News About Myanmar

Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar's permanent representative to the UN, delivers a remark at a screening of RAY: The Movie at Walter W. Birge III Theater in New York City on Oct. 3. (Credit: DVB) Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, joined members of the Myanmar diaspora community in New York City on Saturday, for the North American premiere of RAY: The Movie. Addressing the audience, Kyaw Moe Tun congratulated director The Khit Na

Arakanese residents mourn family members killed during the bombing of India Market in Kyauktaw Town. Photo: ONN DMG Newsroom 3 October 2026, Kyauktaw Arakanese political parties and lawmakers participating in the military regime's political system have faced criticism for failing to submit parliamentary motions, issue condolence statements, or publicly protest the junta bombing of India Market and the Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Town, Arakan State. Politicians elected thro

Scene following the bombing near Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Town on September 28. DMG Newsroom 3 October 2026, Kyauktaw Bereaved family members and local residents are demanding the prosecution of those responsible and calling for swift justice after military regime airstrikes killed dozens of civilians near India Market and the Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State. On September 28, a junta jet fighter dropped two 500-pound bombs near India Market and the

Three local fishermen, including a boat owner, who went out fishing by boat in Myebon Township, Arakan(Rakhine) State, were detained and tortured by the Myanmar military navy (Navy). Those detained and beaten are identified as boat owner U Kyaw Thun Tha, 53, his son Ko Zaw Zaw Thun, 26, and hired boat hand Ko Aung Min Thein, 28, all residents of Kyun Thar Yar Village in Myebon Township. The incident occurred on October 2, around 4:00 PM, near Hna Khaung Pauk Myauk Phyu Island

Recent Kyauktaw's killing and Min Aung Hlaing with his pilot (photocrd) The Myanmar military’s latest air attack on Kyauktaw’s Indian Market, which reportedly killed 50 civilians and injured around 60 others, has shocked the international community. The attack became headline news across major international media outlets. At least 30 well-known media organizations, including Reuters, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, reported on the incident, describing it as one o

A student was among two people killed and 13 others were injured after the military council launched an airstrike using a Y-12 aircraft on urban wards and several villages in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, the Arakan Army (AA) released in a statement yesterday, October 3. At around 1:00 AM yesterday, October 3, the military council deployed a Y-12 aircraft to drop at least 20 bombs across urban wards in Rathedaung, as well as Pyar Chaung Gyi Village and Pyin Khaung Villag