News About Myanmar

ONN - ULA/AA personnel burying the bodies of victims killed in the Kyauktaw bombing. Incidents of mass civilian killings across Myanmar have risen to at least 115 since the February 2021 military coup, according to data released by the Institute for Strategy and Policy – Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar). The research organization defined mass killing incidents as events involving 10 or more civilian fatalities. ISP-Myanmar documented that these incidents have claimed at least 2,324 live

Severe military tensions and heavy fighting persist between a Kachin Independence Army (KIA)-led resistance coalition and Myanmar junta forces across five townships in Kachin State and one in northern Shan State, according to military spokespersons and ground sources. Active clashes and artillery exchanges have been documented in Bhamo, Hpakant, Monghnyin, Waingmaw, and Khaunglanhpu townships in Kachin State, as well as Momeik (Mongmit) Township in northern Shan State near th

ONN / Scene showing destruction following the aerial bombardment of Aungphyupyin Village in Ponnagyun Township on October 2. A military regime jet fighter bombed an internally displaced persons (IDP) shelter in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan (Rakhine) State, early on October 2, injuring three civilians and damaging several homes. The attack occurred around 1:00 a.m. when bombs exploded near a motorcycle repair workshop along the Kyauktaw-Ponnagyun Road at the entrance to Aungphyu

Military tensions remain heightened around Momeik (Mongmit) Town in northern Shan State after a joint resistance offensive overran a junta military camp, triggering retaliatory airstrikes and prompting widespread civilian displacement. On the morning of September 28, a joint force comprising the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the People’s Defence Force (PDF) launched an assault on a hilltop outpost at the Shwemyintin Pagoda site near Nyaungni Village, located roughly thre

The Myanmar military has launched a series of airstrikes targeting non-military locations across Arakan (Rakhine) State, dropping bombs on towns, villages, markets, and religious structures using fighter jets and Y-12 utility aircraft, according to local sources and the Arakan Army (AA). In an October 1 statement, the AA condemned the ongoing aerial attacks, highlighting a major bombing on September 28 at Kyauktaw’s Indian Market and Kissapanadi Bridge area that killed 50 civ

Fierce fighting has erupted in Karen State as a resistance coalition led by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) resists a military junta offensive to recapture Kwimaungtaing Village, a strategic position located north of Kawkareik Town. Resistance forces under the KNLA and its allies had previously driven regime troops out of Kwimaungtaing and secured the village on September 25. In response, junta forces under Military Operations Command 12 (MOC 12) launched a counter-