The defection of Burma National Revolutionary Army leader Bo Nagar to the Myanmar junta sent shockwaves through the resistance, which is now striving to minimise internal schisms and continue its fight against the regime.
OPINION | The junta chief has become the president of a new – ostensibly civilian – government, but it is unlikely he will initiate any meaningful reform or negotiate with the resistance, argues Myo Lwin Oo.
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One year after the devastating earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28, recovery remains hobbled by lack of international funding, inflation, civil war and other factors.
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AFP | A Rohingya rights campaigner spearheading a genocide complaint filed in Indonesia against Myanmar’s next president urged the Muslim world on Wednesday to oppose the junta accused of the abuses.
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The arrests in India of seven foreigners accused of crossing into Myanmar to help resistance groups has raised fresh concerns about security along the rugged, porous border between the two countries.
This edition of Political Insider looks at the conflict between Three Brotherhood Alliance members the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army in northern Shan State.
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AFP | Myanmar’s parliament elected junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing as president on Friday, parliament said, with the ex-military commander set to maintain his rule in a civilian guise after snatching power by force five years ago.
AFP | Known as the “eyes and ears” of Myanmar’s junta chief, former spymaster General Ye Win Oo has been spotted in top-level regime meetings, actively taking notes while his boss lectures from the head of the table.
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AFP | Myanmar cleared the way on Monday for coup-leading Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to become president and maintain his rule in civilian garb, with lawmakers nominating him as a vice-presidential candidate and the junta replacing him as military commander.
The National Unity Government is organising regional administrations in areas under its control in central Myanmar, but questions linger about their effectiveness and how well they will coordinate with armed groups.
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OBITUARY | The documentary “Burma Soldier” tells the story of former political prisoner Myo Myint, but its triumphant ending masks the challenges faced by many people forced to flee Myanmar, even after resettlement in a “safe” country.
DOH ATHAN | Have you ever felt uncomfortable because of a message or comment on your phone? Criticism and insults are common on social media and they are often usedd to threaten, taunt or harm, in a form of technology-based violence that is intimidating and psychologically damaging.
AFP | The gaping holes torn in a road to Mandalay by last year’s devastating earthquake have been filled in, and the route in northern Myanmar partly resurfaced.
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AFP | Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh expressed concern on Wednesday as the cash-strapped United Nations World Food Programme prepares to cut aid for large portions of the 1.2 million-strong group.
Q&A | Rob Hunter-Perkins, of Conflict Armament Research, talks to Frontier about the discovery of a motor sourced from a Myanmar company in an Iranian drone recovered near the Iraq-Syria border in 2023.
This edition of Political Insider looks at the exploits of Bo Nagar after the 2021 military coup, from his status as an early leader of the armed resistance to his defection to the junta last month.
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This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, both houses of parliament convene as ex-generals take up their new posts, the MNDAA attacks the TNLA, and Frontier features editor Nic Dunlop talks about the future of the podcast.
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Nine years after the brutal military operations in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark another Eid in exile, caught between unfulfilled promises and an uncertain future.
AFP | More than 500 Myanmar resistance fighters surrendered to the junta, the military said Thursday, with Agence France-Presse journalists witnessing a disarming ceremony that one resistance faction suggested was a propaganda stunt.
AFP | Indian investigators have arrested seven foreigners, including six Ukrainians and an United States citizen, on suspicion of illegally crossing into neighbouring Myanmar to train armed resistance groups, an Indian public radio broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
OPINION | New legislation from the United States ostensibly aimed at putting pressure on the junta is strong in rhetoric but offers few effective tools to support the democratic opposition, argues David Scott Mathieson.
DOH ATHAN | To mark International Women’s Day, we talked to a young volunteer medic in Sagaing Region who has treated people under constant threat of airstrikes. Despite loss, fear and hardship, she is determined to serve on the frontlines of Myanmar’s revolution.
AFP | Myanmar’s parliament is set to convene Monday for the first time since a military coup five years ago, packed with pro-junta lawmakers elected in a poll orchestrated by the top brass.
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AFP | Myanmar’s spiralling rights and humanitarian crises risk getting “much worse” as global attention focuses on the Middle East war and aid dwindles further, a top United Nations expert on the Asian country warned.
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Recent announcements that the regime plans to resume the massive Myitsone dam project in Kachin State, 15 years after it was suspended, are raising alarms among residents and environmentalists.
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AFP | Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Thailand have become collateral damage from the civil war in neighbouring Myanmar, turning to drugs as supply through the area rockets on the back of the conflict.
OPINION | Recent calls for the British government to sanction the Rakhine armed group are misguided and, if heeded, could damage efforts to establish a common resistance front against the regime, argues David Scott Mathieson.
AFP | Aspiring students are lamenting Britain’s ban on education visas for their war-weary countries – dashing dreams of bettering themselves and their home nations.
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, rumours abound about appointments as parliament convenes this month and three members of the “MyCClimate” project discuss the nexus between climate change and conflict in Myanmar.
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OPINION | The regime’s policies of capping withdrawals from the country’s banks are eroding public trust in the sector and undoing the progress made during the previous decade, argues Myo Lwin Oo.
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