News About Myanmar

Mizzima Members of online scam syndicates in Shwe Kokko Myaing, a territory under the control of the Karen Border Guard Force / Karen National Army (BGF/KNA), fled overnight after the group announced on 17 November that it had launched a special operation targeting “Kyar Phyant” scam networks, according to local residents. Most of those who escaped are believed to be Chinese nationals, and shop signboards in Chinese were quickly covered or removed, locals said. “There was a l

Mizzima A coordinated attack by revolutionary forces on the Tharsi Police Station in Monywa Township, Sagaing Region, left four police officers dead, according to a source from the People’s Defence Force (PDF) unit known as Rocket Fighter. The assault occurred at around 9 am on 17 November, when resistance forces launched a surprise attack on the station, which housed around 30 policemen and sits about 100 meters from Tharsi Prison. “We launched a sudden attack and managed to

AFP Myanmar’s military said Wednesday it raided an internet scam hub on the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 people, part of a highly publicised crackdown against the booming black market compounds. Sprawling fraud factories have ballooned in war-torn Myanmar’s border regions, housing scammers targeting internet users with romance and business cons worth tens of billions of dollars annually. Myanmar’s junta has long been accused of turning a blind eye but has trumpeted a cra

Myanmar remains among the world’s deadliest places for children, with frontline communities facing escalating airstrikes and artillery attacks as the conflict continues

Regime administrators in Yangon injured by grenade attack Two members of the regime’s administration in Yangon’s Zayatkwin ward were severely injured during a grenade attack on an administration office on Tuesday, Hlegu Township residents told DVB. A group calling itself the Yangon Army claimed responsibility for the attack. It said that its members threw two grenades at the Zayatkwin ward administration office. “Administrators from that office have threatened residents who d

The junta is carrying out airstrikes on the roads heading to Mawdaung Town in Tanintharyi Township, Tanintharyi Region, while amassing troops for ground offensives. Mawdaung Town, near the Thai border, was captured by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the People's Defence Force (PDF) on November 14. Since then, the junta has been bombing the KNU-controlled road to the town while amassing forces for ground assaults. “Ever since the KNU and PDF took Mawdaung, junta