News About Myanmar

Military trucks carrying a large number of junta troops entering Katha Township. A massive Myanmar military convoy consisting of more than 300 vehicles has arrived in Tigyaing Township, while advancing infantry columns have crossed into neighboring Katha Township in northern Sagaing Region, according to local residents and resistance forces. The troop movement marks a significant push north from Mandalay toward strategic locations in Sagaing Region and neighboring Kachin Stat

3 October 2026 Myanmar’s military fired on and detained a rescue team in flood-hit Dawei District on the morning of 2 October, as flooding and landslides across the district have killed at least 41 people since late September, according to Dawei Watch, underscoring the regime’s continued obstruction of humanitarian relief even as natural disaster and armed conflict compound each other across the country. Flooding and military interference in Dawei District In Dawei District,

Shwe Zin Win Htike, Narinjara, October 3, 2026 Two people, including a schoolgirl, were killed and many others injured after the military junta conducted airstrikes on Rathedaung town and several nearby villages in Arakan State. The deceased have been identified as 16-year-old Ma Moe Moe Nwe from Chut Pyin village, who was staying in the town to study for grade 12, and 70-year-old U Aung Kyaw Thar from Pyar Chaung Gyi village. More than ten civilians were injured in the attac

Naw Poe Local residents reported repeated airstrikes on three villages in a displacement site between Hteh Su Le and Nan Mei Khon, in western Demoso, Karenni State on 28 September. The attacks left eight people injured and one person dead. “Some parents were away from home at the time. With the situation in the area so unstable because of the conflict, they had no way of knowing when they might have to flee again. But they had gone to their fields to harvest rice so their fam

Mizzima Ninety-two Canadian organisations and international human rights groups, including communities from Burma now living in Canada, have called on the Government of Canada to expand its sanctions framework on Burma to cover the entire oil and gas extraction sector, warning that foreign companies continue to generate revenue for the Burmese military through their involvement in the industry, reports Burma Campaign UK on 1 October. In a joint letter to Canadian Foreign Affa

Malaysian officials escort deportees to Myanmar warships for repatriation on Tuesday. / MOHA-Malaysia The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has urged Malaysia to halt its ongoing repatriation of Myanmar nationals, citing the “real risk” of persecution and torture in the war-torn country under military rule. “I am gravely concerned the government of Malaysia has begun to return 5,000 Myanmar nationals, including women and children, under a so-called voluntary re