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Junta chief vows to hike defense budget, seeking to expand global presence
Source: Radio Free Asia
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing announced on Monday that the junta would increase the budget for its defense ministry to “enhance the strength and capacity of defense forces”
By RFA Burmese
Lashio Residents Warned of Myanmar Junta Airstrike Threat as Talks Stumble
Source: Irrawaddy
The peace talks held in Kunming in China’s Yunnan Province from March 22-24 ended in an impasse as junta representatives demanded the return of the whole of Lashio Township
By Irrawaddy
Ayeyarwady Resistance Finally Coming Home
Source: Irrawaddy
Ayeyarwady Region spans 13,570 sq. km and, according to the 2014 census, had a total population of over 6.1 million, making it the second most populous of Myanmar’s 14 regions and states.
By Sett Nyein Chan
Regime imposes new quotas on overseas employment agencies
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
These restrictions are viewed by the agencies as an attempt to restrict men aged 18 to 35 from leaving the country as they are required to serve in the military for at least two years under the conscription law, which was enforced on Feb. 10, 2024.
By English Editor | Democratic Voice of Burma
Peace Talk 2025: From dialogue to a new peaceful nation
Source: Myanmar News Agency
The talk was attended by members of the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee, retired Tatmadaw officers, representatives from the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC), representatives from political parties, NCA signatory ethnic armed organizations
By Myanmar News Agency
Explanation of Vote at the Adoption of the Scope, modalities, format and organization of the High-Level Conference on Rohingya Muslims
Source: United States Mission to the United Nations
This conference offers an opportunity to strengthen international support for all ethnic minorities, including the Rohingya and members of other minority groups, as well as to chart a path forward for meeting those groups’ needs.
Remarks | Edward Heartney, Minister Counselor to ECOSOC
Myanmar parties embark on China study trip amidst political turmoil
Source: Mizzima
The delegation includes representatives from the People’s Party, the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (White Tiger Party), and the National Democratic Force (NDF) party.
By Mizzima
Junta Soldiers Torture and Kill Four Villagers in Salin Township
Source: Burma News International
They were found with their hands tied behind their backs with slash wounds to their necks and other areas of their bodies.
By Than Lwin Times
Implications of the US funding freezeand cuts on humanitarian response and health needs
Source: Reliefweb | ACAPS (Assessment Capacities Project)
By 15 March, the US funding freeze and cuts had led to the suspension and termination of humanitarian programmes across all sectors in most of Myanmar’s states and regions.
Analysis | ACAPS (Assessment Capacities Project)
The Effects of Trump’s Presidency: Myanmar’s Media Crisis and Threatened Right to Information – Issue 166
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor
This week’s Burma News International (BNI) – Myanmar Peace Monitor’s Bi-Weekly News Reviews looks into the crisis facing news media that stand independently for the Myanmar people’s right to information, with VOA and RFA among them.
Bi-Weekly News Reviews | Myanmar Peace Monitor
Prof Vitit Muntarbhorn outlines Thailand’s main challenges regarding the Myanmar crisis
Source: Mizzima
he following is an edited and abridged version of Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn’s speech, the final presentation bar the roundup at the end:
By Mizzima
UN and partners seek $934.5m for life-saving aid to 1.5 million Rohingya refugees and their hosts in Bangladesh
Source: UNHCR
TThe 2025-26 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis brings together 113 partners and is being jointly launched by UNHCR and IOM under the leadership of the Bangladesh Government.
Press Release | UN Refugee Agency
Gen Prawit calls Paetongtarn amateur PM in security affairs
Source: The Nation, Thailand
Prawit Wongsuwan slams PM Paetongtarn, calling her an “amateur” in security affairs and criticising her economic policies, casino legalisation, and integrity.
By The Nation
Thai F-16s deployed following Myanmar air activity near border
Source: Thai PBS World
The Royal Thai Air Force scrambled two F16 fighters from an airbase in Nakhon Sawan to Tak province today, after two MiG29 fighters of the Myanmar air force were sighted near the Thai border in Tha Song Yang district.
By Thai PBS World
Myanmar matters
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
There is much we must do to help democratic forces defeat the forces of repression and death
By Benedict Rogers for UCA News
China’s Starlink problem: smuggled dishes fueling Myanmar scam networks
Source: CyberNews
The Chinese smuggler was arrested at the border between Thailand and Myanmar. Inside a white Isuzu van, he had Starlink dishes hidden in crates bearing food stickers.
By Marcus Walsh, Creative Writer
To ASEAN and Myanmar’s Neighbors: The Time for Action Is Now
Source: Irrawaddy
Recent atrocities are not isolated incidents—they are deliberate tactics of warfare used to terrorize civilians and sustain illegitimate military rule. The time for illusions and ineffective diplomacy is over.
By Igor Blazevic, senior adviser at the Prague Civil Society Centre
MNDAA-Junta Talks on Lashio Control Off to Slow Start
Source: Irrawaddy
China is pressuring the MNDAA to hand Lashio, which it seized in August last year together with the regime’s Northeastern Command, back to the junta.
By Mai Khroue Jar | Irrawaddy
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son addresses Argentina arrest warrant
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
The international media is responsible for lying in [Aung San Suu Kyi’s] case,” Aris told DVB. “But the fact is even when they retract their lies, they don’t make any fanfare about it. They just do it quietly.”
By English Editor | Democratic Voice of Burma
Anti-coup medical workers under attack while tackling Myanmar’s health care gap
Source: Radio Free Asia
They risk arrest and worse at the hands of junta authorities.
By Aye Aye Mon for RFA Burmese
Thai Parliament Seminar Addresses Security Impacts of Myanmar Crisis
Source: Irrawaddy
Thailand’s Parliament House hosted a two-day seminar on Saturday and Sunday on the topic of Myanmar’s ongoing conflict and its implications for security along the countries’ troubled border, as well for Thailand more broadly and for the region.
By Irrawaddy
Commentary: ASEAN is losing patience on Myanmar. Can Malaysia push for a new approach?
Source: Channel News Asia
As Myanmar’s conflict dynamics change, ASEAN’s response faces new urgency. Malaysia’s chairmanship in 2025 could define the bloc’s next steps, says Myanmar researcher Moe Thuzar.
By Moe Thuzar, Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute,
Rohingya Refugees: The Forgotten Lot
Three significant developments have occurred in a week which once again brought the much-talked-about Rohingya refugee crisis to the global media
By Saleem Samad
Chinese-Licensed Trucks Increase Coal Shipments from Hsipaw to China via Chinshwehaw Border
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
This surge in coal shipments follows the Kokang Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) gaining control of Lashio, a key transit point in the region.
By Shan Herald Agency for News
Special Envoy’s Business of Betrayal
Source: Progressive Voice Myanmar
UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop’s business ties with Chinese state-owned enterprises raise serious concerns over her impartiality and independence.
Weekly Highlight | Progressive Voice Myanmar