News About Myanmar

The leaders of another Karen armed group allied with Myanmar’s junta have been hit with U.S. sanctions for hosting cyber-scam operations. The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday announced that it has blacklisted the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), which is active in southern Myawaddy Township, along with four of its senior leaders. They are Saw Steel, the DKBA commander-in-chief, Saw Sein Win, an adjutant general, Saw San Aung, his chief of staff, and Sai Ky

Myanmar is often described as home to the world’s longest civil war, and in its course the country has produced more “turning points” toward peace than perhaps any other country—at least if one believes the many headlines that have heralded this progress. Most recently, wishful thinking has centered on the successes of the Brotherhood Alliance’s Operation 1027, launched by ethnic armed organizations in October 2023, which prompted from observers sometimes triumph and sometim

On Wednesday, the US took decisive action against cyber scam operations by imposing sanctions on the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and four of its senior leaders: Saw Steel, Sai Kyaw Hla, Saw Sein Win and Saw San Aung. According to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), these individuals were sanctioned due to their involvement in cyber scam activities targeting US citizens. The DKBA has collaborated with transnational crime syndicates t

Date – 13 November 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,461) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. Since the coup, a total of (29,962) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,643) are currently in detention, (11,360) of whom are serving sentences. According to the latest information gathered and confirmed by AAPP, (80) pe

Citizens in regime-controlled areas of Myanmar face a dilemma as the military enforces a new law punishing election boycotts with imprisonment or death, while resistance groups have established their own governance structures and will not allow regime polls to take place in territory under their control. The U.N. Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has described the notion of Myanmar’s military regime holding free and fair elections from December 2025 to January 2026 as “unfathoma

Mizzima At least 20 civilians were injured when the Myanmar junta air force carried out airstrikes on villages in the western part of Depayin Township, Sagaing Region, on 10 November, according to local sources. The attacks began at around 3:20 pm and were conducted by four jet fighters targeting Kyun Taw Lay, Sat Pyar Kyin, and Bote villages, residents said. “There was a crowd gathered at ceremony to hoist golden umbrella (Hti) on a pagoda in the village. The jets came and a