Energy, Money, and Security: for whom?

Early 2022, the Yadana pipeline to supply Thailand with natural gas has been handed over from French TotalEnergies to Thai PTTEP. The Myanmar generals now rack up more profits than ever.

Hope for international support rise as US Senate passes Burma Act Bill

United States// After many years of attempting to pass a version of the “Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022” (as known as BURMA ACT), both houses of the U.S. Congress have finally passed the bill. This welcomed development comes after multiple failed attempts in 2019 and 2021. On December 16th, President Biden […]

The women fighting on the eastern frontline

Despite the risks, hundreds of women choose to join resistance fighters’s groups after the military coup, united in their outrage as well as their commitment to a democratic and non-discriminatory future for Myanmar.

Asian summits shut eyes to dirty business in Myanmar

Bangkok, Thailand – Pot lids and umbrellas, symbols of resistance in Myanmar, appeared in front of Thailand’s Prime Minister’s Office and United Nations headquarters as political leaders from the region gathered in the capital to discuss free trade zones and other economic issues. November was a month where numerous international meetings took place in Southeast […]

One river, one border, two realities

The endless escape of Myanmar people out of their land is worsening since the military coup of 2021. As realpolitik and national security issues topple humanitarian concerns, tragedies along the river marking the border between Thailand and Myanmar keep unfolding.

The junta’s war on children

Lat Yet Kone, Sagaing Region – Early afternoon, the Burmese army intentionally attacked a school and a village in Depayin Township using machine guns and launchers, killing two dozen people, half of them children.

Surviving in Cities of Crime and Despair

A year and a half after the military coup, the life of people in Myanmar is worsening by the day. As the cities become lawless, the rates of crime and insecurity increase and people lost all feelings of physical safety and economic stability.

In memoriam of the journalists in Myanmar

After the military coup on February 1st, 2021, journalists were among the first to be hunted down along with opposition politicians, social workers and activists. Dozens of reporters have been arrested and four have been killed by the SAC.

Junta Gets Full Membership in the Eurasian Autocracies Gang

Pob Pra District, Tak province, Thailand – In this remote village at the Thai-Myanmar border, a model-sized blue Mig-29 aircraft led the cortege for Asahna Bucha Buddhist ceremony. Three little boys dressed in pilot, soldier and policeman uniforms sat around the small jet fighter, which was carried in a decorated pick-up truck parading around their […]