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Illegal Chinese Miners Arrested Amid Mining Dispute in Shan State
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
Seven Chinese nationals living illegally in Baw Hseng village tract, Kalaw Township, southern Shan State, were arrested by military police amid rising tensions over mining profits.
By Shan Herald Agency for News
Blaze hits alleged call-centre scam base in Shwe Kokko border town
Source: The Nation (Thailand)
A Thai official in Tak province, located across the Moei River from Shwe Kokko, said the building, clearly visible from the Thai side, is a hotel owned by the Chinese conglomerate Yatai International Holding Group.
By The Nation (Thailand)
Myanmar relief camps receive last handout from World Food Programme as steep cuts begin
Source: BARRON’S
Distraught Myanmar relief camp dwellers received final handouts from the World Food Programme on Wednesday as the UN agency begins halting aid to a million people in the country because funding has dried up.
By Agence France Presse
Rohingya armed leader from Myanmar arrested in Bangladesh, charged under anti-terrorism law
Source: The Telegraph
Coordinated attacks by ARSA insurgents on security outposts in 2016 and 2017 were used as a pretext for the Myanmar military to launch a scorched-earth campaign of arson, mass rape and killing against the Rohingya minority.
By Hannah Beech
Thai banks under fire for complicity in Myanmar arms trade: besides denial and anger, what can Thailand do?
Source: Prachatai English
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar accused five of Thailand’s biggest banks of facilitating the weapons trade of Myanmar’s military junta. To date, Thai authorities have yet to offer a public confirmation.
By Kannikar Petchkaew | Prachatai English
Yangon: A new auxiliary bishop to support the faith even in dark times
Source: PIME AsiaNews
The Archbishop of Yangon warns against ethnic divisions: ‘Can we give in to the temptation to treat others on the basis of man-made identities, when instead we are all Children of God created in his image?’
By PIME AsiaNews
In the war zone, among the Kachin, a life of suffering, displacement and faith
Source: Agenzia Fides
“Sometimes the pretext is that they are hiding places for the resistance forces. Other times, buildings are occupied by soldiers and then, once abandoned, they are destroyed out of pure contempt, leaving scorched earth behind,” the priest explains.
By Agenzia Fides
Rohingya in Bangladesh pray for release of arrested insurgent leader
Source: Reuters
“ARSA is the only group that has managed to put pressure on the Myanmar government,” said Mohammed Taher, a Rohingya refugee. “Our voices and our plight have reached the world because of them”
By Ruma Paul; Sudipto Ganguly.| Reuters
‘Ready to fight’: Mon on the march
Source: Frontier Myanmar
The Mon resistance has entered the post-coup conflict but still has a long way to go to replicate the success of other groups, starting with forging unity in a fractured landscape.
By Andrew NACHEMSON | Frontier
Myanmar Junta Arming Grassroots Militias to Control Urban Centers
Source: Irrawaddy
The regime is tightening control over major urban centers by bolstering and arming home-front militias.
By Hein Htoo Zan | Irrawaddy
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son coming to Fort Wayne as part of US tour to raise funds, awareness
Source: The Journal Gazette
Kim Aris wants to raise awareness of his mother’s imprisonment by the Myanmar’s military junta. Aung San Suu Kyi was the democratically elected leader of Burma until a military coup overthrew the government on Feb. 1, 2021
By Sherry Slater | The Journal Gazette
Bangladesh arrests leader of Rohingya insurgent group on criminal charges
Source: The Straits Times
Bangladesh authorities have arrested the leader of a Rohingya Muslim insurgent group, Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, on charges of murder, illegal entry, sabotage and militant activities, police said on March 19
By Reuters
Myanmar Junta Blackmailing Parents to Enforce Conscription
Source: Irrawaddy
Local authorities in Mandalay Region are leaning heavily on parents to send their children into mandatory military service amid reports of parents bribing administrators to exempt them.
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s junta drops ‘more than 500’ bombs on Chin state town during week of clashes
Source: Radio Free Asia
An intense battle is underway in western Myanmar as junta troops attempt to re-take Falam, the second-biggest city in Chin state, with the military dropping more than 500 bombs over the past week
By RFA Burmese
Don’t expect regional scamming slowdown even after Thai-China crackdown: Analysts
Source: Channel News Asia
The joint crackdown by Thailand and China on transnational scamming operations in Myanmar’s borderlands is unlikely to stem the “booming” criminality expanding across the region, analysts say.
By Channel News Asia
Scam Centers ‘Alive and Kicking’ in Shan State
Source: Irrawaddy
Scam centers remain alive and kicking across Myanmar’s northern Shan State despite Chinese government claims to have eliminated them.
By Maung KAVI | Irrawaddy
AA clears thousands of landmines in Ann to allow residents to return home
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor
A man from Ann said: “The army is clearing mines. They’re clearing them at the risk of their lives. Junta troops planted many mines. So far, they have found thousands of mines.
By Narijara News
Updated Timeline: Myanmar Junta’s Nuclear Ambitions
Source: Irrawaddy
The junta’s recent confirmation that it will build a small-scale nuclear power plant in the next few years caps Myanmar’s long pursuit of nuclear technology dating back to early 2000.
By Maung KAVI | Irrawaddy
Nine Women Loyalists of Myanmar’s Military Regime
Source: Irrawaddy
While the Myanmar junta’s administrative mechanism is largely run by men, a handful of women provide assistance and support for junta boss Min Aung Hlaing’s efforts to extend his grip on power.
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar cyber scame: Border guard force’s role under scanner for protecting Chinese scam centres in Myawaddy
Source: Times of India
The details, recorded in an FIR filed by the Telangana Cyber Bureau, point to the suspected involvement of the Border Guard Force, a splinter military group supporting the Junta, in protecting Chinese-run scam centres in Myawaddy
By U Sudhakar Reddy
Migrant workers to expect delays under regime’s new restrictions
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
The Myanmar Overseas Employment Agency Association (MOEAA) has notified overseas employment agencies that new demand letters for migrant workers will only be accepted after the existing waiting lists are cleared
By English Editor | Democratic Voice of Burma
Scam hubs on Thai-Myanmar border still have up to 100,000 people, Thai police says
Source: Reuters
Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, the top police general leading Thailand’s operations against the fraud compounds told Reuters
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat
Myanmar Junta Suffers Heavy Losses in Northern Sagaing Fighting
Source: Irrawaddy
The junta suffered heavy casualties and the capture of nearly 30 troops in clashes with People’s Defense Forces (PDF) in Katha Township in northern Sagaing Region over the weekend.
By Irrawaddy
China brands media outlets frozen by Trump ‘notorious’
Source: Irrawaddy
Beijing on Tuesday said media outlets facing the axe by US President Donald Trump had a “notorious” history of reporting on China while Cambodia’s autocratic former leader hailed the move for “combating fake news.”
By Agence France-Presse
Myanmar Faces “Untold” Suffering Due to US Aid “Betrayal”: UN Expert
Source: Irrawaddy
The UN’s special rapporteur on Myanmar on Monday lambasted the US foreign aid cuts as a shameful act of betrayal that would cause untold suffering and death in the war-ravaged country.
By Agence France-Presse