The NUG has announced its intention to sell Min Aung Hlaing’s home for US$10 million. The parallel government says that punters may purchase equity in the property at just US$100 per share. The NUG’s Ministry of Planning, Finance, and Investment said the coup leader’s Inya Road compound is 1.86 acres in size and, at current …
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KIO/KIA rejects Min Aung Hlaing talks invitation
The Central Committee of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has issued a statement ruling out the possibility of peace talks with Min Aung Hlaing. The coup leader had recently invited all of Burma’s EAOs to participate in face-to-face negotiations. The organization said it will only participate in peace talks when every group party to the …
EAOs respond to Min Aung Hlaing talks "invitation"
A number of Burma’s EAOs have responded to Min Aung Hlaing’s invitation to face-to-face talks, one day after the coup leader made the gesture. The reaction has been predictably cool, with armed groups unanimously expressing a lack of trust in the coup leader’s intentions. On the same day that state media outlets ran with a …
As NUG steps up the rhetoric, Min Aung Hlaing offers in person talks with EAO leaders
In a speech published across state media today, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing invited EAO heads to meet with him in person to discuss a return to the peace process. “2022 will be the year of peace, and armed conflict will end across the country. To effectively implement this peace, I will invite the leaders …
Min Aung Hlaing Says Universal Conscription "Must be Achieved"
Min Aung Hlaing has once again raised the prospect of compulsory national service for all Burmese. At a meeting in Naypyidaw today, the coup leader reiterated that every citizen had a responsibility to serve in the military for two to three years under the country’s People’s Military Service Law. The junta has made frequent references …
UN chief ‘shocked’ by Min Aung Hlaing’s latest comments on Rohingya
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed “shock” at comments by Burma’s military chief in which he said the Rohingya minority shared nothing in common with the rest of the population and that their demand for citizenship had stoked recent violence.