News About Myanmar

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro delivers an opening statement during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers' Meeting ahead of the 48th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Cebu, Philippines, on May 7. (Credit: Reuters) ASEAN’s special envoy on Myanmar held talks with ethnic armed groups and ​a regime-backed negotiation committee in an effort to tackle a civil war, with both ‌sides expressing openness to dialogue, the Philippines said

DMG Newsroom 13 July 2026, Mrauk-U More than 500 residents of Maunghnitma Village in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, are facing a severe drinking water shortage after floodwaters contaminated the village’s communal water ponds with saltwater. Recent heavy monsoon rains caused river levels to rise, submerging much of the village. Floodwaters inundated the two main drinking water ponds relied upon by the community, leaving them contaminated with saltwater and debris. "We only h

Amid ongoing severe flooding and natural disaster challenges in Gwa Township, Arakan State, the military junta launched a heavy airstrike yesterday, July 13. Between 10:00 PM and 10:55 PM, the junta deployed jet fighters and Y-12 transport aircraft to drop more than 50 bombs across Gwa Township. The terrorist military junta used a jet fighter to carry out four separate bombing runs at 10:00 PM, 10:02 PM, 10:06 PM, and 10:15 PM. Additionally, a Y-12 aircraft conducted six bomb

The Myanmar military regime is deploying nearly 1,000 reinforcement troops to southern Chin State following heavy casualties and tactical setbacks against resistance forces in Mindat and Kanpetlet towns, according to local sources and resistance fighters. On July 10, a military column of approximately 400 troops departed from the Weapons Factory 24 (Directorate of Defence Industry 24) in Magway Region’s Pauk Township. Advancing along the Pauk-Kyaukhtu Road, the convoy of five

Myanmar’s military regime has rejected the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s Five‑Point Consensus (5PC), insisting that the bloc restore the country’s “full and equal participation” and allow it to pursue its own path in line with domestic political realities, according to statements issued by the regime’s Foreign Ministry. Speaking at the informal ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok on Sunday, junta Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe said the Union Parliam

Why are there so few comprehensive histories of the Myanmar rights and democracy movement—one of the most remarkable post-Cold War movements—either in Burmese or English? One reason could be that it would involve a massive list of organizations and individuals, and just cataloguing them all would probably be a book-length enterprise. The movement consists of an eclectic assortment of politicians, civil society activists and their international supporters, working on an assort