News About Myanmar

Date – 26 December 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,635) 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 (30,203) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,694) are currently in detention, (11,441) of whom are serving sentences. These are the numbers verified by the Assistance Association for Political

On a patch of rough ground near the Irrawaddy River, aspiring member of parliament and retired Lieutenant-General Tayza Kyaw tries to muster some enthusiasm from his audience with a speech promising them better times. He is the candidate for the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), backed by Myanmar's military, in Aungmyaythazan, a constituency in the city of Mandalay. The crowd of 300-400 clutch the branded hats and flags they've been given, but soon wilt in the af

While the resistance campaigns to discourage participation, polling station locations are still unknown to locals in the capital, Monywa, and other towns due to the secrecy surrounding the military regime’s plans for the vote

As the military strong-arms the country’s citizens to go to the polls, few can muster any real interest in the outcome

Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia’s worst humanitarian crises. Already one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries, Myanmar has been hammered by a conflict triggered by a 2021 coup in which the military ousted an elected civilian government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. What is the humanitarian situation? Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis is one of the most severe in Asia,

Guest contributor Séan Donal Barry Myanmar’s refugee community in Malaysia held a protest at a community centre in Kuala Lumpur’s Pudu district on Friday against the military regime elections set to begin Sunday. “Our assembly may be stopped, but our voice shall not be silenced,” said organiser James Bawi Thang Bik, the chairperson of the Alliance of Chin Refugees (ACR). The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) states that 190,000 refugees and asylum-seekers from Myanm