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NARINJARA, September 10, 2026 Two lieutenant colonels from the Myanmar military were killed in early September during intense clashes with the Arakan Army (AA) at the foothills of the Arakan (Rakhine) Yoma mountain range in Mindon Township, Magway Region. The fallen officers, identified as Tin Myo Htut and Myat Thin Kyaw, both served as light infantry battalion commanders under the 55th Light Infantry Division (LID 55). Family members of the deceased have reportedly shared ne

Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun (front right), attends the opening of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly with members of his delegation at the UN Headquarters in New York on Sept. 8. (Credit: Kyaw Moe Tun) Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the U.N., Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, led the country’s delegation to the opening of the 81st U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 8, on the same date that a nine-member credentials comm

Myanmar regime leader Min Aung Hlaing at the Vietnam-Myanmar Business Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sept. 6, 2026. (Credit: Reuters) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet hosts Myanmar regime leader Min Aung Hlaing for a two-day official state visit in Phnom Penh on Sept. 11-12. The visit marks Min Aung Hlaing’s fourth diplomatic mission to an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member state since being inaugurated Myanmar’s president by a military-backed parliament on

Damage at Guwa Cave Pagoda caused by military junta air and artillery attacks on September 4. Photo: Wai Hun Aung DMG Newsroom 10 September 2026, Ponnagyun Destruction of historical heritage sites is rising in war-torn Arakan State as the military junta attacks ancient pagodas in violation of international laws protecting cultural heritage, according to local residents. On September 4, the military junta launched air and artillery strikes against the historical Guwa Cave Pago

Military junta forces conduct artillery training. Photo: Myanmar Defence Weapons DMG Newsroom 10 September 2026, Werathani Heavy artillery exchanges between the military junta and the Arakan Army continue to intensify along the Sittwe-Werathani border in Arakan State, according to local residents. Crossfire involving heavy weaponry has persisted along the Sittwe-Werathani border since September 4, when fighting broke out in neighbouring areas between Sittwe and Ponnagyun town

Photo : Golden Era Media DMG Newsroom 10 September 2026, Ponnagyun The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) controls 92.6 percent of Arakan State as well as Paletwa Township in neighbouring Chin State, according to a recent assessment by the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar), even as the Myanmar military steps up operations against AA-held territory. ISP-Myanmar said the ULA/AA launched its major offensive in Arakan on November 13, 2023, and has