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DEPUTY Minister for Con- struction U Myo Myint de- livered construction mate- rials to residents of Falam Township, Chin State, to support the repair and re- construction of houses damaged during violent incidents. Accom
COMMISSION Mem- ber Dr Swe Swe Aung of the Myanmar Na- tional Human Rights Commission, along with Deputy Direc- tor-General Dr Khine Khine Win, Directors U Thura Kyaw and U Ze- yar Linn met the dele- gation from the Inte
THE Amyotha Hluttaw featured the activities of a question-and-answer session, the formation of associations and the sub- mission of a proposal urg- ing the government at its 17th-day session yesterday. MP U Myo Thant fro
UNION Minister for Coop- eratives and Rural Devel- opment U Myo Zaw Thein received UNDP Resident Representative to Myan- mar Mr Norimasa Shimo- mura at the Union Minis- ter’s Office Guest Hall in Nay Pyi Taw. They exchan
UNION Minister for Na- tional Planning, Invest- ment and Foreign Eco- nomic Relations U Aung Kyaw Hoe received a dele- gation led by Mr Norimasa Shimomura, new Resident Representative of the Unit- ed Nations Development
THE Third Pyithu Hluttaw held the 24th day of its sec- ond regular session, during which lawmakers raised 12 questions on telecom- munications, roads, brid- ges, sports facilities and assistance for intern- ally displace
THE Ministry of Finance and Revenue briefed mem- bers of the Amyotha Hluttaw on its budget manage- ment and tax administration during a meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. The event was attended by Amyotha Hluttaw Spe
UNION Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr Kan Zaw received Ms Sara Austin Netzer, Country Director and Representative of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Myanmar, at the Ministry of Finance and R
VICE-PRESIDENT of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Nan Ni Ni Aye, who is currently in Nying- chi (Linzhi) in the Xizang Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of Chi- na to attend the Fifth Chi- na-Xizang Trans-H
According to locals in Hpa-an, there is a high influx of tourists visiting the bamboo rafting tour at Alawan Lake and Rathep- yan Cave in Kayin State. Hpa-an is a popular destination for domestic travellers during the ra
THE price of cordyceps fungus, Sheepadee (Ophiocordyceps sinensis), one of the world’s most valuable natural medicinal fungi found in the snow-capped mountains of northern Myanmar, is high in the market due to increasing
THE Myanmar Fertilizer, Seed, and Pesticide Entrepreneurs Association (MFSPEA) has announced arrangements for the regional procurement of urea and compound fertilizer. These fertilizers are primarily used for monsoon pad
THE Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department has announced that measures are being implemented across Yangon Region to prevent flooding associated with the El Niño phenomenon, ensure an adequate supply of i
Humanity, compassion, kindness, and loving care, the true ‘Art of Nursing’, can never be replaced by material objects or machinery. It is necessary to standardize Myanmar’s nursing and midwifery education to produce qual
Dr. Moe, a mental health practitioner and counsellor whose work focuses on trauma-informed care, joins us in the DVB Newsroom to discuss mental health for conflict-affected people in Myanmar, as well as psycho-education
Guest contributor Khin Ohmar Five years into Myanmar’s Spring Revolution, international news services are beginning to coalesce around a story: the resistance is weakening. A recent AFP dispatch, carried by outlets from France24 to Yahoo News, frames retreating fighters and a demoralized frontline as proof the movement is losing steam. It is a comfortable, if shallow, narrative. The resistance, mainly led by the young generations of Myanmar’s, has fought for five years with no state behind it—no government arming the People’s Defence Forces (PDF), no foreign treasury bankrolling the National Unity Government (NUG). Meanwhile the junta has formed many illicit revenue streams worth billions each year and enjoys the economic and military support of Myanmar’s next-door neighbors and two major world powers: China and India. Frontline fighters are exhausted. That is not in dispute. Who would not be? But, that the resistance is still standing despite this staggering imbalance in arms and funds—indeed, that it has at times pushed the military junta to the very brink of collapse—is a testament to the strength of the Spring Revolution. This is a story about foreign intervention The junta didn’t out-fight the resistance in Sagaing. Beijing bought two ethnic armed organizations out of the war, brokered the truces that stripped the PDF of their most capable allies, and threw its full diplomatic weight behind Min Aung Hlaing’s sham elections. This isn’t a story about a flagging resistance. And yet it is the story the world is telling itself again and looking as naïve as it did in February 2021. Back then, the prediction was that the military had restored order. Then, when that failed, the prediction shifted: the resistance would splinter under the weight of its own contradictions. There were too many armed groups, too many competing goals, and no unified command. Five years of the most brutal systematic campaign of war, waged with airstrikes on hospitals and schools, and still that fracture hasn’t come. Tactical illusions and a strategic stalemate Instead, as Sai Wansai provided analysis in SHAN News, the junta’s momentum is a tactical illusion resting on a strategic stalemate: it has recaptured towns, but the resistance controls the countryside, the border regions, and “the narrative of the future.” The Arakan Army holds nearly all of Rakhine State. The Kachin Independence Army has not been dislodged from the jade mines of Hpakant and rare earth mines in Kachin State. Karenni’s Loikaw remains under siege, not under junta control. Independent conflict analysts have been documenting this for months. So if the resistance hasn’t broken on its own terms, what actually shifted the ground?
ASEAN’s special envoy on Myanmar will keep talking to all stakeholders in the war-torn country, including ethnic armed groups, the Philippines said on Thursday as it prepares to host a meeting of ASEAN foreign minister
In Thantlang Township, Yangon Region, it has been learned from local residents that a village chief couple is collecting 50,000 kyats per household, citing the Conscription Law enforced by the interim government army, an
While reconstruction efforts are underway in Rakhine State, which was affected by natural disaster floods, the interim government military has been conducting daily airstrikes targeting the public from the air. Yesterday
In Kamayut Township, Yangon Region, the interim government army is using ambulances under the guise of charity organizations to abduct young men for conscription, making it difficult for the public to notice, according t
AYEYARWADDY TIMES July 16 The propaganda claiming that members of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) participated in the surrender ceremony held at the Aung San Hall of the Southeastern Military Command (Rattha-kha) in Mawlamyine city, Mon State, organized by the military junta, is baseless and fabricated, it has been learned. Furthermore, the Karen Peacekeeping Force (KPMF) mentioned is a fake organization that does not exist on the ground at all, Karen revolutionary fighters have responded. Propaganda media of the military junta, in their reports on July 16, have published photos claiming that 41 members from KPMF and KNLA have come under the legal framework with their weapons and ammunition. The military junta's statement indicated that the individuals who surrendered were 12 from Karen State, 12 from Mon State, 10 from Yangon Region, 4 from Mandalay, 2 from Bago, and 1 from Sagaing Region, totaling 41 people. Regarding the announcement, which was reportedly attended by the military junta's Mon State Chief Minister U Aung Lin Thann, Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Ground) Lieutenant General Kyaw Lynn Maung, and Rattha-kha Commander Brigadier General Thura Zaw Lin Soe, a KNLA fighter on the ground responded that they had no knowledge of it. "KPMF does not exist on the ground in Karen State. There has never been any military activity under this name in any battle or any region, nor have we heard of it. This is just a drama staged by the military to cover up their losses on the ground and to prevent their soldiers from becoming demoralized, by giving a new name and gathering people. It seems they are afraid of being shamed because even the photos of the people who have surrendered are not included," a fighter under KNLA told the Ayeyarwaddy Times. KNLA currently controls many areas on the ground and is the main force attacking the military junta's columns. It is said that the propaganda claiming that the main force inflicting heavy losses on the military junta on the battlefield has surrendered is a dissemination of false information by the military. "We have never heard of KPMF, neither on the ground in Karen State nor among the Karen organizations in the Bago area. There are many comrades in KNLA and KNDO. Which fighter would surrender when the military is being so battered on the ground? " a Karen revolutionary fighter told the Ayeyarwaddy Times. Military analysts have stated that the military junta is systematically fabricating and disseminating such psychological warfare disinformation to conceal the military predicament caused by the surrender of bases and battalions, to restore the image of military generals, and to disrupt unity among revolutionary forces. Therefore, revolutionary fighters are urging the public to pay special attention to and scrutinize the military junta's surrender propaganda and false information, and to only refer to reports from reliable revolutionary news sources and independent media. Photo – MOI Caption: The military junta's propaganda ceremony, reportedly held at Aung San Hall
Ayeyarwaddy Times July 16 It is reported that a delegation led by U Aung Kyi Nyunt, Chairman of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), attended the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Developm
Ayeyarwaddy Times July 16 More than 50 people have died in Bangladesh due to floods and landslides caused by several days of heavy monsoon rains. Heavy rains have been falling since last week, causing widespread flooding
AYEYARWADDY TIMES July 16 It is known that members of the 7 EAO Alliance will study the Constitution of India from July 16 to 18 in Nay Pyi Taw, organized by the Indian Embassy. It is learned that they will study the bas
Following the coup, martial law has been imposed in townships where the military has suffered defeats and lost control due to resistance movements. Despite escalating military operations and airstrikes, only two township
Due to heavy losses on the front lines in areas facing the Arakan Army (AA), reserve forces have dwindled, forcing the military to push new recruits and local people's militia (Pyu Saw Htee) to the front lines, according
Vice President Daw Nan Ni Ni Aye, who is visiting Nyingchi City in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, met with Mr. Wang Junzheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, at the Nyingc
It is necessary to strive to produce qualified nurses and midwives by raising Myanmar's nursing and midwifery education to a level comparable to Southeast Asian countries, said President Min Aung Hlaing. The President ma
It is planned to provide support for the enhancement of the capacity of rural women and the promotion of their socio-economic development, as 70 percent of Myanmar's population resides in rural areas, said Daw San San Nw
In villages in Kone Hein Township, Shan State (South), there are difficulties in constructing communication towers due to the lack of electricity and the mountainous terrain, said Deputy Minister U Thet Win Aung of the M
Over 200 patients have been successfully treated in the 39th eye surgery program held at Metta Shin Charity Hospital in Taunggyi, Myanmar. All patients requiring surgery will be provided with treatment. The 39th eye surg
It is known that a four-week training course to enhance work performance is being provided to ward/village tract administrators in Town Gyi Township. It is known that 75 ward/village tract administrators from Town Gyi To
It is reported that construction materials have been provided for houses and schools in Falam Township that were damaged and destroyed due to terrorist incidents. On July 15, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Constructi
Burma News International (BNI) is a network of 15 independent media and news organizations based in and around Burma The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy on Myanmar has initiated separate, dir
The military junta is actively pressuring thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Karenni (Kayah) State who are currently sheltering in southern Shan State to return home, threatening to permanently confisc
A 50-year-old internally displaced woman was killed and multiple civilian structures were destroyed after the Myanmar military junta launched coordinated airstrikes across three locations in eastern Loikaw Township, Kare