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Why Donald Trump Sought a Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping
May 2026 | Burma Independent Voice Donald Trump traveled to China this May to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, marking the first visit by a sitting or incoming U.S. president to China since 2017. Notably, this summit was not initiated by the Chinese side; rather, it was explicitly requested by Trump himself. This raises…
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“The coup destroyed everything, but we are still fighting… I am that example.” — Joshua Van
Burma Independent Voice Feature: A reprint and translation of the article originally published in The Straits Times on July 4, 2025. Whenever Joshua “The Fearless” Van steps into the Octagon, he isn’t just fighting for himself. The 23-year-old Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athlete hails from Chin State, Myanmar—a region near the borders of Bangladesh and…
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Japan’s Foreign Policy Shift and Its Potential Impact on Myanmar
Feature | Burma Independent Voice To summarize Japan’s international diplomatic standing today: it has transformed from an “Asian Tiger” that built influence solely through economic power into a major protagonist on the global geopolitical stage—one capable of directly integrating security, strategy, and international dynamics. After World War II, Japan’s foreign policy was rooted in the…
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With the Release of President U Win Myint, How Will the NUG Approach This Major Political Test?
April 17, 2026 | Burma Independent Voice Opinion Piece by Kyawt Maung Military propaganda media have announced that the coup leader has released President U Win Myint from his unjust detention. While the release of President U Win Myint and others who were unfairly imprisoned since the 2021 coup is a cause for celebration, they…
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Echoes of the Media and the Coup Junta’s Facade of “Legitimacy”
Opinion Piece | By Kyawt Maung More than five years after the military coup in Myanmar, the military-led government—arising from an election conducted entirely according to the military’s own will—is attempting to craft an image of a civilian government. It is evident that the current administration, led by coup leader Min Aung Hlaing, lacks any…
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The Spymaster at the Helm: Why Ye Win Oo’s Ascension Signals a Dark New Chapter for Myanmar
The rise of a military intelligence chief to the top of the Myanmar Military may signal a shift toward a more surveillance-driven model of authoritarian rule. A Break from Historical Pattern The reported transfer of Commander-in-Chief authority from Min Aung Hlaing to General Ye Win Oo may seem like an internal reshuffle within Myanmar’s military…
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Failures on the Public Relations Front of the Revolutionary Government
Article | Burma Independent Voice By Kyaw Ba The Myanmar revolution is naturally progressing through a series of victories and losses on the physical battlefield. However, the National Unity Government (NUG), acting as the vanguard of the revolution, faces immense challenges in the arena of Public Relations (PR) Warfare. Alarmingly, the narratives the revolutionary government…
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The Coup General’s “Performance” Over Five Years and the Realization of a Presidential Dream
By Kyawt Maung It is an open secret known to all that the February 1, 2021, military coup was driven by the lust for power and the presidential ambitions of military leader Min Aung Hlaing. Today, that secret has been officially and clearly documented. In the Union Parliament, born out of an election held by…
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The Forgotten March 27: Revolutionary Strata Drifting Away from the People
Opinion Piece | Burma Independent Voice By Kyawt Maung Ants Are Always Busy March 27, 2021, marks the day with the highest death toll of citizens who took to the streets to protest the coup and demand democracy during the Spring Revolution. It was the “Bloody Revolutionary Day” that clearly manifested the military’s form of…
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Pressure from the Global Financial System, the Junta’s Struggle.
Article | Burma Independent Voice By Kyaw Ba On March 11, 2026, the military junta enacted the Anti-Money Laundering Law. This law replaces and repeals the old 2014 law from the U Thein Sein administration. This law was drafted and approved in a rush to ease the tightening regulations of international financial organizations and to…
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