Myanmar’s Kachin State Under the Coup Regime
Myanmar’s anti-coup protests have captivated the world’s attention, but things look very different in the country’s north.
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February 25, 2021
Activists inscribe a call for federal democracy at the Myitsone confluence of the Irrawaddy River, north of Myitkyina, Kachin State, February 23, 2021.
Credit: Courtesy Myitkyina News Journal
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The millions of people who have poured onto the streets in opposition to the February 1 military coup in Myanmar have the appearance of a unified movement in urban centers like Yangon, where everybody from doctors to dancers has taken up the fight for democracy.
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CDM Movement Unmasks China’s Meddling in Myanmar
CDM Movement Unmasks China’s Meddling in Myanmar
Anti-military regime protesters in front of the Chinese Embassy in Yangon on Feb 15. / The Irrawaddy
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By Aung Zaw 20 February 2021
China is feeling defensive. Facing daily protests in front of the Chinese Embassy in Yangon, Ambassador Chen Hai insisted to local media on Monday that the current situation in Myanmar is “absolutely not what China wants to see”. With public anger growing in Myanmar toward Beijing over its perceived support for the military regime, he asserted that “Both the National League for Democracy and the Tatmadaw [Myanmar’s military] maintain friendly relations with China.”
Why is the Kachin Independence Organization Keeping Silent on the Myanmar Coup?
From the insurgent group’s perspective, it makes little difference who roams the halls of power in Naypyidaw.
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February 11, 2021
A patch on the uniform of a Kachin Independence Army fighter stationed in Laiza, Myanmar, on March 30, 2012.
Credit: Sebastian Strangio
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When the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, launched a coup d’état before dawn on February 1, the Myanmar people and the international community were shocked and unified in their condemnation. All have strongly urged the regime to relinquish its forceful rule, unconditionally release all detainees, and transfer power back to the elected civilian government.
India’s option in Myanmar post-military takeover: Primacy of strategic interests February 5, 2021, 3:22 PM IST
S D Pradhan has served as chairman of India s Joint Intelligence Committee. He has also been the country s deputy national security adviser. He was chairman of the Task Force on Intelligence Mechanism (2008-2010), which was constituted to review the functioning of the intelligence agencies. He has taught at the departments of defence studies and history at the Punjabi University, Patiala. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Illinois, US, in the department of arms control and disarmament studies. The ministry of defence had utilized his services for the preparation of official accounts of the 1971 war and the counterinsurgency operations in the northeast. In the JIC/National Security Council secretariat, he was closely involved with the preparation of the reports of the Kargil Review Committee and the Group of Ministers on national secu