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Khun Bahan Htan Steps Down from NUG but Continues to Take Part in the Revolution
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
Khun Bahan Htan, who served as the Deputy Minister of Human Rights under the National Unity Government (NUG), has stepped down from his position, he told Kantarawaddy Times.
By Kantarawaddy Times
Chinese-run online money laundering continues in DKBA-controlled areas of Myanmar despite crackdown
Source: Mizzima
Investigations have revealed that Chinese nationals continue to operate online money laundering schemes in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA)-controlled areas of Kyaukhet, Walle, and Minletpan villages near Myawaddy, Karen State.
By Han Htoo Zaw | Mizzima
They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are detained on the Myanmar border
By Asahi Shimbun
Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and eyes.
By Associated Press
Observers dismiss latest junta plan for Myanmar elections
Source: Radio Free Asia
The military can only enforce a vote in less than half of townships and is mistrusted by the public, they say.
By RFA Burmese
Myanmar’s Military Joint Forces Prepare for Conflict on the Western Side of the Ayeyarwady River
Source: Trans-Border News
The Myanmar’s army and allied forces, including the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) and the Min Zay Thant militia, have launched offensive attacks on KIA camps.
By Trans-Border News
The National Security Case for U.S. Support for the Burma Resistance
Source: Mizzima
Each year, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) releases the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, outlining the most pressing threats to U.S. national security.
By Antonio Graceffo
Myanmar junta chief announces election for December or January
Source: Reuters
Myanmar’s military government will hold a general election in December 2025 or January 2026, state media said on Saturday, citing the junta chief, who provided the first specific time frame
By Reuters
How Myanmar created a menace of alarming proportion thanks to its drug cartels in Mizoram
Source: Organiser
The Junta in Myanmar has been backing drug cartels. In fact some of the cartels operating out of Myanmar earn nearly Rs 20,000 crore a month out of drug trade. However this scenario is worrisome for India
By Vicky Nanjappa
Putin has ‘breathing room’ for Myanmar to get Russian arms amid isolation
Source: South China Morning Post
A visit to Russia by General Min Aung Hlaing aimed to enhance Moscow’s influence in Southeast Asia underscored the junta’s need for diplomatic recognition
By Maria Siow | South China Morning Post
A house divided: The fate of Aung San Suu Kyi’s lakeside home
Source: Frontier Myanmar
The auctioning of the imprisoned leader’s Yangon house at the behest of her estranged brother is a legal farce, lawyers say, while pro-democracy veterans insist it must be preserved for public memory.
By Frontier
How Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees feel about Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘She was a rag doll who never had absolute power
Source: Independent
Rohingya Muslims tell of their changing view of Aung San Suu Kyi, seeing her as one of their own – a victim of the military – as she languishes in solitary confinement. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh
By Independent
AA Seals Off Cronies’ Residences and Government Offices in Maungdaw
Source: Narinjara News
A Muslim elder from Maungdaw clarified that the sealed properties comprise those belonging to junta-affiliated cronies and also those tied to the terrorist organizations.
By Naung Min Thu, Narinjara News
Myanmar to build 110MW nuclear plant, partner on Dawei Port with Russia
By The Nation
Speaking to reporters on March 5 following the Myanmar-Russia Economic Forum in Moscow, Zaw Min Tun confirmed the agreements
By The Nation
Criminal Court denies Thaksin’s request to attend ASEAN meeting in Indonesia
Source: The Nation
The Criminal Court has denied former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s request to leave Thailand to attend the ASEAN meeting in Indonesia on March 7, 2025
By The Nation
Belarus, Myanmar sign over 10 agreements at business forum
Source: BelTA
Enterprises of Belarus and Myanmar signed 13 bilateral documents at the Belarus-Myanmar business forum in Minsk on 6 March, BelTA has learned.
By BelTA
‘How could I do any less?’: Chin State’s Mother of Resistance
Source: Frontier Myanmar
While thousands of civilians flee Myanmar’s war, grandmother Ama and others stay behind, forming the invisible backbone of the anti-junta struggle.
By Salai JOHNNY and Lorcan LOVETT | Frontier
Rohingya refugee food aid to be halved from next month: UN
Source: Channel News Asia
Rations will be halved for around one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from next month due to a lack of funds, the United Nations food agency has said.
By Agence France-Presse
Myanmar’s Arakan Army captures 56 Bangladeshi fishermen
Source: Anadolu Agency
’56 fishermen were apprehended by the Arakan Army on Wednesday while fishing along Myanmar’s border in the bay,’ senior official tells Anadolu
By Sm Najmus Sakib
Myanmar sends first workers to Russia; junta chief to Belarus
Source: Radio Free Asia
Myanmar has sent workers to Russia for the first time with 24 skilled construction employees setting off on Wednesday, Myanmar’s military government said
By RFA Burmese
Mizoram MP invites Myanmar’s Chin Rebels to join India, citing shared ethnic ties
Source: The statesman
Mizoram’s Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena has invited Myanmar’s Chinland Council to consider joining India, citing Myanmar’s political instability and the deep ethnic ties between the Chin and Mizo communities.
By Statesman News Service
Catholic pastoral center bombed in Myanmar
Source: Vatican News
Amid ongoing tensions and fighting, Burmese armed forces have bombed and destroyed a Catholic pastoral center of the Diocese of Banmaw in the northern part of Myanmar.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
Maldives submits observations in Rohingya Muslims case proceeding at ICJ
Source: Raajje.mv
Attorney General Ahmed Usham, has submitted written observations on behalf of the Maldives on 28 February 2025 to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of “Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)”.
By Zunana Zalif
Myanmar junta airstrike hits IDP shelter in Demoso, injuring civilians and destroying homes
Source: Mizzima
Karenni State hosts over 300,000 IDPs, more than 65,000 reside in Demoso Township alone.
By Mizzima
Myanmar’s military recaptures camps from rebels in Shan state
Source: Radio Free Asia
The ethnic TNLA had controlled the camps since taking them in a major offensive last year.
By RFA Burmese
Myanmar junta airstrikes kill 12 civilians near oil field, dozens injured
Source: Mizzima
Myanmar’s military junta launched a series of airstrikes on villages near the Latpanto oil field, situated at the border of Myaing and Pauk townships in Magway Region
By Mizzima