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Ponnagyun residents flee the fighting in August 2025. Photo: APM DMG Newsroom 6 October 2026, Ponnagyun Internally displaced people in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, are being forced to relocate again as the military regime conducts relentless daily airstrikes targeting villages and displacement camps. Displaced populations across Ponnagyun Township have been sheltering in temporary bamboo huts built along roadsides and in nearby forested hills around Kyaukseik, Thayetcho,

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Photo: CJ/NMG At least 10 people were killed and several others wounded after Myanmar military jets carried out multiple airstrikes targeting gold-mining rafts operated primarily by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sagaing Region’s Kyunhla Township, according to local sources. The attack began at about 2:00 p.m. on October 5, when two fighter jets flying from Homalin Township launched an initial bombardment of mining rafts in the Thahpanseik Reservoir. The military carr

Mizzima Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should press Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, to end human rights abuses during his visit to Kuala Lumpur on October 7, 2026, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said 7 October. The Malaysian government should also halt plans to forcibly return ethnic Rohingya and other people from Myanmar, where they face persecution and other rights violations, according to HRW. Malaysian authorities deported about 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Septe

Photo: Individuals captured during the September 27 clash near Maswati. Military sources report that more than 20 troops from a unit under the 77th Division were captured, along with their weapons, during a clash near Maswati in Kanpetlet Township, Chin State, on September 27. (Source: KWT / Local News) Mizzima More than 20 soldiers from the junta’s Light Infantry Division (LID) 77 were captured with their weapons during a clash near Ma Swa Ti in Kanpetlet Township, Chin Stat

Shwe Zin Win Htik, Narinjara, 6 October 2026 Two local men died of sudden cardiac arrest and another was injured following Myanmar military junta airstrikes on Taungup, a town in the southern part of Arakan State, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. According to a local resident, junta fighter jets launched an aerial bombardment at approximately 9:30 a.m. targeting former military bases surrounding the town, which are now under the control of the Arakan Army (AA). The targeted areas