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The festive month has delivered a string of good news. The armed resistance has surged in strength, causing the junta to lose control of numerous posts and towns. It appears Min Aung Hlaing’s troops might soon find themselves defending Naypyitaw. The junta’s mouthpiece General Zaw Min Tun once mocked the …
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For various reasons, we couldn’t wait for the rains to stop. One is so that the resistance forces could take on the regime’s army without many logistics issues. So clashes have been anticipated as the rains start to slow down, but not at this level. We witnessed one of the …
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The regime’s recent reshuffling of its council members this month proves there is disharmony even at the highest level of management. Yet, Min Aung Hlaing appears to convey a sense of concern for the country by making what seems like a sacrifice—removing his most trusted major generals. This could easily …
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In the beginning of this month, the coup leader Min Aung Hlaing unveiled the world’s tallest Buddha statue in Nay Pyi Taw. Obviously the dictator is fantasizing about the Buddhist kingship just like Than Shwe, the previous regime leader. But the fact that Min Aung Hlaing has been abducting the …
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Successive Myanmar military generals are often ridiculed for being superstitious. But their fear of number eight has valid reasons. 35 years ago in August, millions of people from all walks of life took the streets to protest against the military dictatorship, later known as the 8888 uprising. To this day, …
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July will mark a year since the regime’s secret hanging of four detainees in Insein Prison. Two of them were prominent democracy activists with decades of service to the country and the other two were newly born heroes who emerged during the wake of the Spring Revolution. Let us pay …
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May has come and gone. It took away the summer heat, but gave us a catastrophic storm. With Cyclone Mocha devastated our war-torn nation, we find our way to relief and resettlement for the storm-affected communities while continuing the resistance against the military regime. This month, many of us reminisced …
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Min Aung Hlaing & co must be proud. They managed to kill over 160 people in one airstrike. They must also be proud for the most of victims were women and children and their aerial bombs were powerful enough to blast them into pieces right during their meal. While some …
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Another eventful month has concluded. After months of speculations, the National League for Democracy was dissolved, and the regime has three massacres under its belt in March. The military’s politically-motivated Rohingya repatriation pilot project was talk of the town this month. The resistance continued in both big cities and rural …
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February was an eventful month. Min Aung Hlaing made a few new moves to consolidate his power, including the sham election, his military worsened the atrocities across the country, and his administration continued to make the citizens’ lives miserable. The Western countries imposed further sanctions, but the military, the oldest …
