News About Myanmar

Mizzima A mother was killed and her young son injured when a Myanmar junta aircraft dropped bombs on Ka Hhan Kwat Thit village in Lone Khin village tract, Hpakant Township, on 11 November, according to local residents. The attack occurred at around 1:34 pm, when a Y-12 aircraft carried out the airstrike, damaging several homes, residents said. “There was no fighting in the area. The bombing was deliberate and targeted residential homes,” a local resident told Mizzima. The chi

Mizzima A recent census has recorded around 46,000 people displaced by ongoing clashes in Banmauk Township, according to a source involved in the survey. Of the total, more than 44,000 fled during the latest wave of fighting, while over 2,000 were displaced in earlier clashes, the source said. “The census took about two weeks, roughly 15 days. During that time, we, along with volunteers and local residents, also provided assistance to the displaced people,” said one of the ce

Mizzima A landmine attack on a Myanmar junta convoy near East Myo Thar village in Ngazun Township, Myingyan District, Mandalay Region, killed four soldiers and injured two others, a spokesperson for the Special Task Force Ngazun (S.T.F.N.) said. The attack took place at around 5:20 am on 10 November along the Myo Thar Industrial Zone road. The convoy, comprising two vehicles and about 100 infantrymen, was targeted with six cluster landmines, according to the S.T.F.N. “They ca

Excessive mining by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and affiliated Chinese mining companies in Mogoke, a ruby town in northern Mandalay Region, is devastating the local environment just as the ethnic army prepares to hand the town back to the junta under a China-brokered truce, residents said. In particular, they pointed to a sharp acceleration in mining on the town’s golf course and in neighboring areas. With the help of the People’s Defense Force (PDF), the armed

BANGKOK—An alleged Chinese racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday, a police official in Bangkok told AFP. She Zhijiang had been in Thai custody since 2022 after spending more than a decade on the run from Chinese authorities, accused of ties to the Myanmar gambling and fraud hub Shwe Kokko. A Thai appeals court upheld China’s extradition request this week for the 43-year-old, who also holds Cambodian natio

With resistance forces refusing to relinquish control of the towns despite a ceasefire between the military and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), local civilians fear a resumption of clashes and airstrikes