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China Reportedly Planning to Welcome Myanmar Junta Boss
Source: Irrawaddy
The trip would likely take place this month and preparations for the visit are now under way, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar Junta-Allied Border Battalion Falls in Kachin Rare Earth Hub
Source: Irrawaddy
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allies seized Border Guard Force Battalion (BGF) 1002 headquarters in Pangwa near the Chinese border in Chipwi Township, Kachin State at around 12:45 pm on Tuesday, according to a KIA statement and frontline sources.
Hein Htoo Zan
China Backs Neighboring Junta as it Widens Airstrikes in War of Survival
Source: Newsweek
The expanded offensive by junta forces comes at a time that China has swung its support more fully behind the military government, with reports that it has supplied new attack aircraft and is pressuring armed groups to end their own advances against the army.
Matthew Tostevin
Humanitarian assistance to Myanmar
Source: Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Australia will provide $9 million to Myanmar through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership to support communities and conflict-affected populations.
Joint media release | Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
UWSA SUMMONED AND GIVEN CHINA’S POLICY DIRECTIVES: Propping up Myanmar military junta regime may be counter productive for China
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
With such unfolding scenarios, questions arise on how the MNDAA is going to function under such a pressure and distress; how the Spring Revolution, Operation 1027 and Shan-Man Operation which are linked together will pan out; and how the decision of China to prop up the SAC will look like practically on the ground.
Sai WANSAI
UWSA Protected Scam Centre Set up in Tangyan Township, Shan State
Source: Burma News International
A local woman of about 25 years of age told Shan Herald that UWSA Brigades 318 and 713 are providing security for the scamming gangs.
Shan Herald Agency for News
Remarks to launch of Sean Turnell’s Lowy Institute paper, ‘Best Laid Plans’
Source: Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong.
That coup was the latest setback for Myanmar and its people, who had seen their hopes for their country supressed yet again, following attempts before 1962 and again in 1988 to forge a more democratic and inclusive future.
Speech | Senator the Hon Penny Wong
Revolutionary Forces Seize Htoo Chaung Base, Junta Soldiers Flee
Source: Kantaryawaddy Times
Revolutionary forces launched an attack on Htoo Chaung Base, located between Bawlakhe and Hpasaung Townships in Karenni State, on October 12.
Kantaryawaddy Times
In Chin State Census Collection Only Attempted in Three Towns
Source: Burma News International
The junta discreetly carried out a limited census in wards of the Chin State state towns that it controls, Hakha, Falam and Tedim, but the way census data is being collected is irregular and haphazard.
Khonumthung News
Resistance Hails Huge Blow for Myanmar Junta in Pinlebu
Source: Irrawaddy
Over 50 anti-regime groups from Kawlin, Pinlebu, Wuntho, Katha, Kantbalu, Kale, Shwebo, Mawleik, Sagaing and Yinmabin townships took part in the joint operation from Kawlin, Kantbalu and Katha (3K) districts.
Saw Lwin
Military junta in Myanmar has lost legitimacy, but not power
Source: La croix international
“The revolution will win!” In a bold act of defiance against the Myanmar military junta, tens of thousands of people in the city of Mandalay followed the October 9 funeral procession of the famous “hero of democracy” Zaw Myint Maung, 72, who died of leukemia two days earlier.
Dorian Malovic
UN must act to end Myanmar’s nightmare
Source: Herald Malaysia
The death of Myanmar is underway, and yet its resurrection is still possible if the international community acts.
Benedict Rogers
Karenni State government has been established as a “Federalism Model”: Karenni State leaders
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor
The preliminary launch of the paper titled “Federalism from the Ground Up: The Karenni Model of Nation-State Building” took place on 9 October.
Network Media Group
Fighting Myanmar’s patriarchy, one all-male panel at a time
Source: Bangkok Post
A panel discussion in Myanmar about female leadership had two speakers. Both were male. Another talk, about how to stay safe from the military government’s deadly bombing campaign against civilians, featured four men and no women.
New York Times
Myanmar Crisis: ASEAN Alone Cannot Resolve The Situation
Source: Japan News
If the influence of Beijing and Moscow increases excessively, there is a risk that stability in Southeast Asia as a whole will be undermined.
Editorial | The Yomiuri Shimbun
China’s Complicity in Junta’s Airstrikes
Source: Progressive Voice Myanmar
Meanwhile, countries such as France, Germany, and Spain continue to do business with this Chinese company and remain silent on these unethical business arrangements for their own profit.
Weekly Highlight | Progressive Voice Myanmar
Examining the role of women in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
The male-dominated National Unity Government (NUG) and Bamar political elite speak about democracy. Yet, there can be no democracy when women, who are half of the population, cannot participate equally in it.
Moe Gyo
Urban guerrilla forces hit junta security gate and administrative office in Yangon
Source: Mizzima
An explosion targeted the junta’s security gate near Thamada Cinema in Dagon Township, and another attack was made on the No. 19 ward administrative office in Shwepyitha Township.
Mizzima
Census Enumerators Deliberately Under-Representing Ethnic People
Source: Karen News
Ethnic people are worried that they will be recorded in the ongoing junta-organised census as being Bamar because enumerators are deliberately putting down false information on census forms.
Karen News
Regime accused of using cluster bombs in Arakan State
Source: Development Media Group
The regime used two cluster bombs in a clash with the AA near the military’s Light Infantry Battalion No. 373 in Ann on October 10, according to sources close to the military.
Development Media Group
Myanmar is spiralling, warns UN chief in peace call to regional bloc ASEAN
Source: UN News
Amid escalating hostilities in Myanmar sparked by a 2021 military coup that have plunged millions into a deepening humanitarian crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the country’s neighbours “to leverage their influence” to bring about peace.
UN News
Free Election Under Myanmar Junta ‘Impossible’: US Official
Source: BARRON’S
Any poll would “simply be an election that will return them [the military] to power,” said Van Schaack, who advises the US government on responses to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Agence France Presse
Don’t fall for the fake election in Myanmar
Source: East Asia Forum
This attempt to gain spurious legitimacy would be laughable if not for regional governments’ interest in returning Myanmar to some form of ‘normalcy’. The international community has left ASEAN to lead in addressing the Myanmar crisis, with very little progress made.
Mi Kun Chan Non; Ashley South
“Military Successes With Unresolved Federal Puzzles”
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor | Burma News International
The absence of a majority among the allied forces that contributed to military successes in drafting and approving the Federal Democracy Charter by the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) underscores the need to renegotiate political agreements for future state-building efforts.
Analysis Paper | Myanmar Peace Monitor
Beheaded bodies of 2 Buthidaung residents recovered
Source: Narinjara News
Two missing male residents of Buthidaung were recovered after they were killed and buried by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) terrorist outfit on 10 October, said a statement issued by the Arakan Army (AA).
Narinjara News