In Hlaing Thar Yar, Yangon, nearly 350 workers started striking and protesting over pay cuts below the minimum wage, and the cut of other benefits at the Gasan Apparel factory. The management, which has strong ties with the military, asked for the intervention of regime soldiers, who arrived with a Read more…
• UN OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), released its monthly report: 223.300 people have been displaced since February 1st.• Justice For Myanmar published a report showing that military-owned telecom Mytel lost 24.9 million dollars in revenue and 2 millions subscribers since the coup. Its CFO U Thein Read more…
An article by Anrike Visser for The Diplomat, reveals how millions of USD from the International Monetary Fund, have gone missing under the military regime rule. The IMF transferred 372 million USD to Myanmar right before the coup, but it’s not clear how the current military regime used those funds. Read more…
Bill Richardson’s trip to Naypyidaw risks to be a total failure. On one side, as anticipated, his presence has been widely used by military media to legitimize the regime. On the other side, it is not clear what the trip is really abot. Danny Fenster’s situation seems even worse than Read more…
• Former US diplomat Bill Richardson met with general Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw. They discussed about Covid prevention and vaccines. Richardson will spend 4 days in Myanmar.• According to The Irrawady, the Burmese Army is planning to annihilate the Resistance in 3 months. The regime has assured Chinese authorities, Read more…
We posted earlier excerpts of today’s Min Aung Hlaing’s speech. Jokes aside, to have such a delusional man trying to lead a country is sad, angering and frustrating at the same time. The general is truly an idiot who happened to be leading a too powerful and criminal institution.The American Read more…
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS• Military and regime spokesperson Zaw Min Tun claims that Resistance fighters started the fire in Thantlang, a towhnship of around 10,000 residents who were forced to flee. The claim is similar to those made in 2017, when both the Junta and the NLD government downplayed the Read more…
Thantlang is burning Regime troops of Light Infantry Battalions 222 and 269, and Light Infantry Division 11, fired artillery in the middle of the town. Several building caught fire, including 2 churches. Many residents were forced to flee due to conflict in recent days, and the fire could not be Read more…
The regime has launched airstrikes in Kyunhla, Sagaing, after suffering many defeats inflicted by Resistance fighters. It has also used civilians as human shields in Pekhon, Shan State, and regime soldiers have allegedly beaten a 5 year old little girl and a 70 year old woman in Mandalay region.Reading the Read more…
The military regime plans to destroy around 1.000 squatter settlements in Hlaing Thar Yar tomorrow. These families have been given an incredibly short notice of few days and have been given no alternatives. To evict vulnerable people in the middle of a deep economic crisis and a Covid pandemic which Read more…