News About Myanmar

Regime forces have recaptured key outposts in Chin State and Mandalay Region, and intensified air raids in Rakhine

Antonio Graceffo The Burma junta is preparing to hold general elections in an attempt to legitimize its rule before international observers. Scheduled to begin on December 28, 2025, the vote will unfold in four phases through January 2026. The first phase will cover 102 townships mostly under military control, while 121 constituencies, including 56 entire townships, will be excluded. In total, elections are planned in over 270 townships out of 330, even though the junta contr

Mizzima Dr. Kyaw Swe, a member of the National Unity Party (NUP) contesting in Taungdwingyi Township, has been forced to issue a public apology to the junta’s Union Election Commission (UEC) after posting online criticism of the military’s conscription campaign during the election period, according to a junta-controlled newspaper published on 7 November. The newspaper reported that the apology was related to two social media posts made by Dr. Kyaw Swe in late October, titled

Mizzima The Karen National Union (KNU) has issued a warning against the establishment of gambling businesses and the harbouring of foreign nationals fleeing online scam operations in Kyondoe Township, Dooplaya District, amid escalating clashes between the Myanmar junta army and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) joint forces. In a statement, the KNU said the junta’s Military Commission has been disguising its activities as part of an anti–online fraud campaign in the borde

Narinjara News, November 9, 2025 General Twan Mrat Naing, the Chairman of the Arakan National League (ULA) and the Commander-in-Chief of the Arakan Army (AA), has expressed his commitment to pursuing the hopes and dreams of the Arakanese people as quickly as possible. In a letter expressing thanks to everyone who sent their well wishes on the occasion of General Twan Mrat Naing's 47th birthday, celebrated on November 8th. November 7th is the birthday of General Twan Mrat Nain

YANGON—Myanmar’s military said Sunday it was demolishing nearly 150 buildings in a crackdown on a notorious internet scam compound bordering Thailand—including a gym, a spa and a karaoke parlor. Sprawling fraud factories have boomed in war-torn Myanmar’s loosely governed border regions, housing workers targeting unsuspecting internet users with romance and business cons worth tens of billions of dollars annually. Many workers are trafficked into the internet sweatshops, but o