News About Myanmar

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

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