally displaced people in Myanmar.
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar Junta’s Cybersecurity Law is unconstitutional and must be withdrawn immediately, says Southeast Asian MPs
Source: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
APHR is calling on the international community to take immediate action by denouncing this law and exerting diplomatic pressure on Myanmar’s military junta to abandon it.
Statement | ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
China’s Current Stance On Myanmar
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
Chinese top leaders had a closed-door meeting last month to discuss matters concerning Myanmar. China has become more concerned about the management capabilities of the military-led State Administration Council (SAC).
By Hurn Kayang
Arakan Army’s growing influence in Myanmar: Implications for the Rohingyas
Source: Observer Research Foundation
The AA has a complicated stance towards the Rohingya. While it doesn’t openly target or blame the Rohingya in most of its statements, it has historically expressed strong resentment towards them, reflecting broader tensions in Rakhine State.
By Sreeparna Banerjee, Associate Fellow in the Strategic Studies Programme
Plundering Paradise: China’s Role in Myanmar’s Environmental Crisis
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s abundant natural resources have been a target for exploitation for years. The most recent and aggressive player is China, whose resource extraction has resulted in severe environmental damage and the displacement of local populations.
By Vaishali Basu Sharma, analyst on geopolitical and macroeconomic issues
Thai utility needs orders to cut power supply to Myanmar
Source: Bangkok Post
The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) says it stands ready to work with security authorities to stop supplying power from Thailand to border towns in Myanmar in order to cripple the operations of scammers in the neighbouring country.
By Post Reporters
No power supplied to Myanmar border towns, confirms Phumtham
Source: The Nation
Thailand cut electricity supplies to Myanmar border towns across from Tak’s Mae Ramat and Mae Sot districts since June last year to disrupt cybercrime, Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Friday.
By The Nation
Accountability for crimes committed against Rohingya is critical for future peace, says Head of the Myanmar Mechanism during Bangladesh visit
Source: Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
Pursuing justice for crimes committed against the Rohingya is critical for their future return to their homes in Rakhine State in Myanmar and future peace, said Nicholas Koumjian, the Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
Press Release | Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
Junta dragnet: More youth abducted in desperate conscription drive
Source: Frontier Myanmar
Regime authorities appear to be increasingly abducting young men on the street or during household inspections to boost the number of military conscripts, while families and activists say bribes are no longer enough to free them.
By Frontier
Myanmar conflict to feature in India-Indonesia talks
Source: The Hindu
Indonesian President in Delhi as R-Day chief guest; both India and Indonesia have been trying to facilitate dialogue between Myanmar’s military junta, exiled government, and ethnic armed organisations
By Kallol BHATTACHERJEE
Burma’s Army accused of chemical weapons use
Source: MercatorNet
For decades the Myanmar military has been accused of using chemical weapons, with recent allegations from ethnic resistance groups like the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)
By Antonio Graceffo, China economic analyst
Myanmar’s junta launches offensives on rebel strongholds in Mandalay region
Source: Radio Free Asia
The assault is part of a renewed push by junta forces to reclaim key strategic areas in the country’s heartland.
By RFA Burmese
AA Admits Killing of Myanmar Junta Captives
Source: Irrawaddy
“Our militias could not control their anger when they captured terrorist soldiers who had arbitrarily arrested, tortured and killed their relatives. So they committed the killings as a form of retaliation, violating military discipline.
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar Military as China Containment Factor: Beyond Established Narratives
Source: Modern Diplomacy
It is widely known that the focus of Chinese foreign policy is economics. Economic power determines hopes and fears for China’s dominance in the 21st century.
By Alexey NIKOLAYEV, Independent Russian researcher specializing in Southeast Asia
The Independent’s documentary hailed for shining light on ‘reprehensible’ jailing of Aung San Suu Kyi
Source: The Independent
Bianca Jagger, ‘Wild Swans’ author Jung Chang and former minister Andrew Mitchell join calls for the release of the Myanmar leader following the screening of a new Independent TV film on her life
By Kate Devlin | The Independent