Burma’s election winner Aung San Suu Kyi will hold landmark talks with President Thein Sein and Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw on Wednesday, according to a National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesperson.
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SAC's second-in-command "boosting troop morale" on Tanintharyi tour
Security has tightened along both the Yangon-Ye-Dawei-Myeik highway and the Asia Highway due to a tour being undertaken by the SAC’s second-in-command to Tanintharyi, local people disclosed to DVB. “I heard that Deputy Commander-in-Chief Soe Win is taking a trip to Tanintharyi, and many soldiers are guarding him. I am not sure if the troops …
UK, US, Canada put new sanctions on Burmese Air Force and those arming it
Canada, the UK, and the US have imposed new sanctions on individuals and groups related to or alleged to be arming the Burma Air Force, which has upped its indiscriminate massacre of civilians in bombing campaigns since the start of 2022. Newly sanctioned in the UK: Gen. Htun Aung, Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Air Force …
One Year into the Lose-Lose Putsch (3): Friends Like These?
This is the third instalment in a four-part series remembering the first year of the cataclysmic military coup in Burma. The first instalment, “2021: The Golden Age of the Burmese Military”, can be found here. The second, “Who Rules Burma?”, is here. Min Aung Hlaing dreams of electric buses Although both vital and novel, none of …
KNDO Commander and Lieutenant Discharged After Failing to Attend Investigation into June Murders
The Karen National Union (KNU) has dismissed both the Commander of the Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO), Brig. Gen. Nerdah Mya, and his colleague Lieutenant Saw Ba Wah, the KNU’s Defense Department announced on Jan. 17. The announcement comes after the KNU had launched investigations into the case of the massacre of 25 men whose …
Mytel exec shot dead in Yangon as junta telecom's revenue found to have fallen by US$24.9 million to April
Activist group Justice for Myanmar (JFM) has today released a report based on leaked data which shows military-owned telecoms firm Mytel lost US$24.9 million in revenue and over 2 million subscribers from Feb to April. 10,000 Mytel Pay agents resigned over the same period. Mytel is reportedly now offering agents K7,000 (US$4) for every one …