September 18, 2026

Myanmar Watch

Myanmar Junta Threatens Thailand

pgnewser August 26, 2026 0

The Myanmar Junta’s military chief, General Ye Win Oo, met with Thailand officials to warn them about their porous borders. The Junta is accusing Thailand of allowing arms to reach the resistance to its military rule. The junta held an election January of this year, but that election was not recognized as being legitimate, for only Junta-approved candidates were allowed to run in the election.

One of the resistance leaders, Min Thway Thit, responded to the action, declaring “The junta is making every effort to cut off the flow of weapons across the border under the pretext of holding talks with neighboring countries. Our resistance forces must stay alert, plan alternative routes, and call for stronger international pressure on the regime.”

Myanmar Military Chief Urges Thailand to Sever Border Arms Flow to Resistance – Burma News International
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Myanmar’s new military chief, Gen. Ye Win Oo, met with senior Thai defense officials in Bangkok this week to push for a crackdown on cross-border arms smuggling to anti-regime resistance groups.

During his visit for the ninth Thai-Myanmar High-Level Officials Meeting on August 19, Ye Win Oo held separate talks with Thailand’s defense minister and commander-in-chief. He recently assumed leadership of the armed forces after his predecessor, Min Aung Hlaing, transitioned to the presidency following an election widely condemned by the international community.

The Junta pushed for stronger border stability to crack down on illicit arms smuggling, mirroring a request made earlier this month by regime leader Min Aung Hlaing to Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

“Baffling” new snake species in Myanmar looks like multiple species at once– www.sciencedaily.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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Identifying a new species is not always straightforward. Scientists usually rely on physical traits that separate one species from another, but in nature those differences do not always fall into neat categories. Sometimes two different species look almost identical. These are called cryptic species. In other cases, a single species can vary so much in appearance that it seems like several different species instead. The challenge becomes even greater when both patterns show up at the same time.

Herpetologist Dr. Chan Kin Onn (previously at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore, now with the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, USA) led research on a pit viper from Myanmar that seemed to be both similar to and distinct from its closest relatives. The work was published in the open access journal ZooKeys, building on an earlier genomic study in Systematic Biology that had already indicated the snakes represented a separate evolutionary lineage.

“Asian pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus are notoriously difficult to tell apart, because they run the gamut of morphological variation. Some groups contain multiple species that look alike, while others may look very different but are actually the same species,” they say.

Rights groups slam Trump administration for ending Myanmar deportation protection– abcnews.go.com

pgnewser November 25, 2025 0

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BANGKOK — Rights groups on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration’s decision to end protected status for Myanmar citizens due to the country’s “notable progress in governance and stability,” even though it remains mired in a bloody civil war and the head of its military regime faces possible U.N. war crimes charges.

In her announcement Monday ending temporary protection from deportation for citizens of Myanmar, also known as Burma, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem cited the military’s plans for “free and fair elections” in December and “successful ceasefire agreements” as among the reasons for her decision.

“The situation in Burma has improved enough that it is safe for Burmese citizens to return home,” she said in a statement.

Myanmar junta leader in Moscow for second trip abroad since coup

Myanmar Festival Attack leaves 40 Dead, 80 Injured

pgnewser October 9, 2025 0

A full moon festival in Myanmar’s Chaung U township was bombed by a paraglider on Monday, October 6, 2025. The attack has left at least 40 dead and 80 injured. It mimicked the method of attack used on October 7, 2023, by Hamas when they attacked the Nova music festival with paragliders.

An official claims they tried to alert the festival goers of the impending attack, but they failed to heed his warning. Children are among the dead and injured. The junta government recently promised elections next year. They are blaming anti-government forces for the attack, launching air strikes in the suspected region of the alleged attackers.

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AT LEAST 40 people have been killed after a paraglider reportedly dropped two bombs on festivalgoers in Myanmar.

Children are among the victims of the deadly overnight attack which is believed to have been conducted by the Myanmar military.

Locals inspect the damage after a paraglider reportedly dropped two bombs on festivalgoers in MyanmarCredit: AFP
Vehicles were left charred and in ruins after being hit by the explosivesCredit: AFP

The attacks echo the chilling Nova music festival ambush carried out by Hamas terrorists on paragliders on October 7, 2023.

From The Sun UK