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Myanmar Regime Set to Resume New Yangon City and Other Chinese Projects
Source: Irrawaddy
During Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to Kunming in early November, Beijing proposed starting work on the Muse-Mandalay train line and resuming the New Yangon City project, a business owner told The Irrawaddy.
Irrawaddy
KIA Seizes Myanmar Junta Strongholds in Kachin Power Hub
Source: Irrawaddy
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has seized Myanmar regime positions and government offices in Bhamo town, a junta power base in Kachin State, according to Kachin media reports.
Irrawaddy
ARSA kills 2, abduct 3 and burn 3 houses in Maungdaw and Buthidaung
Source: Narinjara News
The residents expressed concern that the militants’ actions were aimed at creating religious & ethnic tension in the region
Khaing Lu Hla (Roma Mray)
Dissident US monk faces terrorism charge in Myanmar
Source: Radio Free Asia
The most serious charge carries a sentence of up to life in prison.
RFA Burmese
Activists tell US Congress of China’s far-reaching cultural erasure
Source: Radio Free Asia
Uyghur, Tibetan, Mongolian and Chinese activists say it’s hard to escape Beijing’s repressive reach.
Alex Willemyns
Bangladesh Modernizes All Branches of Its Military to Counter Threats from India and Myanmar
Source: Army Recognition
The change in government in Bangladesh, marked by the appointment of an interim cabinet led by Muhammad Yunus, has reignited discussions about revisiting the “Forces Goal 2030.”
Army Recognition
UNESCO adds Myanmar’s Thingyan Festival to Intangible Cultural Heritage list
Source: Eleven Media Group
The Myanmar traditional Thingyan, which will be designated as a UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage, is the result of the Sanskrit rhyme and the Burmese word Thingyan.
Eleven Media Group
Ongoing battles means prolonged displacement for many villagers along Karen/Mon border
Source: Human Rights Foundation of Monland
“Before, we could go back home after fleeing for five or ten days. But now we dare not go back as the junta has been targeting residential areas with constant air assaults and indiscriminate artillery attacks,” said a displaced person from Ah Nan Kwin village.
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
ICC’s arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief is a critical step forward
Source: Asia News Network
For millions who have endured decades of systematic oppression, displacement and violence, this move is more than symbolic, it is an overdue acknowledgment of their suffering
Yuyun Wahyuningrum | The Jakarta Post
Myanmar power output dims by one-third under junta rule
Source: Radio Free Asia
Observers blame decline on mismanagement and use of treasury for war chest.
RFA Burmese
Myanmar military presses offensive after two groups agree to talk
Source: Radio Free Asia
Myanmar’s military is fighting to retake territory lost to anti-junta fighters and killed 11 villagers in its latest assaults, a pro-democracy militia member said on Thursday, after two ethnic minority forces agreed to ceasefires, leaving their pro-democracy allies on their own
RFA Burmese
Arrest warrant for Myanmar general revives Rohingya’s justice fight
Source: TRT World
The move offers a critical step toward accountability, though justice remains far from realised.
Hannan HUSSAIN
Meta faces appeal of $150 billion hate speech lawsuit over role in Myanmar genocide
Source: Courthouse News Service
Rohingya refugees argued before the Ninth Circuit that a lower court improperly dismissed their case against the social media powerhouse.
Matt SIMONS
ASEAN Ministers to Gather in Thailand for Myanmar Talks
Source: Jakarta Globe
ASEAN’s ministers will assemble in Thailand later this month to find ways to cool down the Myanmar crisis that is about to enter its fourth year, according to a spokesman of the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Jayanty Nada Shofa
In Southeast Asia’s scam centers, human trafficking worsens
Source: Voice of America
The young man has been handcuffed to the ceiling, beaten until his buttocks turned purple, and received electric shocks to his feet.
Dave Grunebaum
Myanmar Junta Swells Arrest Log for Online Criticism
Source: Irrawaddy
Independent research group Data for Myanmar said in a recent report that from February 2022 to October 2024, the junta arrested 1,840 people for online criticism, 657 of them women.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar arrests 45 alleged scam operators in Shan state, but gangs persist
Source: Radio Free Asia
Authorities in Myanmar have arrested 45 people, including 18 Chinese citizens, for their alleged involvement in an online scamming operation in Shan state
RFA Burmese and Phouvong for RFA Lao
House panel raises border concerns
Source: Bangkok Post
Impact of United Wa State Army activities not limited to Myanmar, says People’s Party MP
Aekarach Sattaburuth
A ‘new chapter’? The future of rare earth mining under KIO rule
Source: Frontier Myanmar
Yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry
Emily Fishbein; Jauman Naw; Jaw Tu Hkawng; Hpan Ja Brang | Frontier
China calls for dialogue and ceasefire in northern Myanmar
Source: China Global Television Network
“In particular, they should not endanger the security and safety of China’s border areas, Chinese people living in the border areas and Chinese projects, companies and personnel in Myanmar,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday
China Global Television Network
Women Resistance Fighters Blow Themselves up to Avoid Arrest by Myanmar Junta
Source: Irrawaddy
Daw Su Su Yee, 45, and Ma Hnin Si Hlaing, 20, both members of the Kawlin Revolution (KR) Team resistance group, were riding a motorcycle and carrying handmade bombs when they unexpectedly met a regime column that was patrolling in the township around 9am on January 7.
Hein Htoo Zan
Food, Medicine Shortages Hit Rakhine’s Kyaukphyu
Source: Irrawaddy
Kyaukkphyu on the Bay of Bengal is home to a Chinese-invested Special Economic Zone and oil and gas pipelines that the regime is desperate to protect.
Hein Htoo Zan
MNDAA Declares Truce With Myanmar Junta After China Detains Leader
Source: Irrawaddy
The ethnic Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) on Tuesday declared a unilateral ceasefire with the junta while pledging to join China-brokered peace efforts, as Beijing continues to deta
Irrawaddy
KIA Advances in Kachin State, Captures Junta Outposts
Source: Irrawaddy
The armed group said outposts were seized from Infantry Battalion 47 troops near the entrance to Bhamo town on the Mansi road. Bhamo is a junta power base in Kachin State.
Hein Htoo Zan
2022 MYANMAR YEAR-END ROUNDUP: No end of civil war in sight
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
The reason why the two main adversary groups, ethnic-democratic alliance and military junta or SAC, have been at loggerheads is that both camps consider that they are doing the right thing for their prospective bases and most importantly because it is an existential necessity for survival.
Sai Wansai