EURO-BURMA OFFICE ADDB Inc – Canada, Euro-Burma Office – Belgium, EBO Foundation – Chiang Mai
ALL NEWS
Rangsiman questions PEA’s inaction on cutting power to Myanmar scam hubs
Suppliers of electricity to call-centre gangs to be regarded as accomplices
Source: The Nation
Thailand will classify those supplying electricity to call-centre gangs in Myanmar as accomplices. Deputy PM Phumtham confirms stricter measures to cut off illegal operations.
By The Nation
‘My father’s death wasn’t worth it’: Poverty awaits families of Myanmar army dead
Source: Radio Free Asia
4 years after the coup that pitched Myanmar into war, the bereaved are angry about how the military treats its own.
By Aye Aye Mon for RFA Burmese
Myanmar militia ‘ready to return’ more than 60 trafficked foreigners to Thailand
Source: Radio Free Asia
The expected release comes after international alarm about the scam centers put pressure on governments to act.
By RFA Burmese
Ex-congressman torches Musk’s DOGE for axing program to help students escape dictatorship
Source: Raw Story
“So the DOGE bros are bragging today that they got ‘DEI scholarships for Burma’ canceled,” wrote Malinowski, who also served as the assistant secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor under former President Barack Obama.
By Matthew Chapman
Myanmar aid groups struggle with freeze as UN warns of ‘staggering’ hunger
Source: Radio Free Asia
Thailand has offered help refugee camps along the border for the time being.
By Kiana Duncan for RFA
Risk of violence escalates in Myanmar’s civil war as election looms
Source: The Japan Times
With many forces opposing the junta and the election, tensions are set to rise ahead of the ballot, which brings the risk of more violence as both sides push to increase their control of territory, according to eight people, including analysts, rebels and diplomatic sources.
By Shoon NAING; Devjyot GHOSHAL | Reuters
About 5,000 people displaced by war return to Myanmar border town
Source: Radio Free Asia
“The AA has given us permission to return to the town because they have cleared the bombs,” said one Maungdaw resident heading home. “As far as we know, about 2,000 Rakhine people and 3,000 Muslims have arrived back.
By RFA Burmese
MNDAA Leader Vows to Uphold China’s ‘Peace’ Policy on Myanmar
Source: Irrawaddy
MNDAA commander Peng Daxun (aka Peng Deren) said in his Chinese New Year’s message on Tuesday that the MNDAA would “safeguard the political rights” as well as the “high degree of autonomy” that the ethnic armed group had secured for its territory
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar junta begins recruiting women for active military service
Source: Radio Free Asia
Myanmar’s ruling military junta has begun initial steps to draft women for active military service, residents said, showing the military’s desperation to replenish its ranks amid a series of battlefield defeats
By RFA Burmese and Nang Hseng Phoo
Illegal language school raided on Koh Phangan
Source: Bangkok Post
Police and local administrative officials found the school operating inside Koh Phangan International Church on Tuesday, Pol Maj Charoenchai Boonkliang, an investigative inspector of Surat Thani police, said on Wednsday.
By Supapong Chaolan
NSPNC and working group of political parties discuss key issues on Jan 23-24
Source: Eleven Media Group
On the first day of the meeting, the NSPNC Chairman discussed the status of discussions with political parties on the provisions of the 2008 Constitution that should be amended
By Eleven Media Group
Trump Order Suspends Healthcare in Refugee Camps
Source: Burma News International
Healthcare services in refugee camps along the Thailand-Myanmar border run by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) were suspended on 27 January 2025
By Karen Information Center
CHO Mobile Clinics Operating in Paletwa Township
Source: Burma News International
The Chin Health Organisation (CHO) has recently started operating mobile health clinics in the areas of Chin State’s Paletwa Township that are administered by the Paletwa Council.
By Chin World
ASEAN should break tradition for vital change
Source: Asia News Network
Concerning the ongoing civil war in Myanmar, Malaysian former foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah said that under certain circumstances, ASEAN needs to put aside its policy of non-interference.
By Tarrance Tan | The Star
Myanmar Resistance Forces Resume Assault on Junta Holdouts in Indaw
Source: Irrawaddy
People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) resumed their offensive against the last junta position in Indaw town in northern Sagaing Region on Monday
By Irrawaddy
Irrawaddy
Ethnic rebels seize key airport in northern Myanmar
Source: Radio Free Asia
The Bhamo Airport serves as a critical hub for delivering supplies and food to junta troops.
By RFA Burmese
Arakan Army captures junta camp on road to central Myanmar
Source: Radio Free Asia
The AA is probing areas to the east and south of Rakhine state after taking over most of it.
By RFA Burmese
Myanmar Junta to Evacuate Elite Military Academies to Naypyitaw
Source: Irrawaddy
The military regime plans to evacuate the Defense Services Academy (DSA) and Defense Services Technological Academy (DSTA) from Mandalay Region’s Pyin Oo Lwin as fighting from neighboring Shan State comes closer.
By Irrawaddy
Residents Demand a Transparent and Fair Taxation Policy
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
In Karenni State, township administration councils have begun collecting taxes, but residents in Demoso Township express a desire for more straightforward and fair taxation policies. Even after paying the taxes, we still have to contribute to armed groups
By Kantarawaddy Times
KNU begins issuing Kawthoolei registration cards in Hpapun district
Source: Mizzima
The Karen National Union (KNU) has started issuing Kawthoolei registration cards to residents in areas under Brigade 5’s control in Hpapun District, Karen State, according to KNU Spokesperson Padoh Saw Kler Say.
By Mizzima
Exposing atrocities against children and education in Myanmar
Source: Mizzima
Human Rights Myanmar has submitted two reports to UN bodies covering the devastating impacts of Myanmar’s ongoing armed conflict on children and education.
By Mizzima
Junta ‘Thieves Column’ Ransacks Lawksawk Township Houses
Source: Burma News International
Locals have nicknamed a junta column operating in and around Kyaukgu Village in Lawksawk (Yatsauk) Township, southern Shan State the ‘thieves column’ because they have ransacked so many empty homes.
By Shan Herald Agency for News
Political prisoners in Myanmar ‘suffering from malnutrition’
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
Around 20 political prisoners at Loikaw Prison are suffering from malnutrition as a result of cuts to food rations, and restrictions on family visitations, according to the Karenni Political Prisoners Association (KPPA), a civil society group that monitors prisons in Karenni State.
By English Editor
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