News About Myanmar

Members of the Mandalay People’s Defense Force take part in a flag-raising ceremony during officer training at a secret training camp in Sagaing Region in May 2026. / AFP Clad in camouflage uniforms, young guerrilla fighters laughed and joked despite a series of military setbacks as they walked to their makeshift parade ground deep in the Myanmar jungle. In a dusty clearing they lined up to salute the red and white flags of the pro-democracy People’s Defense Forces (PDFs), wh

Myanmar’s military has suffered heavy casualties in a major offensive aimed at breaking Karen resistance on the Thai-Myanmar border in Myawaddy District, according to resistance sources. Military tensions escalated Tuesday to intense fighting as the regime deployed reinforcements for human-wave-assaults on resistance positions at Min Let Pan village. “Regime forces suffered major casualties yesterday [Thursday], but they are still coming today,” a resistance fighter told The

Arrests confirm scale of mail-order bride business Recent prosecutions confirm the scale of the human trafficking business whereby Myanmar women are sold to so-called “leftover men” in China who fail to find a mate at home. According to regime figures, authorities handled 80 human trafficking cases in the first half of 2025 alone, including 14 sham marriages staged inside Myanmar before the victims were smuggled abroad, with China as the primary destination. Since The Irrawad

Bangkok, Thailand—Myanmar’s Southeast Asian neighbors are seeking “gradual” engagement but the country’s leadership remains sidelined by their ASEAN bloc, Thailand said Friday ahead of the first meeting of foreign ministers since the coup. Myanmar Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe will meet counterparts from the 11-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at an “informal meeting” in Bangkok on Sunday. The Philippines, which has the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN thi

Myanmar’s parliament on Thursday rejected a peace plan adopted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for Myanmar, after a push from military-backed lawmakers who claimed the plan was inconsistent with the country’s “political reality.” The motion to reject ASEAN’s Five‑Point Consensus (5PC) was submitted on June 26 by Nanda Hla Myint from the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). Following a debate session in which a series of lawmakers

Date – 10 July 2026 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (8,151) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. A total of (31,418) people have been arrested by the junta for opposing their arbitrary seizure of power. Of those arrested, (14,477) are confirmed to still be in detention, while (7,914) remain to be verified. These are the numbers reported by the Assistance Associat