News About Myanmar

CINCDS / Junta forces pictured during a naval exercise Heavy clashes erupted along the Kaladan River near the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe after Arakan Army (AA) forces repelled repeated junta amphibious assaults on strategically vital Ngapyi Island, striking at least one junta warship, local military sources reported. Junta forces launched amphibious landing attempts on the AA-controlled island, located roughly one mile east of the regime’s Shwe Min Gan Naval Base in Sitt

Individuals subjected to forced military conscription / Note: This is a file photo More than 200 ethnic Rakhine nationals recently deported from Malaysia have been transferred to a military facility in Yangon, where they are being held incommunicado and interrogated over alleged ties to the Arakan Army (AA), according to local sources and family members. The 220 Rakhine detainees were among a first batch of 1,476 Myanmar nationals repatriated by sea from Malaysian immigration

The speaker of the resistance-led Chinland Parliament has issued a formal appeal to the Malaysian government, urging an immediate halt to the deportation of Myanmar nationals, including members of the ethnic Chin community and anti-coup dissidents. In an open letter dated Oct. 5 to Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Speaker U Hung Naing called on Kuala Lumpur to provide temporary humanitarian protection to detainees facing severe risks if re

Some homes damaged by junta airstrikes. Myanmar’s military junta launched three consecutive days of airstrikes on villages in northern Kawkareik Township, Karen State, using fighter jets and Y-12 transport aircraft to drop dozens of heavy bombs, according to local sources and resistance fighters. The attacks, which ran from Oct. 6 to Oct. 8, targeted villages including Htihpoezan, Miparle, Myapataing, and Kwimaungtaing. The area is located in Dooplaya (Kawkareik) District, an

Photo: Crd Dozens of ethnic Chin deportees repatriated from Malaysia aboard Myanmar junta navy warships remain stranded in Yangon, unable to return to their conflict-affected hometowns due to travel hurdles and financial constraints, according to local relief workers. The group of 173 Chin nationals—originating from Chin State as well as the Magway and Sagaing regions—arrived at Yangon’s Thilawa Port on Oct. 4. They were part of a larger batch of 1,476 Myanmar detainees hande

Mizzima The United States has opened direct talks with Myanmar’s military regime, with a senior State Department intelligence official meeting junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw last month, Reuters reported on 8 October. The meeting was the highest-level contact between Washington and the generals since the February 2021 coup. According to Reuters, which cited seven current and former officials and others familiar with the policy shift, Michael Vance, the Assistant Sec