News About Myanmar

The number of people confirmed dead after a boat carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya community sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border rose to 11 on Monday, authorities said, with about 70 people believed to have been on board the capsized vessel. The status of another boat carrying 230 passengers remained unclear, Malaysian authorities said, adding that 13 survivors had been found so far, mostly Rohingya. Thai authorities said they had recovered four bodies, inc

Malaysian maritime patrols scoured coastal waters in the Andaman Sea on Monday in search of dozens of missing members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority who police believe were on a boat that capsized and sank, killing at least 11 people. Hundreds of Rohingya boarded a vessel towards Malaysia two weeks ago, before being split into groups and sent to two boats on Thursday, said Khairul Azhar Nuruddin, police chief on Malaysia’s northern Langkawi island, from where searc

The National Unity Government (NUG) -Kathar District Regiment (4) stated that they would keep a night curfew indefinitely in Banmauk Township of Sagaing Region for effective operations. -Under Ministry of Defence-NUG, three People’s Defence Forces were merged as Yoma Fighter Column, according to Naypyidaw PDF (902). -Amarapura Township PDF announced that they have been on duty in Moegok in Mandalay Region. -Three junta soldiers defected to Yangon Regional Regiment (5101) Stra

The head of the Yangon office of the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a junta loyalist who organized a series of often violent pro-military rallies alongside former Police Chief Khin Yi in the days immediately before and after the 2021 coup, will contest the Dec. 28 election in Yangon’s Hlegu Township. Yangon Region USDP chapter chairman Khin Maung Soe, who served as electricity minister under Thein Sein’s quasi-civilian government, will run in th

Date – 10 November 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,447) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. Since the coup, a total of (29,937) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,622) are currently in detention, (11,341) of whom are serving sentences. According to the latest information gathered and confirmed by AAPP, (77) pe

The civilian victims were killed in aerial assaults carried out in four townships since last Friday