Tag Archives: Myanmar revolution
‘I stopped counting after three’: the ‘girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war
Guardian, 31 March 2025 Anina is, in many ways, a typical teenager. She loves her boyfriend, cartoons and football – she supports Manchester City. Until recently, TikTok dancing brightened her days. “Any kind of dancing,” she says. When the Guardian met her she was about to turn 18 and was on crutches, her ankle twisted […]
‘Inch by inch’: Myanmar rebels close in on key military base in Chin State
Al Jazeera, 15 March 2025 Falam Township, Chin State — In the mountains of western Myanmar, photographs of fallen fighters line the wall of a rebel headquarters – an honour roll of some 80 young men, beginning with 28-year-old Salai Cung Naw Piang who was killed in May 2021. The true toll on the Chin […]
‘They plucked out his eye with a motorbike key … I wanted to kill them’
The Times, 4 March 2025 Everyone in the Myanmar resistance knows the brutality of the country’s ruling junta, but even by their standards the cruelty inflicted on Timothy and Isaac was difficult to comprehend. They were found in the town of Falam in the far west of the country, where a battle is raging between […]
Recent podcasts
April 24, 2025🔹 Frontier Myanmar — Return to LashioCoverage of the evolving conflict and humanitarian conditions in northern Shan State. April 5, 2025🔹 Good Morning Scotland — Myanmar Coverage(Starts at 01:24) — Update on the Myanmar crisis and regional implications. April 1, 2025🔹 BBC Radio 4 Today — Segment on MyanmarDiscussion on developments inside Myanmar amidst intensifying conflict. February 7, 2025🔹 Frontier Myanmar — Fighting for FalamInsight […]
Los drones cambian la dinámica de la guerra en Myanmar
El Pais, 16 January 2025 Si el perfil de Key determinara su destino, estaría trabajando ahora en un laboratorio de innovación tecnológica. Sin embargo, este joven de 25 años, con gafas, meticuloso y experto en informática, entrega su vida en el taller de una selva camuflado con bambú desde donde construye aviones no tripulados. “Hacemos […]
Muslims join Buddhist, Christian fighters to topple Myanmar’s military
Al Jazeera, 19 October Scattered across the lush, rolling hills of southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region, rebel fighters stationed at checkpoints inspect cars and trucks traveling towards a nearby town still under the control of the Myanmar military – their adversary. While this is a familiar sight in the region, where the struggle against the military […]
In the targets of the junta: life and war inside rebel-held Myanmar
The Observer / Guardian, 4 June 2023 On a busy strip in eastern Myanmar, restaurants with bomb shelters serve sizzling plates of beef washed down with Belgian beer and French wine. Teenagers mingle in snooker halls, women relax in beauty salons and revolutionaries get inked in tattoo parlours. From dawn, steaming bowls of noodle soup are […]
Defections from Myanmar military slow as generals tighten grip
Al Jazeera, 7 March 2023 Mizoram, India – Aung Pyae paces outside the hillside clinic on India’s remote border with Myanmar. The crackle of gunfire between his former comrades in the military and pro-democracy fighters a few hundred metres away in his homeland has eased, and all Aung Pyae can hear now are the moans of […]
Inside the rebel-held jungle camp concealed from Myanmar’s junta
The Telegraph, 10 October 2022 It was a long month. As Htay Mo trekked through rivers and across mountains thick with jungle, sleeping rough and relying on handouts, the word of a haven kept her going. The 26-year-old – who navigated landmines, snakes and soldiers as she carried her disabled son to safety – was […]
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