‘Restore normal relations’ The junta promoted the elections as a return of power to the people and an opportunity for reconciliation in the civil war. Myanmar’s post-coup leaders have been considered untouchable by many countries abroad. Analysts say another aim of the election was to normalize its image with a veil of legitimacy, freeing up […]
Last month, fierce fighting broke out between the armed Arakan Army and junta forces in Rakhine state. As a result of the clashes, lasting a few days from 11 March, 172 BGP members and 3 customs officials fled to Bangladesh. Till now it has not been possible to send them back. BGP members and customs […]
Relationships between the pages were observed in a variety of ways: they often shared creators, administrators, and editors, and regularly posted content using the same IP addresses used by the Myanmar military. “This network often featured identical content posted on multiple pages, sometimes within a matter of minutes,” IIMM said. The investigators highlighted that the […]
The operation began in northern Shan State in October 1027. So far, resistance fighters have captured countless posts and camps. The situation in northern Shan State is now calm. There is fierce resistance in Rakhine, Chin, Karen, Karenni, Magway and Sagaing. It seems that the Tatmadaw is not prepared or has the capacity to fight. […]
The number of tourists to the island of St. Martin has halved due to increasing fighting in Myanmar. The district administration had indefinitely suspended the movement of ships on the Teknaf-Saint Martin route on February 10 due to security reasons. However, two sea routes from St. Martin Island to Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram are still […]
At the same time, many members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) under the control of Myanmar’s military government have fled to Bangladesh since Monday and have taken shelter here. Till Thursday evening, a total of 330 BGP members have taken shelter in Bangladesh. These include members of the Myanmar army and police and many […]
Joining the seminar online, former Foreign Secretary and SIPG Professor Mohammad Shahidul Haq said Myanmar is an important neighbor of India as it is the only country that connects ASEAN countries by road. Like China, India also maintains relations with Myanmar’s military rulers. India wants to advance its relations with Myanmar. MD Mahbubul Haq, a […]
“As of yesterday, more than 286,000 people have been displaced since fighting escalated on October 26, and this number continues to rise,” he said. Fighting broke out in late October in the north of Shan State, near the Chinese border, where three ethnic minority groups coordinated an attack against central military power. The Arakan Army, […]
Myanmar’s ruling military is facing attacks on multiple fronts along its border as a coalition of ethnic minority rebel groups join forces with pro-democracy fighters to try to seize territory and challenge the junta’s rule. Why has the fight broken out? On October 27, a coalition of ethnic minority groups launched coordinated attacks on military […]
The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal against six corruption convictions, according to media reports. Suu Kyi, who has been detained since the military toppled her government in a 2021 coup, faces up to 27 years in prison. She is appealing dozens of convictions for crimes […]
Several projects in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative are set to run through northern Myanmar and link China’s landlocked Yunnan province to the Indian Ocean. Qin’s predecessor, Wang Yi, visited the country in July last year, meeting with his local counterpart but not with the junta chief. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that after the […]
The attack was strongly condemned by the United Nations and Western powers. Indonesia – Southeast Asia’s biggest economy – is serving as the 2023 chair of ASEAN and will host the 10-member bloc’s annual leaders’ meetings in May and September. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said last week that Jakarta was working hard to implement a […]