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Mandalay’s normally bustling Zegyo Market has become unusually quiet as would-be customers stay away from the city (Photo: Myanmar Now) A visitor finds that rising crime and forced conscription have had a chilling effect on life in Myanmar’s second-largest city

Michael Vance, nominee to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, participates in a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee nominations hearing in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2026. (Credit: Reuters) The U.S. and Myanmar’s regime in Naypyidaw held talks in Tokyo last week, people familiar with the matter said, their second meeting in a month as Washington steps up re-engagement with the generals it shunned after their ​2021 coup. Earlier talks in Myanma

Outside the re-opening ceremony for the Thanlyin Oil Refinery (Phase 1) in Thanlyin Township, Yangon Region, on Oct. 14. (Credit: Regime) Regime re-opens oil refinery in Yangon to cut fuel imports Regime leader Min Aung Hlaing attended the re-opening ceremony of the Thanlyin Oil Refinery (Phase 1) in Yangon Region’s Thanlyin Township on Wednesday. Thanlyin is located nine miles (14 km) southeast of Burma’s commercial capital Yangon. “The refinery is a vital step towards reduc

Firewood put up for sale by a household in the Old Kran Khun Camp IDP camp in Ponnagyun Township in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Some of those living in the Old Kran Khun camp were once well off. Now they forage in the fields and forests around the IDP camp for food and firewood. Sam Sam burst into tears when asked to narrate the circumstances that compelled her to become an internally displaced person (IDP). She pointed to clothes and utensils in her single-room thatched hut, th

Junta naval vessels captured by the Arakan Army during the battle for Kyauktaw. Photo: AA Info Desk Fierce fighting continues as the military junta and the Arakan Army battle for control of Ngapyi Island, located in the middle of the Kaladan River along the boundary between Sittwe and Werathani townships. DMG Newsroom 15 October 2026, Werathani Fierce fighting continues as the military junta and the Arakan Army battle for control of Ngapyi Island, located in the middle of the

A military junta airstrike during the battle to capture Border Guard Force Headquarters No. 5 in Maungdaw. Photo: AA Info Desk The military junta launched intense aerial bombardments against Werathani Township, which borders Sittwe, shortly after 12:00 p.m. on October 15, according to ground sources. DMG Newsroom 15 October 2026, Werathani The military junta launched intense aerial bombardments against Werathani Township, which borders Sittwe, shortly after 12:00 p.m. on Octo