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Thai foreign minister warns Myanmar vote lacks legitimacy, urges release of Aung San Suu Kyi

Karen National Union requests embassies take foreign nationals The Karen National Union (KNU) announced on Tuesday that embassies must retrieve 741 foreign nationals its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), detained from a raid on a  cyber scam center allegedly operated by the pro-regime Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) in Minletpan village , located in southern Myawaddy Township, Karen State, on Nov. 21.  The KNU statement on Nov. 25 claimed that at

Myanmar’s military regime has granted amnesty to more than 3,000 political prisoners locked up for opposing army rule and dropped charges against over 5,500 others ahead of next month’s election, regime media reported on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether the prisoner release would include State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held virtually incommunicado since the military’s seizure of power in February 2021. Regime media reported that the amnesty was

Nearly 170 regime troops have entered Mogok Township escorted by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) since Nov. 20, ahead of the scheduled handover to the military by the end of November , the People’s Defence Force (PDF) in Mandalay Region told DVB.  A PDF member told DVB on the condition of anonymity that most residents had fled their homes in advance of regime forces taking control of Mogok by Nov. 29, as part of its China-brokered ceasefire deal with the TNLA reach

The Karen National Union (KNU) has called for stronger international cooperation in investigating and gathering evidence related to around 2,000 workers detained from a telecom scam (Zhapian) hub unexpectedly discovered near Min Let Pan Village in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, near the Thai-Myanmar border. On 21 November 2025, armed clashes erupted near Min Let Pan between the KNU and the junta, while junta-aligned Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), led by commander C

Narinjara News, November 25, 2025 The Myanmar Political Prisoners Network (PPNM) released a statement today, November 25, disclosing evidence that the authorities, including the warden at Pyapon Prison in the Ayeyarwady Region, are involved in oppression and are accepting bribes from political detainees. The report revealed, "When new inmates arrive at Pyapon Prison, the prison warden, Aung San Lin, and other officials require a payment of between three hundred thousand and e