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NUG foreign minister criticizes China for interference in Myanmar’s internal affairs
Source: Mizzima
“No one has the right to dictate to the NUG and the ethnic armed groups within Myanmar whom they can or cannot engage with. This is our freedom”
Mizzima
Myanmar Junta Revives Pakokku Airport to Launch Airstrikes
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar military is poised to put a disused civilian airport in Pakokku, Magwe Region back into operation for military purposes as it intensifies its campaign against resistance forces.
Irrawaddy
In world’s largest refugee camps, Rohingya mobilise to fight in Myanmar
Source: Reuters
Reuters is also revealing specifics about failed negotiations between the Rohingya and the Arakan Army, inducements offered by the junta to Rohingya fighters such as money and citizenship documents, as well as about the cooperation of some Bangladesh officials with the insurgency.
Devjyot Ghoshal; Poppy Mcpherson
Cambodia’s Authoritarian Ruling Party to Monitor Myanmar Junta’s Planned Election
Source: Irrawaddy
Cambodia’s ruling party, which won elections in July 2023 that international observers dismissed as stage-managed and unfair, has agreed to send observers to monitor elections expected to be organized in Myanmar next year by the military regime.
Irrawaddy
In Search Of A New Approach To Myanmar: Is An Alliance Between The US And Myanmar Military Possible?
Source: Eurasia Review
An outside observer knows only about the struggle of the “resistance” with the “junta” and that the “junta” is suffering defeat and will soon fall.
Alexey Nikolayev, independent Russian researcher
PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES IN MYANMAR: China upping the ante or bulldozing through?
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
Reportedly, Chinese armed forces will be summoned for the security of Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone Project, which will be carried out by China and Military Council Security Cooperative in Kyauk Phyu Township, Rakhine State.
Sai WANSAI
Over 1,300 Myanmar military airstrikes in four months kill 581 civilians, NGO reports
Source: Mizzima
The Myanmar military junta conducted more than 1,300 airstrikes between June and September this year, resulting in the deaths of 581 civilians, including 168 women and children in all over Myanmar
Mizzima
China Hands Back 300 Myanmar Junta Troops Who Fled Border Town Seized by KIA
Source: Irrawaddy
Over 300 junta soldiers who fled Kanpiketi after the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) seized the border town last week were handed back to the regime by China in Muse, northern Shan State, on Saturday.
Saw LWIN | Irrawaddy
Prisoner Release A ‘Bright Spot’ But No Sign Myanmar Junta Opening Up, Says Blinken
Source: News 18.
Blinken said that despite the release of prisoners, the regime was also responsible for “terrible violence” as he pointed to an air attack that killed children at a school and executions of activists.
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Asean should stick to founding principles in Myanmar decision, says senior Cambodian official
Source: Straits Times
“It is important we do not overstretch our interpretations of what we can do and what we cannot do with the Asean charter,” he told the Straits Times in an exclusive interview ahead of the Asean Summit on Friday in Phnom Penh
Tan Hui Yee | Straits Times
Understanding the People’s Defense Forces in Myanmar
Source: United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Benefiting from strong public support, these rebel groups, which have become battle-hardened and more coordinated, now play a crucial, and perhaps decisive, role in the future security landscape of Myanmar.
Ye Myo Hein
A new generation in Myanmar risks their lives for change
Source: Radio Free Asia
Across Myanmar, tens of thousands of young people have joined a range of anti-junta forces.
Aye Aye Mon and Chan Aung, RFA Burmese
Are Chinese private armies entering the fray in Myanmar?
Source: Radio Free Asia
There are already four Chinese private security companies that are operating in Myanmar, doing static security work.
Zachary Abuza
Intransigent Losers
Source: Myanmar Pressphoto Agency
The junta chief’s refusal to accept failure. This raises a crucial question: Are the people of Myanmar inherently unwilling to accept defeat?
Shine Bu Chay
Myanmar Junta Bans Fuel Supply to Rebel-Held Areas
Source: Irrawaddy
The regime has now banned fuel supply to the whole of Rakhine State and northern Shan State, Kachin except the state capital Myitkyina, and 26 townships in Sagaing Region
Irrawaddy
China is off the fence in Myanmar
Source: War on the Rocks
China does not want a federal democracy: It desires the bare minimum stability to pursue its interests and it feels the junta is the horse to back to achieve this.
Lucas MYERS
Attacks on Health Care in Myanmar
Source: ReliefWeb
Insecurity Insight identified 1507 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Myanmar since the military coup on 01 February 2021 and 29 October 2024.
Situation Report | Insecurity Insight
Kachin Special Region 1 now under Kachin Independence Army control
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allied People’s Defense Force (PDF) seized control of the rare earth mining town of Kanpaikti – the last border town in Kachin State under Naypyidaw’s control – in Waingmaw Township on Wednesday.
English Editor | Democratic Voice of Burma
Explosion at Yangon seminary kills abbot, cause under investigation
Source: Mizzima
A blast at the Tamwe Myot U Pariyatti Seminary in Yangon’s Tamwe Township on the morning of 18 November claimed the life of the abbot, U Nyanavamsa, according to sources close to the seminary.
Mizzima
With Proposed Security Gamble, Beijing Decides ‘Enough Is Enough’ in Myanmar
Source: Irrawaddy
In the wake of the 2021 military coup and the nationwide armed revolt against the regime, China’s BRI projects in Myanmar have been stalled and face security challenges.
Analysis | Irrawaddy
Abuse, conscription, drug addiction: Myanmar refugees speak of life in Shan State
Source: The New Humanitarian
“Both groups taxed us heavily,” Sai Zam Aung said, reiterating claims made by civilians in several other areas of Myanmar about being forced to make impossible choices under pressure from differing warring parties.
News Feature | Antonio Graceffo, PhD
MNDAA Reinforces Lashio, Defying Chinese Demands
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) is reinforcing troops, ammunition and other supplies in the northern Shan State capital, Lashio, despite pressure from China to withdraw from the city.
Irrawaddy
Urgent need to protect children amid escalating conflict in Myanmar
Source: UNICEF
The humanitarian crisis in Myanmar is reaching a critical inflexion point, with escalating conflict and climate shocks putting children and families at unprecedented risk.
Statement | UNICEF
Unsung Heroes: Stories of Detainment
Source: Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
We could not fill these pages with the stories of all of the heroes of the Spring Revolution. However, we hope that by telling the stories of heroes as well as perhaps lesser-known ordinary people, from across the country
Thematic Report | Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
No major steps so far to resolve Rohingya crisis: new envoy
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
Newly appointed High Representative for Rohingya Affairs Dr Khalilur Rahman criticized the lack of significant action on the ongoing Rohingya crisis saying no major initiative was taken by now to resolve the issue.
Tanzim Anwar