News About Myanmar

The regime’s Union Election Commission (UEC) has scheduled elections in 274 out of Myanmar’s 330 townships with voting to take place in three phases: Dec. 28, Jan. 11, and Jan. 25, 2026. The National League for Democracy (NLD) party, which won landslide victories in the 2015 and 2020 elections, deemed free and fair by international election observers, was dissolved by the UEC for not re-registering. State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint have been held in d

The National Unity Government (NUG)  On the morning of December 20, the Interim Judiciary Department under Ministry of Judiciary Affairs-NUG had a meeting with township judges.  In Pauk Township of Magway Region, revolutionary forces attacked a troop of 211 soldiers from the junta’s Ka-Pa-Sa (24). According to Myaing People’s Defence Force, no fewer than 23 junta members died.  Ministry of Social, Labour and Humanitarian Affairs-NUG stated that an earthquake with Richter Scal

Mizzima Two local residents, including a woman, were killed and three others sustained severe injuries after Myanmar junta forces conducted a series of aerial attacks using gyrocopters in Myaing Township, Magway Region. According to an information officer from the Anyar Myay Allied Forces, the junta deployed three gyrocopters to drop bombs on Bhone Gyi Kan and Ywar Thit Kone villages, as well as the Kyauk Khwat and Let Pan To oil field blocks, between 20 December and 22 Decem

Mizzima Residents across several Yangon townships are expressing deep concern as ward administration offices under the military junta have begun compiling detailed lists of degree holders. The data collection, which started on 21 December, focuses on graduates from 2015 to 2025, specifically targeting those with degrees in arts and sciences, medicine, law, engineering, and technology. According to reports from the Rangoon Scout Network (RSN) and local residents, the instructi

GENEVA (dpa): Violence is on the rise in war-torn Myanmar ahead of planned "military-controlled" elections in the country later this week, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned. "The military authorities in Myanmar must stop using brutal violence to compel people to vote, and stop arresting people for expressing any dissenting views," Volker Türk said in a statement. Civilians are also facing threats from armed rebel groups opposing the election set to take pla

There have been no easy years for Myanmar since the 2021 coup, but 2025 was a particularly bitter one for supporters of the anti-regime resistance. Under pressure from Beijing, ethnic armed groups were forced to hand back key towns, reversing hard-won gains and emboldening the junta to press ahead with a year-end sham election from which all genuine democratic opposition has been excluded. Internationally, if Myanmar made headlines it was as much for Karen State’s scam center