News About Myanmar

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

Date – 14 July 2026 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (8,160) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. A total of (31,494) people have been arrested by the junta for opposing their arbitrary seizure of power. Of those arrested, (14,556) are confirmed to still be in detention, while (7,910) remain to be verified. These are the numbers reported by the Assistance Associat

Maung Khet Nway for Mizzima The Philippine Foreign Minister, acting as ASEAN Special Envoy, and the Thai Foreign Minister met with several Myanmar Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) for the first time on 13 July in Pattaya, Thailand. Zin Mar Aung, Secretariat Member of the Steering Committee for the Establishment of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF) and Foreign Minister of the National Unity Government (NUG), confirmed to Mizzima that the meeting did not host the SCEF as a col

The National Unity Government (NUG) -On Sunday, there was a meeting between the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union and government employees in the Civil Disobedient Movement. -In Madayar Township of Mandalay Region, the People’s Defence Force conducted simultaneous attacks on the junta camps on the edge of Thein Village and in Shin Hla Taung Village. -On Monday, Magway Regional Medical Force expressed their sorrow for the comrades who had lost th

Nicholas Kong On July 12, 2026, the foreign ministers of the 11-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) met with their Myanmar counterpart from the junta’s nominal civilian administration at an “informal meeting” in Bangkok. It was the first in-person meeting between ASEAN foreign ministers and Myanmar’s top diplomat since ASEAN barred Myanmar from its high-level summits following the military’s overthrow of the democratically elected government of Daw Aung San

Alan Clements For many months now, I have joined countless people around the world in asking one question of Myanmar’s military authorities, and it is a question so simple, so fundamentally human, that no government claiming legitimacy should hesitate to answer it with complete transparency. Where is Aung San Suu Kyi? Is she alive? Is she receiving appropriate medical care? Is she physically safe? Is she able to communicate with her family and legal counsel? Can independent o