Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, said photographs released today of his mother meeting the head of an international humanitarian group gave him "a reason to hope". Read more in my report for @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n... #Myanmar #WhatshappeninginMyanmar

Rare photos of ex-Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi give her family hope

Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, told NPR THAT photographs of his mother meeting a foreign official gave him "a reason to hope" for the first time since the military coup that ousted her in 2021.

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In Noor's final call, she said she would rather die at sea than suffer her violent husband, says her mother. The last they spoke. With Htet Aung, Ro Min Swe & Ro Zeen Kyi, 📸 Valeria Mongelli, we report from #Rohingya camps on why so many risk these journeys. www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/she-had-l...

‘She had lost all hope here’: Increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees risk dangerous sea crossings

Deteriorating conditions in Bangladesh’s refugee camps are pushing more Rohingya into the hands of human traffickers in the hope of finding a better life in Malaysia or Indonesia.

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Recently I had the privilege of speaking about 21st century journalism and working as a war correspondent, with Lorcan Lovett and Fergal Quinn at a seminar held by the University of Limerick. #war #media #UL #Myanmar #Cambodia #media @lorcanlovett.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Uh...

New Wars, New Challenges: Conflict journalism in the 21st century (With Luke Hunt and Lorcan Lovett)

YouTube video by Journalism at University of Limerick

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Mizo know of #Wales, but few Welsh have heard of #Mizoram. Yet the 2 share deep, complex ties dating to 1890s. After finding #Cymru trinkets & plans for a Welsh-language school in northeast India, Valeria Mongelli & I pulled the thread @foldingrockmag.bsky.social foldingrock.com/the-last-cha...

The Last Chapel: A Welsh Legacy Hidden in North-East India – Folding Rock

Lorcán Lovett uncovers the influence of Welsh missionaries in Mizoram, reflecting on belonging, faith and colonial legacy, with beautiful photography by Valeria Mongelli.

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Great to join veteran war reporter @luke-hunt.bsky.social on Beyond the Mekong. Watch in full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=46EW... One hypothetical we discuss: what would happen if Aung San Suu Kyi could send a message to #Myanmar's people & that was to stop fighting? #WhatshappeninginMyanmar

On Kim Aris’s heartfelt plea to see his mother again — a chance his own father was denied before his death — with insights from @crisisgroup.org Thomas Kean on the junta’s plans for Aung San Suu Kyi. www.npr.org/2026/05/03/n... For @npr.org #Myanmar #WhatshappeninginMyanmar

'I just want to see her again' says son of imprisoned Myanmar ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi

On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. Her son Kim Aris spoke to NPR about his doubts about the regime's account.

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Min Aung Hlaing plans to attempt negotiations with Aung San Suu Kyi soon, says Naypyidaw source. But imo rumors she'll be transferred from prison to better accommodation by tomorrow are untrue (I’ll be happy to be proved wrong). Read more: lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/about-the-... #Myanmar

About the Aung San Suu Kyi release rumours

I’ll go out on a limb, and risk looking silly in the process: it won’t happen. Not this Thingyan, anyway.

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Myanmar has a new president and a new military chief. So, is this brutal regime changing course? Definitely not. Discussing the latest on Straight Talk Southeast Asia. open.spotify.com/episode/01Et... #Myanmar #WhatshappeninginMyanmar

EP130: Non-Shifting Myanmar Politics with Lorcan Lovett

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Arrests of Ukrainians & an American in India raise a question I’ve been exploring: is #Ukraine supporting #Myanmar’s resistance? Separate from the India case are meetings & intelligence sharing. Sources on all sides say: lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/is-ukraine... #WhatshappeninginMyanmar

Is Ukraine helping Myanmar’s resistance? (1/2)

High-profile arrests in India raise a question I’ve been looking into. Here’s what Myanmar's resistance, Ukraine, and others told me.

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Here’s a #Myanmar explainer on who’s fighting, why & what may come next. Thanks to analysts involved and @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social for keeping eyes on an overlooked war now getting pulled into global conflict. www.aljazeera.com/features/202... #whatshappeninginMyanmar

Who is fighting in Myanmar’s multi-front civil war?

Alliances are fluid in Myanmar's civil war, involving a military regime, ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces.

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Reporting here on how reliant the junta has become on Russia, with insights from analysts and a former #Myanmar military officer trained in St Petersburg. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/... #whatshappeninginMyanmar

Russian weapons, tactics seen in Ukraine are shaping Myanmar’s civil war

Russian role felt in Myanmar, from aircraft to waves of conscripts launching 'meat assaults' made infamous in Ukraine.

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Draconian action against someone who likely wanted to support a pro-democracy force against a brutal dictatorship. #Myanmar’s people more alone than ever when even those trying to help are punished by Western governments. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... #whatshappeninginMyanmar

Queensland man charged over alleged plans to fight in Myanmar civil war

Police allege Attilio Ivor Filip Dallavalle travelled to Thailand in January with plans to travel onward to Myanmar to engage in "hostile activities" with an armed group engaged in the ongoing conflic...

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My good friend Danny Fenster and his cousin Amy Kurzweil have created a beautiful comic about his time imprisoned in Yangon's Insein jail. It’s a love story really about Danny and his wife Juliana. Here’s a gift link: www.theverge.com/cs/features/... #Myanmar #WhatshappeninginMyanmar

Smuggling podcasts into a Burmese prison

Danny Fenster was jailed during the coup in Myanmar. This is the story of how he got through it.

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1/2 🧵 For most of last year, #Myanmar’s regime clawed back lost ground, with some fragile exceptions. Then came a reversal: the resistance captured the strategic border town of Mawdaung. We visited for the excellent @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social, feature: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/we-surviv...

‘We survive one day at a time’: The resistance holds on to Mawdaung

The Karen National Union-led capture of a key border town in Tanintharyi Region broke a string of regime advances across Myanmar, but life has become harder for civilians amid a blockade and border cl...

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Telling Tales. It's what we do. Issue 004 - out March 12th 2026 Pre-order now: foldingrock.com/shop/standal...

Met a regime troop in a #Myanmar jail who walked us through his journey from conscript to PoW after his comrades staged a yaba-fueled last stand. His story captures much that’s unraveled there. 📸 Valeria Mongelli @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna... #WhatshappeninginMyanmar

Rebels prepare for ‘final battle’ in Myanmar as regime hi...

On Monday voting ended in an election that rights groups say wasn’t free or fair. Lorcan Lovett meets people caught on both sides of a bloody conflict

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Reporting for @yle.naamio.social from the ruins of a #Myanmar military base. We also visited families sheltering in the jungle from the military’s airstrikes: yle.fi/a/7-10091456 Myanmar junta concludes its rigged election today. #whatshappeninginMyanmar

I Myanmar gömmer sig folket i djungeln medan juntan ordnar fuskval

Svenska Yle har besökt en gränsstad i Myanmar som rebellerna precis befriat. ”Vi kan slå juntan om vi håller ihop”, säger soldaterna på plats.

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Independent #Myanmar media faces an existential crisis as the junta readies sham elections in days. When decades-long donors pull out, what comes next? Reporting for @niemanreports.org with pics by Valeria Mongelli #whatshappeninginMyanmar niemanreports.org/myanmar-inde...

Myanmar’s Independent Media Innovates to Survive - Nieman Reports

As U.S. funding vanishes for Myanmar's independent press, media competitors turn collaborators to keep reporting alive

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As #USA ends temporary protections for #Myanmar nationals, I spoke with 3 people whose lives are thrown into jeopardy & a diaspora alarmed Washington is lending legitimacy to the junta, which commits routine atrocities. #WhatshappeninginMyanmar #Trump www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status

Thousands of Myanmar diaspora are at risk of deportation, after the US said they no longer required Temporary Protective Status

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Had a great chat with Ei on the Insight pod. We talk about Aung San Suu Kyi’s awareness of the civil war plus a revamped Karen resistance strategy in eastern #Myanmar and lots more. insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho... open.spotify.com/episode/3sQ3... #whatshappeninginMyanmar

Episode #373: Echoes in the Absence — Insight Myanmar

Field Notes from a Vanishing Nation

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A US lawyer didd a LinkedIn victory lap about securing sanctions relief for #Myanmar regime allies. What he does isn’t illegal, but it deserves to be challenged. So I sent him a bunch of questions. Here’s what unfolded:

‘I get lucky’: Challenging the lawyer who helped Myanmar junta suppliers

When a US lawyer bragged on LinkedIn about lifting sanctions for Myanmar regime allies, I had questions. Here’s what unfolded.

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Exclusive from me & Tin Htet Paing: 🧵1/4: We've obtained daily routine logs + courtroom footage of ousted #Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi — just ahead of her 80th birthday, which she’ll mark in military custody. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #whatshappeninginMyanmar

Leaked footage and prison logs reveal Aung San Suu Kyi’s life in detention

Exclusive: Video and documents give rare glimpse inside daily life of timprisoned civilian leader as she nears her 80th birthday

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1/2: Weekend cross-over with Yan Naing exploring two sides of #Myanmar. Yan Naing reports on Trump’s visa ban, and calls out those who escaped the junta but now mock others seeking US resettlement: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Trump said ‘not you’

The American Dream pulled us in – but for Myanmar nationals, it vanished like a mirage.

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Our story on the ‘girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war has been translated to Japanese -- great to see the #Myanmar coverage reaching Japan courrier.jp/news/archive... #whatshappeninginMyanmar

ミャンマー反乱勢力の“同志少女”が戦わなくてはならないもの | 殺した人数は「数えていない」

ミャンマー内戦では、若者も戦闘に加わっている一方、女性は「弱い」と考えられて後方業務に回されることが多いという。英紙「ガーディアン」が取材した反乱勢…

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While junta troops skulk through the forest, communists, Muslim fighters, two ethnic Karen armed groups, PDF & militias stand in the open - in one township. A commander in southern #Myanmar mapped it out. Short dispatch, for free subscribers this week: lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/in-liberat...

In Liberated Tagu

In Tanintharyi Region, a young rebel commander maps a complex uprising.

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Great job opportunity for journalists / editors who want to cover the #Myanmar revolution for a crucial outlet.

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JOB ALERT: Frontier is seeking a Managing Editor. The successful candidate will work with a team of award-winning journalists to produce accurate, in-depth reports on a fast-developing situation in Myanmar. More info via the link. Apply by May 11. www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/work-with...

Will Chin be first state liberated this year? Chatting on this week's Frontier podcast after Kachinland Research Centre's Danseng Lawn. He breaks down how China's support of the #Myanmar junta / clipping the 3BA's wings influences KIA's strategy. #whatshappeninginMyanmar

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This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military returns to Lashio thanks to China, journalist Lorcan Lovett analyses a breakthrough in the Chin conflict, and the Kachinland Research Centre's Dan Seng Lawn discusses the fall of Indaw.

German-speaking friends can now read the story of Anina, the young sniper fighting #Myanmar's dictatorship. Something that didn't make the final cut: Anina was born on 20 February, the national day of her ethnic Chin people. www.freitag.de/autoren/the-... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Kindersoldaten stehen auf beiden Seiten der Front in Myanmar

Im Westen von Myanmar gehört die 18-jährige „Anina“ – so ihr „Nom de Guerre“ – zu einer Rebelleneinheit, die die letzten Stützpunkte des Juntamilitärs belagert. Ihre Treffsicherheit als Scharfschützin...

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A captured #Myanmar military captain told us he torched villages. One of several sobering admissions in our Q&A. lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/i-burned-e... #whatshappeninginMyanmar

'I burned entire villages': Myanmar military captain

We interviewed a captured soldier in Chin State.

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Will Myanmar’s earthquake reshape its civil war? Analysts, resistance fighters and a military defector share their insights – from protective chants to shifting battle lines – for @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social aje.io/sln3t1 #whatshappeninginMyanmar #Myanmar

Could an earthquake shift the balance in Myanmar’s civil war?

Aftershocks of Myanmar’s devastating earthquake add new dimension to country’s four-year-long civil war.

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