Myanmar's military confirmed on Thursday that it had attacked a protest, where dozens were killed, according to residents, with the junta saying rebel fighters were among the crowd. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-protest-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar

A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, according to an attendee and a local committee member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-festival-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia

In the last six months, Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has flown to more countries than he did in the years after he grabbed power in a 2021 coup that ousted an elected civilian government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-chief-jet-setting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #minaunghlaing #china #russia #india

@scottrossi have you read the primary source pamphlet "One Year Since the Turkish Invasion of Rojava: An Interview with Tekoşina Anarşîst"? https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1459 It touches on some of the history.

Also, @jamesstout has a new book coming out in Jan 2026 on anarchists and their comrades in #Rojava, #Spain, and #Myanmar https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html #anarchism

More than 100,000 children in Myanmar's western coastal state of Rakhine are suffering from acute malnutrition, with less than 2% able to access treatment, according to data provided by aid workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/asia-pacific/society/myanmar-hunger-catastrophe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #myanmar #rohingya #hunger #children #food #aid

Six Myanmar war widows speak softly of their grief as they walk inside the crumbling walls of Mandalay Palace, fresh arrivals in an earthquake-wracked city strained anew by conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-junta-election-offensive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #earthquakes

Students killed at Myanmar boarding school as junta escalates air war https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-school-junta-air-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #junta #arakanarmy #unicef #minaunghlaing

Ukrainian Maidan, squeezed over the line and going strong despite 2014+2022 invasions by russia 🥳

Hong Kong anti-dictatorship mass protests → crushed by the CCP 💩

Burma/Myanmar protests → civil war, struggling military dictatorship backed by CCP and russia 💥

Now Nepal youth/social media takeover (!) → ??

In the 1990s Nepal dumped the (Hindu) royalty, elected pro-CCP communists, became a vassal of the CCP while depending on India...
Now they're between the aggressive CCP and the hindu-nationalist India with both vying for influence/control. 💥??

(+ many more anti-regime uprisings which haven't changed the status quo)

#Ukraine#ArabSpring#Hongkong #ccp #burma #myanmar#Nepal#India

The son of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former leader of Myanmar, said his mother is suffering from worsening heart problems while in military custody and needs urgent medical attention. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-suu-kyi-health-custody/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #aungsansuukyi #southeastasia

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's gathering to commemorate the end of WWII reflected Beijing’s authoritarian vision for the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/03/world/the-message-behind-chinas-grand-parade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #myanmar #cuba #humanrights

School closures as a result of funding cuts are pushing Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/asia-pacific/society/school-rohingya-refugee-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #unhcr #myanmar #children #humanrights #usaid #un #unicef

Millions of dollars of funding cuts from donors and U.N. cost-cutting could hamper evidence gathering and undermine efforts to seek justice for Rohingya who fled Myanmar, the head of a U.N. investigation said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/asia-pacific/un-probe-rohingya-cost-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #un #myanmar #rohingya #humanrights

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/myanmar-hunger-us-aid-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #myanmar #aid #food #hunger

One of Myanmar's most conflict-ravaged regions has witnessed a "dramatic rise in hunger" after U.S. aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Program said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/asia-pacific/myanmar-hunger-aid-cutbacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #hunger #southeastasia

United Nations investigators said they have found evidence of systematic torture by Myanmar security forces and identified some of the most senior perpetrators. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-systematic-torture-un-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #un #myanmar #humanrights #torture #rape

A Washington lobbying firm has signed an agreement worth $3 million a year with Myanmar's Ministry of Information to help the long-time military-ruled country rebuild relations with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-us-relations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #myanmar #donaldtrump #minaunghlaing

Myint Swe, Myanmar’s acting president and a former general sanctioned by the U.S. for his role in a 2021 coup, died at the age of 74 from Parkinson’s disease and related neurological disorders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-myint-swe-dies-74/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #southeastasia

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya has urged Myanmar to restore democracy, after the Southeast Asian country lifted the state of emergency imposed when its military staged a coup in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/japan-myanmar-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #takeshiiwaya #foreignministry #myanmar #myanmarjapanrelations #aungsansuukyi

Myanmar's junta has ended the country's state of emergency after 4½ years as it ramps up plans for a December election that monitors say will be used to consolidate the military's power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-end-state-of-emergency/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #southeastasia #aungsansuukyi #minaunghlaing

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has heard proposals that would alter U.S. policy toward Myanmar, with the aim of diverting its vast supplies of rare earth minerals away from strategic rival China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/world/politics/trump-myanmar-rare-earths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #myanmar #southeastasia #rareearths #us #donaldtrump #trade