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Aftershocks and Airstrikes: What Myanmar’s deadly earthquake means for the country’s resistance

2 weeks ago | myanmar-now.org | Caleb Quinley

As Myanmar’s brutal civil war continues to rage, an unexpected force has entered the battlefield: nature’s wrath. A powerful earthquake recently struck the country, hitting Sagaing and Mandalay regions the hardest, killing thousands and shaking an already fragile landscape where resistance fighters battle the junta into an expanse of pure chaos. But beyond the destruction, could this seismic shift alter the trajectory of the war itself?
Uncertainty, dangers loom for Myanmar women, girls, and other vulnerable populations after earthquake

3 weeks ago | myanmar-now.org | Maggi Quadrini

Last week’s earthquake in Myanmar is the latest of a series of unprecedented challenges the country’s people have confronted since the military junta attempted a coup on February 1, 2021. The quake’s effects have once again aggravated and highlighted the vulnerability of women, girls, and gender-diverse people, who often bear the brunt of impacts from disaster.
Maw Baw Meh, Maggi Quadrini, Author at Myanmar Now

3 weeks ago | myanmar-now.org | Maggi Quadrini

As with past disasters, last week’s earthquake is expected to have a disparate impact on women, and the need for a response that is sensitive to the needs of the vulnerable and disadvantaged has never been more acute Read More »
International aid flows to Myanmar after devastating quake

3 weeks ago | myanmar-now.org | Caleb Quinley

The United Nations and international aid organisations are scrambling to respond to the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday, leaving thousands dead and entire communities in ruins. The 7.7-magnitude quake, which rocked central Myanmar, caused widespread destruction in cities such as Mandalay, Sagaing, and Naypyitaw, overwhelming hospitals and displacing tens of thousands of people. The death toll has reached at least 1,700, but that figure is expected to rise in the coming days.
Thailand to shut off electricity to Myanmar’s scam hubs

2 months ago | myanmar-now.org | Caleb Quinley

Thailand has cut electricity to Myanmar border towns harbouring scam centres tied to human trafficking and online fraud, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday. Aiming to disrupt criminal networks exploiting trafficked victims, Anutin Charnvirakul oversaw the shutdown of power supplies to alleged call centre scam hubs from Bangkok, initiated at 9am, Wednesday.
Arakan Army intensifies border offensives in strategic push

2 months ago | myanmar-now.org | Raung Ni

The Arakan Army (AA), which dominates much of Rakhine State in western Myanmar, is intensifying attacks on junta bases in neighbouring Ayeyarwady, Bago, and Magway regions, according to a statement and sources close to AA. One source closely affiliated with the AA told Myanmar Now that the powerful armed group is planning to launch offensives on the remaining junta bases in Rakhine State, hoping to overwhelm the junta near its borders. “The battles aren’t over yet,” the source said.
What does the Arakan Army’s victory in Rakhine State mean for the Rohingya?

Jan 16, 2025 | myanmar-now.org | Su Chay

With exploding bombs and shells still audible in the distance, Mohamed* has had little choice but to bide his time since August in a village under the control of the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State’s Maungdaw Township, where he fled after clashes between the AA and Myanmar military forced him out of his home. The village, some six miles outside of Maungdaw’s urban centre, now hosts around 1,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in addition to its 1,500 longtime Rohingya residents.
Villagers protest urban development project near Mandalay

Jan 16, 2025 | myanmar-now.org | Aung Naing

Residents of a village threatened by a major development project in Mandalay’s Amarapura Township protested last Saturday against encroachment on their property, according to local sources. The protest took place during a ceremony held to consecrate a new Dhamma hall donated to the village monastery by the project’s developer, Mandalay Business Capital City Development Ltd (MBCCD), the sources said. The company is owned by Maung Weik, a businessman with close ties to Myanmar’s military junta.
In Myanmar, a poisoned pill fuels a ruthless conflict

Jan 7, 2025 | myanmar-now.org | Caleb Quinley

KARENNI STATE—The first time Captain Agga stumbled upon a massive stash of methamphetamine was in 2016. The discovery came in the remote hills of northern Shan State, where his Myanmar military infantry column had been skirmishing with a Shan militia. After the militia retreated, abandoning their trucks, Agga’s team moved in. Unlatching the heavy steel doors of one vehicle, they were met with an astonishing sight—bag after bag, filled with thousands of tiny, bright red tablets.
Myanmar junta using paramotors to bomb villages in Mandalay, Sagaing regions

Jan 7, 2025 | myanmar-now.org | Aung Naing

Myanmar’s military has increasingly deploying slow-moving, motorised gliders to attack villages from the air in central Myanmar since last month, according to local and resistance sources. The first accounts of a military bombing raid using paramotors—parachute-like gliders propelled by small engines—in addition to planes or helicopters emerged from Za Yat Gyi village in Mandalay Region’s Taungtha Township on December 25, 2024.