13-12-2023, 06:42 PM
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Civil War in Myanmar
13-12-2023, 07:45 PM
(29-11-2023, 11:38 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: It is like, I like West is not interested. See India and China...quiet' make no or little noise..Myanmar confirmed Monday (Dec 11) talks have been held over the conflict in northern Myanmar after weeks of fighting between the country's junta and ethnic minority armed groups.
"China is happy to see the parties to the conflict in northern Myanmar hold peace talks and achieve positive results," foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/nor...ts-3980116
14-12-2023, 10:01 AM
BEIJING - China is happy to see parties to the Myanmar conflict hold peace talks and is willing to provide further support on Tuesday easing of situation in northern Myanmar is in the interests of all parties and conducive to peace stability in the China-Myanmar border area," said foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning.
China is happy to see parties to the conflict in northern Myanmar hold peace talks to achieve positive results, and we are ready to continue to provide support and facilitation to this end.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-...n-ministry
China is happy to see parties to the conflict in northern Myanmar hold peace talks to achieve positive results, and we are ready to continue to provide support and facilitation to this end.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-...n-ministry
14-12-2023, 04:58 PM
"Myanmar ethnic minorities alliance says it is fighting to ‘end dictatorship’
The alliance Myanmar ethnic minority groups said on Dec 13 it would fight to end the country’s “dictatorship”, days after the junta said it had held talks with the alliance facilitated by China.
Clashes have raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan state after the Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army launched an offensive in late October.
The groups have seized military positions and border hubs vital for trade with China in what analysts say is the biggest military challenge to the junta since it seized power in 2021.
The alliance said on Dec 13 it reaffirmed its “commitment to end dictatorship”, following the reports of peace talks between the Myanmar junta and the groups. “Achieving our complete goal needs more time and ongoing efforts. Our dedication remains strong with the entire Myanmar population.”
Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said on Dec 11 military had held talks with the 3-groups aimed at finding a “political” solution to the conflict.
Those talks had been held “with the help of China”, he said, without saying when or where they were held. China’s Foreign Ministry said it had facilitated talks between the military and the alliance that had yielded “positive results”, without giving details.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...ctatorship
The alliance Myanmar ethnic minority groups said on Dec 13 it would fight to end the country’s “dictatorship”, days after the junta said it had held talks with the alliance facilitated by China.
Clashes have raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan state after the Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army launched an offensive in late October.
The groups have seized military positions and border hubs vital for trade with China in what analysts say is the biggest military challenge to the junta since it seized power in 2021.
The alliance said on Dec 13 it reaffirmed its “commitment to end dictatorship”, following the reports of peace talks between the Myanmar junta and the groups. “Achieving our complete goal needs more time and ongoing efforts. Our dedication remains strong with the entire Myanmar population.”
Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said on Dec 11 military had held talks with the 3-groups aimed at finding a “political” solution to the conflict.
Those talks had been held “with the help of China”, he said, without saying when or where they were held. China’s Foreign Ministry said it had facilitated talks between the military and the alliance that had yielded “positive results”, without giving details.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...ctatorship
14-12-2023, 09:44 PM
Myanmar’s Spring Revolution Must Open Two New Fronts to Oust Junta. When nationwide nonviolent protests were brutally attacked by Myanmar military and police, demands for international intervention under Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle went ignored.
Pleas for help have also fallen on deaf ears after the junta launched a full-fledged war of terror against the civilian population, committing atrocities across the country.
Myanmar’s people have been abandoned to their fate – though they are not alone in this reality of today’s world is that hardly anyone is willing to help become all victims of state terror and brutal dictatorships.
When democracies and international inter-govt organizations like UN and ASEAN are unable or unwilling to provide meaningful assistance to a brutalized population, other authoritarians are emboldened to help out dictators facing protests and uprisings by their own people.
Russia, China, Iran and others are increasingly willing to jump in and provide assistance and diplomatic cover to shaken dictators. While, democracies and intergovernmental organizations express concern and regret.
Western democracies like the US and EU at least provide some funding for limited humanitarian aid while supporting favored civil society organizations and independent media. For populations under attack and in desperate need, this is welcome and useful, but it is far from sufficient.
However, no international player provides substantial, meaningful assistance for people to defend themselves against regimes ready to kill and torture. Eg: The Karenni State capital, which is strategically located near to Naypyitaw, is targeted repeated junta shelling and airstrikes.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-...junta.html
Pleas for help have also fallen on deaf ears after the junta launched a full-fledged war of terror against the civilian population, committing atrocities across the country.
Myanmar’s people have been abandoned to their fate – though they are not alone in this reality of today’s world is that hardly anyone is willing to help become all victims of state terror and brutal dictatorships.
When democracies and international inter-govt organizations like UN and ASEAN are unable or unwilling to provide meaningful assistance to a brutalized population, other authoritarians are emboldened to help out dictators facing protests and uprisings by their own people.
Russia, China, Iran and others are increasingly willing to jump in and provide assistance and diplomatic cover to shaken dictators. While, democracies and intergovernmental organizations express concern and regret.
Western democracies like the US and EU at least provide some funding for limited humanitarian aid while supporting favored civil society organizations and independent media. For populations under attack and in desperate need, this is welcome and useful, but it is far from sufficient.
However, no international player provides substantial, meaningful assistance for people to defend themselves against regimes ready to kill and torture. Eg: The Karenni State capital, which is strategically located near to Naypyitaw, is targeted repeated junta shelling and airstrikes.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-...junta.html
15-12-2023, 04:05 PM
(14-12-2023, 10:01 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: BEIJING - China is happy to see parties to the Myanmar conflict hold peace talks and is willing to provide further support on Tuesday easing of situation in northern Myanmar is in the interests of all parties and conducive to peace stability in the China-Myanmar border area," said foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning.
China is happy to see parties to the conflict in northern Myanmar hold peace talks to achieve positive results, and we are ready to continue to provide support and facilitation to this end.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-...n-ministry
Myanmar's Buddhists and Christians join fight against junta
Myanmar's Buddhists and Christians join fight against junta. Myanmar's Chin State, Buddhists and Christians unite in the Chinland Defense Force to fight military junta. Buddhist members of the Chinland Defense Force take part in weekly prayers at their campImage:
Young fighters with the "Chinland Defense Forces" pack the floor of a tarpaulin-walled room at their mountain base on a Saturday evening, chanting over Buddhist texts illuminated by candles and smartphones. This is headquarters of the Chinland Defense Force – Kalay, Kabaw, Gangaw (CDF-KKG) Battalion 4. And for the Buddhists in this resistance group, Saturdays are for praying.
CDF-KKG is fighting Myanmar's military junta, which in recent months has been losing ground across the country to a armed ethnic militias who have launched an offensive. The junta took power in a coup in 2021, and the conflict between the military and resistance groups has not ceased since. Battalion 4's base in the northeastern part of Chin State is cut into a mountain that overlooks townships in the bordering Sagaing Region.
https://www.dw.com/en/myanmars-joint-res...a-67710310
15-12-2023, 09:29 PM
Dec 15 (Reuters) - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.
But rebels were playing a double-game.
Secretly, the ethnic armies - collectively called the Three Brotherhood Alliance - had already laid the groundwork for Operation 1027, a major offensive launched in October that has become the most significant threat to the regime since it seized power in a 2021 coup.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...023-12-15/
But rebels were playing a double-game.
Secretly, the ethnic armies - collectively called the Three Brotherhood Alliance - had already laid the groundwork for Operation 1027, a major offensive launched in October that has become the most significant threat to the regime since it seized power in a 2021 coup.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...023-12-15/
16-12-2023, 04:10 PM
Junta conducts airstrikes at ancient city of Mrauk
According to a statement issued by the Brotherhood Alliance, the military arrested civilians from boats on the Kaladan River after a four-hour fight with the Arakan Army.
A clash with Arakan Army (AA) fighters who had intercepted one of their many convoys, local said, the military vehicles were reportedly carrying many, than then 100 troops from two different army outposts in Minbya Township, Rakhine sats the Junta.
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-co...f-mrauk-u/
According to a statement issued by the Brotherhood Alliance, the military arrested civilians from boats on the Kaladan River after a four-hour fight with the Arakan Army.
A clash with Arakan Army (AA) fighters who had intercepted one of their many convoys, local said, the military vehicles were reportedly carrying many, than then 100 troops from two different army outposts in Minbya Township, Rakhine sats the Junta.
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-co...f-mrauk-u/
16-12-2023, 09:58 PM
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17-12-2023, 08:33 PM
Myanmer Ethnic minority fighters is battling Myanmar’, saying (Dec 16) they have seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary ceasefire. Clashes have raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan state since Arakan Army (AA) Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) launched a joint offensive in late October.
The three allied known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance – say captured military positions and border hubs vital for trade with China, posing what they say is the biggest military challenge to junta since it seized power in 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...m-military
The three allied known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance – say captured military positions and border hubs vital for trade with China, posing what they say is the biggest military challenge to junta since it seized power in 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...m-military
18-12-2023, 12:04 AM
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20-12-2023, 04:10 PM
China has emerged as the dominant foreign power in terms of shaping possible outcomes in Myanmar’s spiralling political crisis as Beijing seeks to exert its influence over several armed groups who have staged the biggest challenge to the generals since they seized power in the February 2021 coup.
Beijing last week pushed 3-powerful ethnic armies – the Arakan Army (AA), the Mandarin-speaking Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) – to agree to a truce after fighters working with anti-coup coalitions across Myanmar pushed Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s military out of swathes of the north, overran hundreds of military outposts and seized control of border crossings with China under Operation 1027.
Ceasefire announcement followed talks in its southwestern city of Kunming between State Admin Council (SAC), as Myanmar’s coup leaders call themselves, and the 3-Brotherhood Alliance, the coalition of AA, MNDAA and TNLA, which is driving the 1027 offensive.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a statement on December 14, confirming that “a temporary ceasefire” had been reached. Beijing’s prominent involvement in the truce and its armed support for both ethnic armies and the SAC makes China by far the most influential foreign actor in the turmoil in Myanmar, a strategic location where big powers have long jostled for influence and whose generals are also deepening ties with Russia.
Beijing pleaded assistance, and a flurry of Chinese gov interactions with MNDAA and its allies,” said Jason Tower, Myanmar country director at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Patronage networks -- The ceasefire also came days after Beijing issued arrest warrants for 10 partners and cronies of Myanmar’s military, including members of the five powerful families who collectively ruled Kokang, bordering China’s Yunnan Province, most notable target was Bai Suocheng, key ally of Min Aung Hlaing, indicated the complex layers of connections & patronage between China, Myanmar’s ethnic minorities in the borderlands and the generals.
“China is really pi**ed off with regime for scam centres and related crime. Myanmar became synonymous with scams in China,” a source close to the Chinese government said.
Beijing last week pushed 3-powerful ethnic armies – the Arakan Army (AA), the Mandarin-speaking Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) – to agree to a truce after fighters working with anti-coup coalitions across Myanmar pushed Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s military out of swathes of the north, overran hundreds of military outposts and seized control of border crossings with China under Operation 1027.
Ceasefire announcement followed talks in its southwestern city of Kunming between State Admin Council (SAC), as Myanmar’s coup leaders call themselves, and the 3-Brotherhood Alliance, the coalition of AA, MNDAA and TNLA, which is driving the 1027 offensive.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a statement on December 14, confirming that “a temporary ceasefire” had been reached. Beijing’s prominent involvement in the truce and its armed support for both ethnic armies and the SAC makes China by far the most influential foreign actor in the turmoil in Myanmar, a strategic location where big powers have long jostled for influence and whose generals are also deepening ties with Russia.
Beijing pleaded assistance, and a flurry of Chinese gov interactions with MNDAA and its allies,” said Jason Tower, Myanmar country director at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Patronage networks -- The ceasefire also came days after Beijing issued arrest warrants for 10 partners and cronies of Myanmar’s military, including members of the five powerful families who collectively ruled Kokang, bordering China’s Yunnan Province, most notable target was Bai Suocheng, key ally of Min Aung Hlaing, indicated the complex layers of connections & patronage between China, Myanmar’s ethnic minorities in the borderlands and the generals.
“China is really pi**ed off with regime for scam centres and related crime. Myanmar became synonymous with scams in China,” a source close to the Chinese government said.
23-12-2023, 03:29 PM
Embattled Dictator Blames British Myanmar game, while airforce propping up his army.
Min Aung Hlaing has again ratcheted up blame game as responsibility for country’s escalating post-coup crisis. He says is Britain he targeted.
At advance celebrations for Independence Day on Jan4, which is Myanmar independence from British in 1948, he pointed finger of blame at “British colonialists” impact colonialists’ divide-and-rule policy continued to affect ethnic groups in Myanmar, he referring offensives conducted against his regime by armed organizations representing various ethnic groups.
He was speaking his regime lost control of several major towns & hundreds of outposts in northern Shan, Chin, Kayah & Rakhine states, as well as Sagaing Region. The ethnic Brotherhood Alliance, responding to Chinese involvement in its offensive in northern Shan State, said they were influence of no country or organization had only objective to root out military dictatorship.
Min Aung Hlaing will keep pointing finger over the crisis that engulfed Myanmar since his coup, ignoring the fact that all the blame lies with him.
Praise for Min Aung Hlaing at a ceremony to mark 76th anniversary of Air Force on Dec. 15. Myanmar Air Force marked 76th anniversary on Dec. 15 by commissioning two new Russian-made Su-30 fighters. Speaking at ceremony, he praised air force for outstanding performance” in combat across northern Shan State, contrary to facts, his regime is gaining upper hand.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/junta...-more.html
Min Aung Hlaing has again ratcheted up blame game as responsibility for country’s escalating post-coup crisis. He says is Britain he targeted.
At advance celebrations for Independence Day on Jan4, which is Myanmar independence from British in 1948, he pointed finger of blame at “British colonialists” impact colonialists’ divide-and-rule policy continued to affect ethnic groups in Myanmar, he referring offensives conducted against his regime by armed organizations representing various ethnic groups.
He was speaking his regime lost control of several major towns & hundreds of outposts in northern Shan, Chin, Kayah & Rakhine states, as well as Sagaing Region. The ethnic Brotherhood Alliance, responding to Chinese involvement in its offensive in northern Shan State, said they were influence of no country or organization had only objective to root out military dictatorship.
Min Aung Hlaing will keep pointing finger over the crisis that engulfed Myanmar since his coup, ignoring the fact that all the blame lies with him.
Praise for Min Aung Hlaing at a ceremony to mark 76th anniversary of Air Force on Dec. 15. Myanmar Air Force marked 76th anniversary on Dec. 15 by commissioning two new Russian-made Su-30 fighters. Speaking at ceremony, he praised air force for outstanding performance” in combat across northern Shan State, contrary to facts, his regime is gaining upper hand.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/junta...-more.html
24-12-2023, 10:44 AM
An 18-year-old recruit in one of Myanmar’s pro-democracy fighting units prepares to launch a drone strike on junta troops, driven by anger and her mother’s call for revolution. Moe Moe is one of hundreds of women training, living and fighting alongside men in the “People’s Defence Forces” (PDF), upending gender norms in the mostly Buddhist country.
She grew up during a rare period of democracy in Myanmar, after military ended it with a 2021 coup, she joined one of dozens of PDF units that formed to end junta’s rule. Moe Moe initially worked with organising protests against military but, after mths of junta’s deadly crackdown, she decided to become a fighter. “I can’t stand military’s injustice,” she said after carrying out drone strike in Shan state, which neighbours more populous Mandalay region.
“They killed innocent civilians. The main reason I joined was because of my anger.” Moe Moe, wearing the group’s camouflage fatigues and its red peacock badge stitched onto her arm, said she had friends in the Mandalay PDF who invited her to fight with them.
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/ase...o-the-fore
She grew up during a rare period of democracy in Myanmar, after military ended it with a 2021 coup, she joined one of dozens of PDF units that formed to end junta’s rule. Moe Moe initially worked with organising protests against military but, after mths of junta’s deadly crackdown, she decided to become a fighter. “I can’t stand military’s injustice,” she said after carrying out drone strike in Shan state, which neighbours more populous Mandalay region.
“They killed innocent civilians. The main reason I joined was because of my anger.” Moe Moe, wearing the group’s camouflage fatigues and its red peacock badge stitched onto her arm, said she had friends in the Mandalay PDF who invited her to fight with them.
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/ase...o-the-fore
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25-12-2023, 03:44 PM
Myanmar Junta Loses Troops, Bases, One More Town in Five Days of Resistance Attacks, lost another town and more bases as well as nearly a dozen troops in the past five days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued their attacks on regime targets across the country.
Incidents were reported in Shan and Rakhine states and Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe regions. The Irrawaddy has collected the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs and EAOs.
Some military casualties could not be independently verified. One more junta town falls into resistance hands in northern Shan.
Incidents were reported in Shan and Rakhine states and Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe regions. The Irrawaddy has collected the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs and EAOs.
Some military casualties could not be independently verified. One more junta town falls into resistance hands in northern Shan.
25-12-2023, 03:45 PM
Myanmar Junta Loses Troops, Bases, One More Town in Five Days of Resistance Attacks, lost another town and more bases as well as nearly a dozen troops in the past five days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued their attacks on regime targets across the country.
Incidents were reported in Shan and Rakhine states and Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe regions. The Irrawaddy has collected the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs and EAOs.
Some military casualties could not be independently verified. One more junta town falls into resistance hands in northern Shan.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...tacks.html
Incidents were reported in Shan and Rakhine states and Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe regions. The Irrawaddy has collected the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs and EAOs.
Some military casualties could not be independently verified. One more junta town falls into resistance hands in northern Shan.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...tacks.html
27-12-2023, 11:32 PM
Myanmar army uses sham job announcements to trap young men into military service. Desperate for new recruits amid escalating attacks from anti-junta forces, the junta is now trapping and forcing civilian job-seekers into joining the army.
The No. 2 Military Recruitment Headquarters in Htee Daw Moe village in Mandalay Region, featured on a website operated by the military for recruitment purposes (Myanmar Military Recruitment official is saying.
The No. 2 Military Recruitment Headquarters in Htee Daw Moe village in Mandalay Region, featured on a website operated by the military for recruitment purposes (Myanmar Military Recruitment official is saying.
27-12-2023, 11:35 PM
Myanmar Junta ‘Sweetens Deal’ For China in US$ 8 Billion SEZ And Port in Rakhine State
By The Irrawaddy DECEMBER 27, 2023 66
Business analysts say the concession contract was likely tweaked to offer better terms for China’s state-owned firm CITIC, which has a 70 percent stake in the massive project.
Myanmar’s Operation 1027 Against The Junta Two Months On....Twenty-three towns and more than 400 junta military bases and outposts have been captured by the Brotherhood Alliance and allied resistance forces across Myanmar since the launch of Operation 1027 and the end of its second month on Dec. 27.
The Brotherhood Alliance of three ethnic armies – the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA) – launched the anti-regime offensive in northern Shan State on Oct. 27.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/conflicts...hs-on.html
By The Irrawaddy DECEMBER 27, 2023 66
Business analysts say the concession contract was likely tweaked to offer better terms for China’s state-owned firm CITIC, which has a 70 percent stake in the massive project.
Myanmar’s Operation 1027 Against The Junta Two Months On....Twenty-three towns and more than 400 junta military bases and outposts have been captured by the Brotherhood Alliance and allied resistance forces across Myanmar since the launch of Operation 1027 and the end of its second month on Dec. 27.
The Brotherhood Alliance of three ethnic armies – the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA) – launched the anti-regime offensive in northern Shan State on Oct. 27.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/conflicts...hs-on.html
28-12-2023, 12:20 PM
Myanmar’s Operation 1027 Against The Junta Two Months On....Twenty-three towns and more than 400 junta military bases and outposts have been captured by the Brotherhood Alliance and allied resistance forces across Myanmar since the launch of Operation 1027 and the end of its second month on Dec. 27. The Brotherhood Alliance of three ethnic armies – the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA) – launched the anti-regime offensive in northern Shan State on Oct. 27.
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Junta Blockades Township Seized by Myanmar Resistance in Sagaing
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Junta Blockades Township Seized by Myanmar Resistance in Sagaing
28-12-2023, 12:22 PM
(28-12-2023, 12:20 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Myanmar’s Operation 1027 Against The Junta Two Months On....Twenty-three towns and more than 400 junta military bases and outposts have been captured by the Brotherhood Alliance and allied resistance forces across Myanmar since the launch of Operation 1027 and the end of its second month on Dec. 27. The Brotherhood Alliance of three ethnic armies – the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA) – launched the anti-regime offensive in northern Shan State on Oct. 27.The Myanmar military regime has imposed a blockade on Kawlin Township in Sagaing Region, according to local residents and resistance forces in control of the township.
Now. Irrawaddy latest -- Home News on Burma
Junta Blockades Township Seized by Myanmar Resistance in Sagaing
All vehicles—including those driven by people whose citizenship IDs show they are residents of the township—heading to Kawlin via Kachin State have been turned back at a junta checkpoint in neighboring Indaw town since Sunday. People trying to leave Kawlin are also being turned back at the Indaw checkpoint.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/jun...gaing.html
28-12-2023, 09:32 PM
(15-12-2023, 09:29 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Dec 15 (Reuters) - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.
But rebels were playing a double-game.
Secretly, the ethnic armies - collectively called the Three Brotherhood Alliance - had already laid the groundwork for Operation 1027, a major offensive launched in October that has become the most significant threat to the regime since it seized power in a 2021 coup.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...023-12-15/
China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security...China’s embassy in Myanmar today asked its citizens to leave a northern district along the countries’ shared border, citing heightened security risks as ethnic minority armed groups battle the junta...
China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security risk. As China is asking citizens to leave Myanmar border district.
China’s embassy in Myanmar today asked its citizens to leave a northern district along the countries’ shared border, citing heightened security risks. — AFP pic
YANGON, Dec 28 — China’s embassy in Myanmar today asked its citizens to leave a northern district along the countries’ shared border, citing heightened security risks as ethnic minority armed groups battle the junta.
Clashes have raged since October across Myanmar’s northern Shan state after the Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) launched an offensive against the military. The groups have seized several towns and border hubs vital for trade with China in what analysts say is the biggest military challenge to the junta since it seized power in 2021.
The MNDAA has vowed to recapture Laukkai town, located in a district bordering China, is run by a military-aligned militia did is notorious for gambling, prostitution and online scams the conflicts in Laukkai district of Kokang, northern Myanmar continue & safety risks have escalated for people stranded there,” the embassy said on its WeChat account.
https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/202...ity/109577
29-12-2023, 04:51 PM
The Myanmar People’s Determination to Win Has Begun to Bear Fruit...Myanmar is in uncharted territory: The country has been in a state of war for almost three years—a war between an illegitimate regime and a defiant people. The nation is bloodied every day, the people are in a state of anguish and the regime is more brutal than ever. It is also, however, the worst time the aggressive junta and its military has experienced since the coup.
Viewed as an “indispensable” institution or “all powerful” military by neighboring countries, their leaders and even some parts of the Western world, despite its long and ugly history of gross human rights violations and cruelties against the country’s entire folks population, the Myanmar military has now been exposed, both internally and on the battlefield, as a demoralized and broken institution.
This is what we have witnessed over past two months since Oct. 27, when the Brotherhood Alliance, made up of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA), launched its first coordinated military offensive, Operation 1027, against junta forces in northern Shan State bordering China.
Twenty-three towns and more than 400 junta military bases and outposts have been seized by the Brotherhood Alliance and their allied resistance armies including the Karenni National Defense Force and Chin National Front in Shan, Karenni (Kayah), Chin, Rakhine and Kachin states as well as Sagaing and Magwe regions. it can’t be hailed as a “triumph” over the junta the defeats show how wrong universal, traditional view, held by both analysts & the public, of the Myanmar military.
They have exposed weakness of“all powerful” military, though its troops are equipped with tanks, artillery, bigger weapons & jet fighters, Its soldiers, even though they outgun resistance fighters, have defeated hundreds of soldiers, including officers, have surrendered to resistance forces without even fighting back.
This has indicated how demoralized junta troops are and how breakable military as a whole.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commen...fruit.html
Viewed as an “indispensable” institution or “all powerful” military by neighboring countries, their leaders and even some parts of the Western world, despite its long and ugly history of gross human rights violations and cruelties against the country’s entire folks population, the Myanmar military has now been exposed, both internally and on the battlefield, as a demoralized and broken institution.
This is what we have witnessed over past two months since Oct. 27, when the Brotherhood Alliance, made up of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA), launched its first coordinated military offensive, Operation 1027, against junta forces in northern Shan State bordering China.
Twenty-three towns and more than 400 junta military bases and outposts have been seized by the Brotherhood Alliance and their allied resistance armies including the Karenni National Defense Force and Chin National Front in Shan, Karenni (Kayah), Chin, Rakhine and Kachin states as well as Sagaing and Magwe regions. it can’t be hailed as a “triumph” over the junta the defeats show how wrong universal, traditional view, held by both analysts & the public, of the Myanmar military.
They have exposed weakness of“all powerful” military, though its troops are equipped with tanks, artillery, bigger weapons & jet fighters, Its soldiers, even though they outgun resistance fighters, have defeated hundreds of soldiers, including officers, have surrendered to resistance forces without even fighting back.
This has indicated how demoralized junta troops are and how breakable military as a whole.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commen...fruit.html
29-12-2023, 09:23 PM
Myanmar authorities will crack down on online scam operations along border with Thailand following talks on military cooperation between the two countries, state media said on Thursday (Dec 28). Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's lawless borderlands and are staffed by citizens from China & other countries who are often trafficked and forced to work swindling their compatriots.
In recent weeks, junta has said it has arrested scam ringleaders from a militia-run enclave on the border with China and deported thousands of Chinese nationals in a crackdown on the multi-billion-dollar industry. Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and Lieutenant General Jakkapong Janpengpen of Thailand's armed forces discussed cooperation between their militaries at a meeting on Wednesday, state media is saying, they are discussed plans jointly eradicate online gambling & online scams near Myawaddy on the Myanmar-Thai border, according to Global New Light of Myanmar.
Myawaddy town is controlled by military-aligned militia & analysts and media reports say the surrounding area is a hotbed of drug production and online scam outfits.
https://www.todayonline.com/world/myanma...er-2333641
In recent weeks, junta has said it has arrested scam ringleaders from a militia-run enclave on the border with China and deported thousands of Chinese nationals in a crackdown on the multi-billion-dollar industry. Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and Lieutenant General Jakkapong Janpengpen of Thailand's armed forces discussed cooperation between their militaries at a meeting on Wednesday, state media is saying, they are discussed plans jointly eradicate online gambling & online scams near Myawaddy on the Myanmar-Thai border, according to Global New Light of Myanmar.
Myawaddy town is controlled by military-aligned militia & analysts and media reports say the surrounding area is a hotbed of drug production and online scam outfits.
https://www.todayonline.com/world/myanma...er-2333641
30-12-2023, 04:05 PM
Military outposts in Naypyitaw shift to temples and monasteries... The Junta soldiers are seen staying at religious sites across multiple townships that have been repurposed as Myanmar army camps
Residents of Karen State’s Kawkareik town flee fighting between military, KNLAThe population of ‘almost an entire town’ is displaced by daily battles in Kawkareik, with tens of thousands of people in need of humanitarian assistance
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/resident...tary-knla/
Residents of Karen State’s Kawkareik town flee fighting between military, KNLAThe population of ‘almost an entire town’ is displaced by daily battles in Kawkareik, with tens of thousands of people in need of humanitarian assistance
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/resident...tary-knla/
30-12-2023, 10:13 PM
Four Reasons Why Junta Will Be Sole Beneficiary of Thai-Myanmar Taskforce
Thailand is stepping into a minefield with moves for joint humanitarian assistance in case of a refugee crisis on its border. For the Myanmar People’s Determination to Win Has Begun to Bear Fruit....The nation is bloodied every day, the people are in a state of anguish and the regime is more brutal than ever. It is also, however, the worst time the aggressive junta and its military has experienced since the coup.
Viewed as an “indispensable” institution or “all powerful” military by neighboring countries, their leaders and even some parts of the Western world, despite its long and ugly history of gross human rights violations and cruelties against the country’s entire population, the Myanmar military has now been exposed, both internally and on the battlefield, as a demoralized and broken institution.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commen...fruit.html
Thailand is stepping into a minefield with moves for joint humanitarian assistance in case of a refugee crisis on its border. For the Myanmar People’s Determination to Win Has Begun to Bear Fruit....The nation is bloodied every day, the people are in a state of anguish and the regime is more brutal than ever. It is also, however, the worst time the aggressive junta and its military has experienced since the coup.
Viewed as an “indispensable” institution or “all powerful” military by neighboring countries, their leaders and even some parts of the Western world, despite its long and ugly history of gross human rights violations and cruelties against the country’s entire population, the Myanmar military has now been exposed, both internally and on the battlefield, as a demoralized and broken institution.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commen...fruit.html
01-01-2024, 08:58 PM
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP): Some 170 likely Myanmar Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, were found on a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said on Sunday.
The group arrived on a beach at Kuala Besar, a fishing village in Langkat district, late Saturday, said the village head, Muhammad Amiruddin. As Myanmar Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia despite rejection from locals. The group heip Rohingya Muslims with food and water as they waited for further info from immigration and local officials in North Sumatra province, he said. However, residents around the beach hesitated over having the refugees in their villages, Amiruddin said.
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/ase...rom-locals
The group arrived on a beach at Kuala Besar, a fishing village in Langkat district, late Saturday, said the village head, Muhammad Amiruddin. As Myanmar Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia despite rejection from locals. The group heip Rohingya Muslims with food and water as they waited for further info from immigration and local officials in North Sumatra province, he said. However, residents around the beach hesitated over having the refugees in their villages, Amiruddin said.
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/ase...rom-locals
02-01-2024, 09:13 PM
KNU ‘Ready to Work With China, Bangkok’ to Rid Thai Border of Crime. The Irrawaddy JANUARY 2, 2024
The Shan ethnic armed group’s New Year’s vow comes as Chinese crime syndicates being pushed out of Shan State will try moving to Thai border. As Myammar jet fighter carried out atleast two airstrikes on Namtu Town northern Shan State after seized by Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) this morning following a four-day battle, according to local residents.
The town was the fifth captured by TNLA in Palaung Self-Administered Zone since the launch of Operation 1027 two months ago by the Brotherhood Alliance, the TNLA and residents said.
Namtu town is strategically located about 40 miles east of the junta administrative capital Lashio and about 40 miles south of Hsipaw Town in northern Shan State. Residents say the town had been a major defensive position for Lashio. TNLA troops had overrun at least four junta bases, admin offices & police station in Namtu Town in territory under ethnic army’s Brigade 4, (Thurs), they also captured large cache of weapons & ammunition, including a howitzer, TNLA began attacking junta outposts in Namtu Township on Dec. 25.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya...iance.html
The Shan ethnic armed group’s New Year’s vow comes as Chinese crime syndicates being pushed out of Shan State will try moving to Thai border. As Myammar jet fighter carried out atleast two airstrikes on Namtu Town northern Shan State after seized by Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) this morning following a four-day battle, according to local residents.
The town was the fifth captured by TNLA in Palaung Self-Administered Zone since the launch of Operation 1027 two months ago by the Brotherhood Alliance, the TNLA and residents said.
Namtu town is strategically located about 40 miles east of the junta administrative capital Lashio and about 40 miles south of Hsipaw Town in northern Shan State. Residents say the town had been a major defensive position for Lashio. TNLA troops had overrun at least four junta bases, admin offices & police station in Namtu Town in territory under ethnic army’s Brigade 4, (Thurs), they also captured large cache of weapons & ammunition, including a howitzer, TNLA began attacking junta outposts in Namtu Township on Dec. 25.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya...iance.html
04-01-2024, 02:45 PM
Junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian grounds - .Myanmar to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian grounds - state media.
Myanmar's military govt will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country's independence day, state media reported on Thursday.
The Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power in February 2021, reversing a decade-long democratic experiment as junta used deadly force to crush protests. "With the intention of maintaining relations with other countries and on humanitarian grounds, 114 foreign prisoners will be pardoned," the junta said in a brief announcement on state media. "They will be deported."
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/myanma...tate-media
Myanmar's military govt will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country's independence day, state media reported on Thursday.
The Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power in February 2021, reversing a decade-long democratic experiment as junta used deadly force to crush protests. "With the intention of maintaining relations with other countries and on humanitarian grounds, 114 foreign prisoners will be pardoned," the junta said in a brief announcement on state media. "They will be deported."
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/myanma...tate-media
05-01-2024, 01:50 PM
Beijing on Thursday voiced "strong dissatisfaction" l fighting in neighbouring Myanmar had caused Chinese casualties and said it would take "all necessary measures" to protect its citizens, following reports an artillery shell had exploded across the border.
Armed conflict has raged in Myanmar's northern Shan state since October, when an alliance of ethnic minority groups launched an offensive against the military junta.
Several Chinese media outlets reported on Wednesday that an artillery shell from Myanmar had fallen across the border in the town of Nansan in China's Yunnan province, where it exploded and caused injuries to multiple people.
AFP was not able to independently verify the reports or accompanying images posted on social media.
https://www.barrons.com/news/beijing-con...s-0b32ba31
Armed conflict has raged in Myanmar's northern Shan state since October, when an alliance of ethnic minority groups launched an offensive against the military junta.
Several Chinese media outlets reported on Wednesday that an artillery shell from Myanmar had fallen across the border in the town of Nansan in China's Yunnan province, where it exploded and caused injuries to multiple people.
AFP was not able to independently verify the reports or accompanying images posted on social media.
https://www.barrons.com/news/beijing-con...s-0b32ba31
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