A school established by the Pa Ka Pha (Local Defense Force) at Kalay in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/myanmar-has-had-anti-junta-uprisings-before-the-spring-revolution-is-different/

“As its biggest and most consequential member, Indonesia’s chairmanship is ASEAN’s best hope to rein in Myanmar’s bloody spiral from military coup to civil war,” said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, professor of International Relations at Chulalongkorn University.

Source: https://www.newdelhitimes.com/hrw-urge-asean-chair-indonesia-to-pressure-myanmar-on-violence/

As the NUG noted, Myanmar’s military has shown little interest or intention in compromising with its opponents, and the only end to the conflict that it is willing to contemplate is its own victory.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/thailand-under-fire-for-brokering-informal-meeting-on-myanmar/

China stepped up its engagement with Myanmar’s regime with the visit by the most senior Chinese representative to Naypyitaw since the 2021 coup.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/chinese-foreign-ministers-visit-reignites-anti-china-protests-in-myanmar.html

Diplomatically isolated, the xenophobic military regime is now concocting a law it says is intended to prevent infiltrators backed by foreign countries from interfering in Myanmar’s political, security, economic, and cultural sectors.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/junta-watch/junta-watch-paranoia-deepens-with-foreign-meddling-law-chinese-products-flood-naypyitaw-expo-and-more.html

Friday (25 August) marked six years since the start of the ethnic cleansing, which saw more than 25,000 people of Muslim killed by Myanmar’s military, with a further 700,000 displaced.

Source: https://thenextweb.com/news/myanmar-rohingya-meta-court-disinformation

His family – all 11 of them – had huddled together in their house in Sittwe, on the coast of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, as ferocious winds intensified overhead.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2023/05/20/the-water-took-them-myanmar-residents-describe-horror-of-cyclone-mocha/

In 94% of the transactions Myanmar’s military was listed as the ultimate receiver “eliminating any doubt of who the end recipient would be,” Andrews added.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2023/05/18/un-expert-says-myanmar-imported-1-billion-in-arms-since-coup-much-of-it-from-russia-and-china/

In a statement, council expert urged that governments investigate and when justified initiate action against companies that enable Myanmar’s military to make weapons used in “indiscriminate attacks on civilians.”

Source: https://wtop.com/europe/2023/01/report-myanmar-arms-industry-growing-after-army-takeover/

In February 2021, Myanmar’s military staged a coup.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/illegal-myanmar-immigrants-languish-in-jails-and-detention-centers-in-india/

It claimed they were attempting to flee violence in Myanmar’s Shwe Kokko region, which has a semi-autonomous economic zone with a casino and alleged criminal operations in which people duped into working are employed in large-scale computer scams.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/thousands-flee-myanmar-to-thailand/

“It is not one at the expense of the other, and what I’m seeing over the past couple of years is that we have been extremely eloquent on one of them, which is pushing forward Myanmar’s democratic agenda, but the ASEAN unity is fraying somewhat.”

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/unresolved-myanmar-crisis-conflict-region-inward-looking-foreign-minister-3249411?cid=cna_flip_070214

Its mobility over Myanmar’s rugged terrain remains to be seen.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-unveils-weapons-it-hopes-will-defeat-resistance.html

Most combat aircraft in Myanmar’s military come from China or Russia, which also supply other armaments.

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/asia/3261512/a-military-jet-crashes-in-eastern-myanmar-ethnic-resistance-groups-claim-they-shot-it-down.html

Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) says an entrepreneur has bought the rights to a gem mine in Mogok Township, Mandalay Region, for US$4 million to fund the revolution.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-civilian-government-sells-gem-mining-rights.html

Myanmar’s civil society has developed into a vibrant, vigilant, active, resilient and agile community.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/new-delhi-is-backing-the-wrong-horse-in-myanmar.html

Myanmar’s Constitution mandates that elections must be held within six months after the lifting of a state of emergency.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/myanmar-junta-extends-state-of-emergency-for-fourth-time/

Myanmar’s ethnic minorities have been fighting for greater autonomy for decades, but armed conflict in the country escalated sharply after Myanmar’s army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/myanmar-ap-thailand-pbs-karen-b2315495.html

Myanmar’s ethnic minorities have been fighting for greater autonomy for decades, but armed conflict in the country escalated sharply after Myanmar’s army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/myanmar-ap-thailand-pbs-karen-b2315495.html

Myanmar’s junta has also resumed using death sentences after a decades-long pause.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/malaysian-mps-vote-to-axe-mandatory-death-penalty/