On Saturday, the NUG released a statement welcoming the decision of the ICJ which had turned down the proposal of the military junta. They added that they would also keep commitment to the accountability of the junta army for all their crimes in the sphere of international justice.
The Irrawaddy revisits an article from March last year honoring some of the more than 500 peaceful protesters killed by the junta during the first month after it seized power.
The secretary of the Ministry of Defense for the NUG, U Naing Htoo Aung said that Generation Z’s innovative power can invent weapons within a few months although it, in fact, would take several years.