• The verdict on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s case on illegal importation of walkie-talkies has been postponed until January 10th. It’s the second delay since December 20th. No reason was given.• The military regime acquired a new Ming-class Type 035 submarine from China• Thai media report that over 5,000 Burmese refugees crossed Read more…
Nobel peace prize Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed away at age 90. He helped ending apartheid in South Africa and is considered an example of morality for many.in 2017 he famously wrote an open letter to his friend Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, saying: “if the political price for your ascension Read more…
At least 38 people, including children, have been killed and burned by the military regime in Moso village, Hpruso, Karenni State. The civilians, according to local Resistance groups, were fleeing the conflict. The NGO Save the Children released a statement confirming that two of its members are missing and their Read more…
Airstrikes in Lay Kay Kaw continue, despite promises by the regime of a Christmas ceasefire. Civilians keep fleeing the area, often finding shelter in the jungles or crossing the Thai border. The number of indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the Tatmadaw is unbelievable, and it’s hard to understand the lack Read more…
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS• Karen State Chief Minister Daw Nan Khin Htwe Myint has been sentence to 80 years of prison.• Aung Naing Oo, the regime’s minister of foreign economic relations, announced that the regime will “play an active role in negotiating ASEAN-Canada free trade agreement”• DVB reports that Lt-Gen Aung Soe is leading Read more…
As Indian Foreign Minister Harsh Shringla is officially meeting with the Burmese regime, it is clear that neighbouring countries are not going to commit and support the pro-democracy movement any time soon. India, China and Thailand are only looking for stability in border areas and for economic gains. The Tatmadaw Read more…
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS• The military regime closed the United Nation’s (UN) Special Envoy’s office in Naypyitaw. Noeleen Heyzer, recently replaced Christine Schraner Burgener as the envoy to Myanmar CHIN STATE• Thantlang: a defector from the Light Infantry Battalion 222, claims to have witnessed the killing of Pastor Cung Biak Hum Read more…
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS• Another photojournalist, Ko Zaw Lin Htut, has been arrested in Yangon for covering the protests. A member of Yangon Eastern University Student Union, Ma Su Yee Lin, has also been arrested.• According to humanitarian groups, over 10.000 civilians have been displaced by conflict between the Karen National Read more…
The conflict in the Lay Kay Kaw area in Karen State is intensifying and has spilled over iother regions, with the KNLA overruning the Kyat Thaung Seit Military Council Camp in Mon State and regime troops firing well into Thai territory while trying to shoot at civilians trying to flee Read more…
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWSAccording to RFA, detainees who joined the Silent Strike a week ago, were beaten by regime forces and denied medical aid. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/beaten-detainees-12172021185117.htmlUS: bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by a vote of 89-10. The bill includes a plan to “restore democracy in Myanmar. CHIN STATESamee, Read more…