News About Myanmar

Photo : AA Info Desk DMG Newsroom 6 October 2026, Ponnagyun At least eight civilians were killed and 11 others injured in Myanmar military airstrikes on displacement sites and nearby villages in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, over two consecutive days, according to the Arakan Army (AA). The AA said in an October 5 statement that two military jets bombed the Byala internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, between Thayetchho and Yoengu villages, on October 4, killing six disp

Junta naval warships seen patrolling coastal waters. Photo: MOI DMG Newsroom 5 October 2026, Myebon Three local fishermen from Myebon Township were detained and severely beaten with bamboo sticks by the junta navy while fishing at sea in Arakan State. The incident occurred on the evening of October 2 while the fishermen were operating in coastal waters near the border of Myebon and Kyaukphyu townships. "They were fishing in the sea towards Kyaukphyu Township from our village,

A body of deceased victims from IDP camps in Ponnagyun Township targeted by airstrikes (Photo - ONN) The Arakan Army (AA) issued a statement yesterday, October 5, declaring that the fascist terrorist military junta is committing severe and continuous war crimes through repeated airstrikes on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps using groups of fighter jets. The statement noted that on October 5, the terrorist military launched a relentless aerial attack lasting nearly hal

Following the mass murder in Kyauktaw Town on September 28, the terrorist Myanmar military has continued to bomb IDP camps in Arakha State, leaving eight displaced civilians dead and 11 injured over the two-day period of October 4 and 5. Regarding these fatalities and casualties, the News and Information Department of the Arakan Army released an official statement on the evening of October 5, detailing the names of the deceased and the specific locations targeted by the airst

Myanmar migrants repatriated from Malaysia arrive at a temple during their official welcoming process in Thanlyin on October 4, 2026. Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants from Malaysia arrived in their war-torn home country on October 4, a Myanmar official said, returned under an opaque repatriation scheme that rights monitors say cannot assure their safety. Mizzima ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on 5 October opposed Malaysia’s decision to host Myanmar junta leader M

AFP Myanmar has repatriated nearly 10,000 migrants from Malaysia this year, state media said on Monday, a day after a flotilla returning almost 1,500 of its citizens docked in the country. The United Nations (UN) has sharply criticised Malaysia’s push to return migrants to Myanmar under an opaque scheme it says cannot guarantee safe homecomings to the war-torn nation. A group of 1,476 returnees arrived by ship outside Yangon on Sunday, the first of 5,000 that Kuala Lumpur say