News About Myanmar

The Myanmar military regime carried out another airstrike on the Ye Chaung Pyar region in Mon State's Ye Township around midnight on October 14, despite no active ground combat in the area, according to local sources. Preliminary reports indicate that a regime aircraft dropped two 500-pound bombs between Kinmun and Daepyar villages within the Ye Chaung Pyar region. "The area was previously used as a training ground by Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Battalion 27. There

17 October 2026 As military conflict continues to intensify in Myanmar, today’s news was dominated by calls for international accountability for human rights violations committed by the military regime, ASEAN and international approaches to Myanmar, and changes in regional economic and security dynamics. Other major developments included a vehicle accident in Thailand that injured Myanmar migrant workers, global health and environmental concerns, and international political a

In 2013, Aung San Suu Kyi came to Prague to honour Václav Havel. Thirteen years later, her son followed in her footsteps By Igor Blazevic On Wednesday morning, October 14, Kim Aris, the son of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, took time out of his busy programme in Prague, where he was attending the 30th Forum 2000 Conference, to visit the grave of the late Czech President Václav Havel. Kim laid flowers on Havel’s grave and paid tribute to a man who had been one of his mother’s most devo

Mizzima Editorial The Trump administration’s renewed secret talks with Myanmar’s military-backed rulers raise an uncomfortable question: is Washington pursuing a pragmatic foreign policy, or helping rehabilitate a regime whose legitimacy remains deeply contested? Two rounds of discussions in a month, including meetings in Naypyidaw and Tokyo, the latest meeting reported by Reuters, mark a striking reversal of the US approach following the February 2021 military coup. The late

A fishing workspace in Kalarthein Village, Werathani Township, photographed in 2022. Continued bombardment by the military junta using airstrikes, heavy artillery and naval gunboats in Werathani Township amid the ongoing battle for Sittwe has severely disrupted local fishing activities, plunging residents into a deep livelihood crisis, locals reported. DMG Newsroom 16 October 2026, Werathani Continued bombardment by the military junta using airstrikes, heavy artillery and nav

Internally displaced people living along highway shoulders in Ponnagyun Township, pictured in 2024. Escalating clashes along the Sittwe and Ponnagyun border, coupled with relentless junta airstrikes, have pushed internally displaced people (IDPs) who rely on casual labor into a severe livelihood crisis. DMG Newsroom 16 October 2026, Ponnagyun Escalating clashes along the Sittwe and Ponnagyun border, coupled with relentless junta airstrikes, have pushed internally displaced pe