News About Myanmar

The National Unity Government (NUG) has accused the chief of the military junta, U Min Aung Hlaing and his regime of deep involvement in global drug trafficking and cyber-scam operations, urging Beijing to reconsider its continued backing of the junta. The remarks were made by Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong, the NUG’s Minister of Federal Union Affairs, during a July 5 event marking the completion of the zero draft of the Articles of Federal Transitional Arrangements (AFTA) — a framew

More than 1,000 displaced residents remain unable to return to their homes in Ye Chaungphyar, an area controlled by the New Mon State Party (NMSP) in southern Myanmar, due to ongoing military junta airstrikes and round-the-clock reconnaissance flights. The military junta’s air force bombed several villages in the Ye Chaungphyar area in late May, despite the absence of active ground clashes at the time. Frequent drone and aircraft surveillance flights have continued to patrol

The National Unity Government (NUG) Sintkai Township People’s Defence Force opened fire in memory of the comrades who had sacrificed their lives in a local battle near Taungthar Village in Chauk Township of Magway Region. The Ministry of Defence-NUG saluted the PDF martyrs who had lost their lives in Chauk Township of Magway Unit. In Kawthaung Township of Tanintharyi Region, a member, who had fled from the junta’s People’s Security and Anti-Terrorism Organization, defected to

Aung San Suu Kyi is seen at a school in Kawhmu, Yangon, on Jul 18, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Ann Wang) The top diplomats of the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in person with their Myanmar counterpart on Sunday for the first time since the coup, in an effort to kick-start a five-year-old peace initiative that has failed to end a civil war gripping the country. BANGKOK: Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were told on

The Myanmar military has been accused of executing captured resistance fighters during raids and arson attacks on villages in Chauk Township, Magwe Region last Friday. A group of 20 People’s Defense Force (PDF) members were shot dead after being trapped in a regime counterattack near Taungtha village, according to pro-regime telegram channels and resistance sources. The PDF group had been waiting to ambush a military unit that was burning villages in the township, a front-lin

In a highly anticipated but deeply polarized diplomatic maneuver, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers held an informal meeting with their officially sidelined Myanmar counterpart in Bangkok on Sunday for the first time since the 2021 coup. Hosted by Thailand, the meeting was portrayed by the bloc as a positive if small first step. However, it has drawn sharp skepticism from journalists, regional scholars and observers, who question whether the reg