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Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris has written to the Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing calling for family access to the jailed democracy icon and for her release. Mr Aris made this call known at the recent Forum 2000 Conference in Prague held on 11-13 October. Mr Aris gave a speech at the conference calling for the freeing of not just his mother but also other political prisoners held in Myanmar and provided a copy of the letter. The following is a copy of the letter

Mizzima The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Exiled Myanmar Journalists Network (Exiled-MJN), condemned on 14 October the junta’s attempt to pursue five exiled media outlets through INTERPOL. Mizzima is one of the five, along with Myanmar Now, Khit Thit, The Irrawaddy and DVB. On 6 October, junta Deputy Home Affairs Minister Min Thu said the junta was seeking INTERPOL Red Notices against the outlets. The two groups said this misuses interna

YANGON: Myanmar’s President’s Office announced on October 14, 2026, the appointment and reassignment of Union ministers to the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, and the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications. Under Order No. 82/2026, Lieutenant General Yar Pyae (pic) was appointed Union Minister for Defence, while Dr. Ko Ko Lwin was appointed Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. The appointments we

Residents in Wuntho Township, Sagaing Region, inspect the destruction caused by regime airstrikes on Namkhan village on April 9. (Credit: CJ) A People’s Defence Force (PDF) member was killed during two airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force in Wuntho Township, Sagaing Region, on Tuesday. The PDF told DVB that fighting with regime forces took place in Wuntho after troops advanced from neighboring Indaw Township’s Maiza village, which was recaptured on Oct. 9 after bei

A cow was killed and two others were injured after the military council's air force attacked Lont Taw Pauk Village in Mae It Sub-township, Taungup Township, Arakan State, using two jet fighters that dropped six bombs at around 12:20 PM today, October 14, according to local sources. The airstrike was carried out by two military council jet fighters, which dropped a total of six bombs. The aerial attack resulted in two injured cows, the destruction of an electricity transmissio

The Myanmar military regime has forced two prominent private hospitals in Kale, Sagaing Region—Royal City and Chan Myae—to shut down, requiring inpatients receiving treatment at the facilities to be immediately transferred elsewhere, according to local sources. Kale is a major commercial hub in Sagaing Region bordering Chin State. The Myanmar military authorities ordered the two facilities to shut down within 48 hours over pending license renewals and were subsequently sealed