News About Myanmar

Following a drone strike that reportedly damaged a passenger plane at the airport in Kachin State’s capital, the junta air force has bombed eight places in territory held by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

A retired general from an army-backed party that swept Myanmar’s military 2025-26 elections is set to take the powerful role of speaker of parliament, sources said, which could help the military cement control of government five years after a coup that ousted Myanmar’s elected National League for Democracy (NLD) party administration. A regime that seized control of Myanmar during the 2021 coup will formally cede power after a new parliament convenes on March 16, with the top

Originally published on ThaiPBS World ASEAN is considering a review of its ‘Five-Point Consensus’ on Myanmar and the creation of a long-term special envoy position, to replace the current system in which the rotating ASEAN chair appoints a different envoy each year, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ma. Theresa Lazaro said. In a recent interview with the Thai PBS ‘Tanloke’ programme, Lazaro said that, while the Five-Point Consensus remains the bloc’s “foundational docum

Seventeen civilians killed by airstrikes in Rakhine State A total of 17 civilians, including women and children, were killed and 14 were injured by airstrikes in Yoengu village of Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, carried out by the Burma Air Force on Tuesday, according to the Arakan Army (AA). Ponnagyun, located 21 miles (33 km) northeast of the Arakan State capital Sittwe, was seized by the AA in March 2o24. A Ponnagyun resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity that t

A newly-elected parliament in Myanmar will convene for its first session next month following the end of the military’s 2025-26 elections, which ended on Jan. 25, regime media reported on Tuesday. The March 16 session will also be the first parliament meeting in more than five years since the military in 2021 seized power, taking over from the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. The takeover plunged Myanmar into widespread unrest and armed resistance that has since ev

Seven civilians killed by gyrocopter in Sagaing Region At least seven civilians living in Paenwegone village, located in Homalin Township 331 miles (533 km) north of the Sagaing Region capital Monywa, were killed during a gyrocopter attack carried out from the Homalin Air Force Base Headquarters on Saturday, residents told DVB. An unknown number of injured were transported by rescue workers to a hospital, where several remain in critical condition as of Feb. 23. Paenwegone re