News About Myanmar

The National Unity Government (NUG) · On Friday morning, the junta army conducted an aerial bombing on Banmauk Town in Sagaing Region, according to the People’s Defence Force. · In Yetashay Township of Bago Region, the dead body of a junta soldier, who had died in the battle in Swarmagyi Village, was found floating in Sittaung River. · Magway Federal Unit Hluttaw stated that MP Dr. Ye Tun Zaw had been appointed as Chief Minister for Magway Federal Unit. · Mandalay Interim Gov

Mizzima The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) released a statement on 26 December urging the international community to reject Myanmar’s planned sham elections and take urgent action to stop ongoing atrocities, warning that the military junta is escalating violence against civilians in an attempt to manufacture political legitimacy ahead of the polls scheduled to begin on 28 December. The statement is as follows: The international community, including ASEAN and the

Mizzima The Arakan People’s Revolutionary Government has successfully unearthed the “Yattara Bell,” a significant historic artifact from the Mrauk-U era that had eluded discovery by successive regimes for generations. The Arakan Princess Media reported on 25 December that the bell – long sought by military dictators and intelligence agencies for its perceived spiritual and protective power was finally recovered through information provided by a local elder. Cast during the re

Mizzima The Central Work Committee of the National League for Democracy (NLD) announced on 25 December that it has expelled 20 party members for allegedly collaborating with the military junta’s upcoming phased elections. In a formal statement issued from the party’s central headquarters, the NLD declared that these individuals acted against the will of the public and failed to comply with the party’s strict policy of non-recognition regarding the Military Commission’s “sham

AFP Rohingya refugees walk in a street in a makeshift camp in Kutupalong, Ukhiya Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 13 March 2025. Photo: EPA Myanmar’s military portrays its general election as a path to democracy and peace, but the vote offers neither to a million Rohingya exiles, robbed of citizenship rights and evicted from their homeland by force. “How can you call this an election when the inhabitants are gone and a war is raging?” said 51-year-old Kabir Ahmed in Bangladesh’s Kutu

ANGON: The Union Election Commission (UEC) announced 215 journalists from 61 international media outlets have applied to cover the upcoming election. The UEC was responding to a media outlet’s query on the number of foreign media outlets and individuals allowed to cover the first phase of the 2025 general election to be held on Dec 28, 2025. The UEC said that international media outlets had applied to the Ministry of Information by Dec 12 to cover all three phases of the mult