Tag: Myanmar

Myanmar/Burma People’s Defence Force I–X: From symbolic suicide to revolutionary suicide

Joining the armed struggle means entering another uncertain condition, where the possibility of acting against oppression exists alongside the constant risk of losing one’s life.

/ November 10, 2026

Why did Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) Weaken?

Instead of revolutionary success in five years, the National Unity Government-led armed revolt against the murderous Myanmar military regime, under the facade of a civilian president of ex-General Min Aung Hlaing, has itself become a contributing factor towards the sordid state of human security (that is, the general physical safety and well-being of the public at large).

/ October 20, 2026

FORSEA co-founder Dr Maung Zarni slams Malaysian government of PM Anwar Ibrahim for its inhuman turn to mass-deporting Rohingya genocide survivors back to harm’s way in Myanmar

“The principle of non-refoulement prohibits states from returning individuals to territories where their life or freedom would be threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”

/ October 1, 2026

On Myanmar’s For-Ever-Civil War and Un-Finished Slow-Burning Rohingya Genocide

FORSEA co-founder and Burmese activist Maung Zarni offers his brutally honest assessment of where his native country historically was, its present state of affairs and what future awaits.

/ August 20, 2026

To Engage or Not To Engage with Myanmar’s Criminal Rulers: That Strange Feeling of Déjà Vu in ASEAN-Myanmar Affairs

On Thailand’s red carpeted reception of Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing, FORSEA’s Myanmar co-founder Maung Zarni offers his seasoned perspective.

/ August 12, 2026

Former Malaysian FM Dato’ Sri Saifuddin calls on the Anwar Government to address rising concerns regarding the refoulment of Rohingya refugees from Malaysia to Myanmar (ruled by the genocidal military)

*Statement by Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, Member of Parliament for Indera Mahkota and former Foreign Minister of Malaysia (3 August 2026)*

/ August 3, 2026

Myanmar’s Youth & Rohingyas Die in the Country’s Multifront Conflicts and Ongoing Genocide

Today’s youth in Myanmar, of all ethnicities and faith-based communities, are forced to abandon their dreams and aspirations of a peaceful country where they could chart their own life course. Needless to say, the Rohingya ethnic community that survived the 2016 and 2017 waves of genocidal violence in Western Myanmar continue to fare worst in the country’s un-ending wars and violence.

/ July 3, 2026

The False Hope of American Support for Myanmar Democracy vs. Political Realism of Asian Giants: The Two Interviews

Based on his decades of pro-sanctions activism internationally, FORSEA’s Dr Maung Zarni offers a brutally honest reflection on the futile Western dependency of anti-junta movements in his native country.

/ June 18, 2026

Two Honest Analyses: The Post-Election Myanmar

Two leading Myanmar exiles, Maung Zarni & Harn Yawnghwe, offer their honest & critical reflections on their war-locked native Myanmar, n Mandarin & Burmese.

/ April 23, 2026

Harn Yawnghwe, An Extraordinary Life in Public Service & A Barricade Against the Erasure of the Shan from Myanmar’s Memories | PART 3 & Final

Post-colonial national vision for Myanmar came from a combination of leftist progressive analyses and non-blood-and-soil secular civic nationalism, both of which seek to honour ethnic group equality and right to self-determination.

/ February 21, 2026