News About Myanmar

The regime in Naypyidaw announced that it will release 6,186 prisoners under an amnesty marking Myanmar’s Independence Day, regime media reported on Saturday, a week after an election deemed a “sham” by most in the international community began on Dec. 28. The amnesty, which includes 52 foreigners, is a humanitarian gesture that takes into consideration the public’s peace of mind, regime media reported. The regime also reduced sentences by one-sixth nationwide, excluding for

Guest contributor Seán Donal Barry Myanmar refugees in Malaysia face growing uncertainty as a UN refugee agency documentation process is challenged by a new Malaysian initiative during ongoing refugee deportations. In the stairwell of a four-storey building in Kuala Lumpur’s Pudu district, James Bawi Thang Bik, the chairperson of the Alliance of Chin Refugees (ACR), points to a notice stuck on the wall at the entrance of a school classroom. “This is the only protection we hav

Myanmar’s military-appointed election body has begun announcing the winners of the first phase of its three-part general election, saying that the military-backed party has won the majority of seats, as widely expected. Critics of the current system say that the election is designed to add a facade of legitimacy to the status quo. They charge the polls are neither free nor fair because of the exclusion of major parties and government repression of dissenters. Opposition group

The National Unity Government (NUG) According to the report on military progress in 2025 by the Ministry of Defence-NUG, the revolution forces have seized full control over 37 townships and surrounding control over 41 townships all over the country. Ministry of Defence-NUG stated that they have been able to place 10 nationwide regional commands, a regiment and 360 forces under a single command. In Seik Phyu Township of Magway Region, there were attacks on a junta inspection g

Mizzima In his New Year’s address on 1 January, the Chinland Council chairman called on the public to reject and unite against what he described as “fake” election results being pushed by the Myanmar junta. “Elections cannot take place without a political environment that safeguards people’s rights, an independent media, and conditions that allow full public participation, therefore, we cannot accept the Military Commission’s fake political process,” said Chinland Council Cha

Mizzima Myanmar’s junta carried out airstrikes on a school in Mukangyi village, a community largely inhabited by internally displaced people, in the southeastern part of Tabayin Township in Sagaing Region, injuring at least 10 civilians. According to local residents, junta jet fighters conducted two airstrikes at around 7:30 pm on 1 January. “The bomb fell on the eastern side of the school. A couple living next to the school were seriously injured. Some people suffered severe