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Airstrikes carried out by the junta on two villages in Hakha Township, Chin State, killed a woman and her two children, and later claimed the life of her husband, who died from serious injuries while being transported to the hospital, bringing the death toll to four members of a single family. Around midnight on January 4 and in the early morning of January 5, the junta carried out airstrikes on Halta and Haiphai villages in Hakha Township. In Halta village, a bomb hit a fami

Mizzima Myanmar’s military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, used his Independence Day message to reassert the junta’s political narrative. Portraying the armed forces as the sole guarantor of national unity and stability, he sharply criticised ethnic armed organisations and unnamed foreign actors. The translated speech accompanied official ceremonies marking the 78th anniversary of independence, and was published by the junta-run Global New Light of Myanmar on 4 Januar

The National Unity Government (NUG) -In Paukkaung Township of Bago Region, Pyi District People’s Defence Force (2) conducted a mine attack on a junta vehicle. -According to the data collected by Ministry of Human Rights-NUG until January 1, 4,683 people lost their lives in 4,498 aerial attacks of the junta military. -In the coordination meeting (1/2026) of Committee Representing Pyitaungsu Hluttaw, Ministry of Foreign Affairs-NUG presented about their activities and action pl

BANDARBAN: In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making. Ali Hossain, 40, was collecting firewood in early 2025 when a blast shattered his life. "I went into the jungle with fellow villagers. Suddenly, there was an explosion, and my leg was blown off," he told AFP. "I screamed at the top of my voice." Neighbours rushed to stem the spurting blood. "They picked me

Incident reported to UN for assistance Narinjara News, January 5, 2026 A nine-year-old boy and two women, who were taken hostage by ARSA, are facing a critical and dangerous situation, according to two men who managed to escape. The individuals being held are Maung Wai Yan Lin, a Rakhine national aged 9, along with Daw Soe Soe Khaing, aged 38, and Daw Thandar Soe, aged 32. The individuals who fled from Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) captivity are Ah Kyaw, aged 39, and

The regime’s Union Election Commission (UEC) states that insulting or defaming rival political parties, or candidates, during the electoral process could be considered a malpractice and even a criminal offence. Than Soe, the UEC chairperson, said this to representatives from 57 political parties at a meeting in the capital Naypyidaw on Monday. An independent candidate running in the regime’s 2025-26 elections told DVB on the condition of anonymity that the UEC chairperson mad