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Residents in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, search for survivors after two regime airstrikes on Oct. 4. (Credit: AA) At least six residents were killed and seven others were injured in two airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township on Sunday. Ponnagyun, 20 miles (32 km) north of the state capital Sittwe, was seized by the Arakan Army (AA) on March 4, 2024. Wai Hun Aung, a humanitarian a

Residents in Tanintharyi Region use boats to navigate flood waters on Oct. 1 after days of heavy rain inundated low-lying communities. (Credit: Dawei Watch) Rescue teams in Tanintharyi Region have called on both the Myanmar military and resistance forces to halt all fighting in areas inundated by flood water to allow them to reach over 22,000 residents from 3,000 households in urgent need of food and drinking water in Yebyu, Thayetchaung and Dawei townships. “Our biggest diff

Daung, a prominent Myanmar actor who stars alongside Min Maw Kunn and Htar Htet Htet in RAY: The Movie, attends a screening in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Oct. 4, 2026. (Credit: DVB) RAY: The Movie, based on author Khat Zaw’s non-fiction novel UNSHAKABLE (Ma Yai Lae Tan), was screened at the Gathering International Church in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Sunday. This comes one day after its North American premiere in New York City on Oct. 3. Depicting the real-life journey of actress

IDP camp after the junta's bombardment (photo@onenationnews) At around 5:30 p.m. today, the Myanmar military carried out an aerial bombardment of an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, using a fighter jet to drop two 500-pound bombs. The military carried out the airstrike at around 5:30 p.m. today against the Kan Thar Yar IDP camp, located near Thayet Cho village tract in Ponnagyun Township. During the bombing, at least six displaced p

Maung Sar Ga Narinjara, October 4, 2026 At least six internally displaced persons (IDPs) were killed following a military junta airstrike on the Byala IDP camp, located between Thayet Cho and Yoe Ngu villages in Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine (Arakan) State. Ko Wai Hin Aung, a local writer who assists displaced persons, told Narinjara: "When I inquired with people in the area, they said the death toll might be as high as nine. Currently, six bodies have been recovered, and they

Shin Nyein Aye, Narinjara, October 4, 2026 A military junta airstrike targeted the Byar La Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Arakan State this evening, sparking a major fire and injuring approximately 10 people, according to initial reports. The camp is located between Yoe Ngu and Thayet Cho villages in Ponnagyun Township. A local eyewitness told Narinjara that a military jet fighter dropped two bombs on the IDP camp at approximately 5:30 PM. Six of the victims susta