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High Hopes for Progress: ASEAN and Myanmar Crisis Talks in Bangkok
Source: Thai PBS World
As Laos concludes its ASEAN Chairmanship, the crisis in Myanmar remains a No 1, challenge, with expectations mounting for breakthroughs during the 19–20 December meetings in Bangkok.
Thai PBS World
Ignoring Chinese Pressure, KIA Seizes Myanmar Junta-Allied Militia Outpost in Kachin
Source: Irrawaddy
On Dec. 15 the KIA, the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), and allies seized the outpost in La He Si Bum Village, Khaunglanhpu Township
Hein Htoo Zan | Irrawaddy
The fighting peacock: Myanmar’s NLD on the front lines
Source: Frontier Myanmar
Members of the former ruling party have followed different paths since the 2021 coup, with some lying low but others taking up arms, while the continued imprisonment and recent deaths of party leaders raise questions about its future.
Frontier
‘Bullet’ Says All Political Parties Must Back Myanmar Military
Source: Irrawaddy
The belligerent Naypyitaw chair of the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) says political parties that have registered with the junta’s election body must take sides with the regime and support it in any way they can.
Irrawaddy
Thailand to Host Talks on Myanmar This Week
Source: Irrawaddy
Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa will hold two separate consultations on Thursday and Friday, as a follow-up to the offer made by Bangkok back in October to host informal meetings
The Bangkok Post and The Irrawaddy
Myanmar court suspends jail sentences for Thai fishermen
Source: BenarNews
Another 27 Myanmar crew members jailed for 4 years, group says.
Kiana Duncan for RFA and Nontarat Phaicharoen for BenarNews
A Lifetime in Detention: Rohingya Refugees in India
Source: Refugee International
The visits and interviews revealed gross violations of constitutional and human rights; and a failure by India to adhere to its commitments to international human rights treaties.
Report | Refugee International
Sources: Junta representatives, leaders of rebel group in talks in China
Source: Radio Free Asia
Neither the junta nor the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, or MNDAA, have made any statements on the talks.
RFA Burmese
ASEAN focus on persuasion to resolve Myanmar crisis: RI
Source: ANTARA
“Sanctions are not in the DNA of ASEAN countries. Moreover, ASEAN itself does not recognize the mechanism of sanctions against its member countries,” the ministry’s spokesperson, Rolliansyah Soemirat, said here on Monday.
ANTARA
The UN and the Long Curse of Opium and Conflict in Myanmar
Source: Irrawaddy
One of the latest dark-humor observations emerging from Myanmar is a sense of pride in the country being a world leader at least in one metric: opium production. Number one in the world again!
David Scott Mathieson, independent analyst working on conflict, humanitarian, and human rights issues on Myanmar
Assad’s fate haunts Myanmar junta
Source: Bangkok Post
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing must take note and study why even a strong 55-year-old family empire with heavyweight outside backing still crumbled like a house of cards
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Myanmar Rebels Say Recapture HQ After Almost 30 Years
Source: The Defense Post
A Myanmar ethnic rebel group said on Tuesday it had recaptured its headquarters from the Myanmar military, almost 30 years after it was forced out.
The Defense Post
Pro-Junta Parties to Be Armed to Teeth in Myanmar Polls
Source: Irrawaddy
The military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the National Interest and Development Party (NIDP) have already registered to arm their members.
Irrawaddy
PEOPLE, FOOD and LAND: Lessons from the Lahu highlands
Source: Transnational Institute
Land is integral to Lahu society and sustainable economy. They may not call themselves environmentalists, yet their ways of life offer key lessons for global struggles towards climate justice.
Commentary | Transnational Institute
Seize momentum for justice created by application for ICC arrest warrant against Myanmar junta leader: UN expert
Source: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
“The Prosecutor’s decision to request an arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing in relation to his crimes against the Rohingya was a long-awaited and critical step forward,” said Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar.
Press Release | OHCHR
INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT IN SHAN STATE: A bigger hurdle for the realization of federal democratic union
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
Although there is no argument that the military dictatorship system can’t be accepted in any future building of a genuine federal democratic union, not many pondered on how to go about the resolving of inter-ethnic conflict
Sai WANSAI | Shan Herald Agency for News
An ICC Arrest Warrant For Myanmar Junta Chief Is Too Little, Too Late – OpEd
Source: Radio Free Asia
The ICC hasn’t yet issued an arrest warrant; a prosecutor has applied for one. But even if a warrant is forthcoming, it won’t be acted upon. Min Aung Hlaing won’t be hauled to The Hague while his junta holds power over much of the country and has the backing of Beijing
David Hutt, research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS)
The Gambia v. Myanmar: Belgium files a declaration of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute)
Source: International Court of Justice
On Thursday 12 December 2024, Belgium, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Press Release | International Court of Justice
Myanmar junta intimidates aid groups in effort to hide hunger crisis
Source: Reuters
Myanmar’s military has detained food-security researchers and warned aid workers not to release information revealing that millions of people are experiencing severe hunger.
Special Report | Poppy MCPHERSON, Devjyot GHOSHAL, Steve STECKLOW and Ruma PAUL
UWSA Taxes Causing Hardship in Hopang Town
Source: Burma News International
A Hopang Town resident said to Shan Herald: “The tax amounts are high. Even small grocery shops are taxed; the larger the shop, the higher the tax. Tax collectors come every month to collect the fees.”
Shan Herald Agency for News
Rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine state seize another stronghold, shun talks
Source: Radio Free Asia
Arakan Army rejects call for talks, saying the people do not accept military rule and the junta should lay down arms.
RFA Burmese
Cruelty, suffering, and escape: Myanmar at war
Source: MERCATOR
An innocent villager dangles from a rope tied to a tree, his arms painfully bound behind his back, as a campfire crackles beneath him. The man’s desperate cries pierce the air: “It’s too hot! Please help! Can anyone hear me?”
Antonio GRACEFFO, China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia
Thawthi Taw Oo Indigenous Park established in Karen State
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
A new conservation park called the Thawthi Taw Oo Indigenous Park was established from Dec. 10-12 by the Karen National Union (KNU), local communities, and civil society organizations, along the Sittaung River on 1.4 million acres (5,754 square km) in Toungoo (Taw Oo) district
English Editor | Democratic Voice of Burma
Statement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Myanmar a.i. (13 December 2024)
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) for Myanmar that was launched today requests US$1.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 5.5 million people
Statement | OCHA
Myanmar’s war has forced doctors and nurses into prostitution
Source: Bangkok Post
After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved her goal of becoming a doctor. But a month after she graduated and found a job, her dreams started unravelling.
The New York TImes