News About Myanmar

The Rakhine nationalist leader discusses his decision to enter the controversial election and its outcome in his home state

Myanmar’s military regime said slightly more than half of eligible voters cast their ballot in the first phase of a three-stage national election at the weekend, a figure that was markedly lower than the previous two elections. The election is the first since a 2021 coup and is taking place during a civil war. Analysts expect the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), led by retired generals, to be returned to power. The United Nations, some Western cou

Sources told Myanmar media that the People’s Party and the People’s Pioneer Party (PPP) lost to the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in most constituencies, after ballots were allegedly counted following the end of the first phase of the regime’s 2025-26 elections on Sunday. Saw Aye Han, the PPP deputy chairperson, told media outlets that his party didn’t win any seats. DVB contacted PPP Chairperson Thet Thet Khine, but she declined to comment. San

One civilian was killed in Katha Township, Sagaing Region, by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or drone, attack carried out by an unknown armed group during fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and regime forces on Tuesday. Katha residents told DVB on the condition of anonymity that regime forces have shut down all access into the town since Dec. 29. Katha is located 223 miles (359 km) north of the Sagaing Region capital Monywa. Sources close to the KIA told D

Local resistance groups seized three junta strongpoints in Sagaing Region’s Budalin town on Sunday, according to anti-regime group Rocket Fighter, which took part in the operation. The sites—at the township general administration office, the police station, and a private school—were attacked simultaneously early Sunday morning. Rocket Fighter commander La Pyae told The Irrawaddy that the joint offensive was planned three months in advance. “We targeted three main locations in

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday that leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional bloc will consider developments in Myanmar following the first phase of its election over the weekend. The polls are being held in several phases amid an ongoing civil war that has ravaged parts of Myanmar and led to one of Asia’s worst humanitarian crises. The election has been widely derided by the United Nations, Western governments and human