News About Myanmar

Although the time to reopen schools is approaching, schools in displacement camps across Karenni State are still facing significant needs for assistance and resources, according to officials from various schools. To resume classes in the displacement camps, some schools are struggling with difficulties in repairing or constructing school buildings. Meanwhile, other schools are still lacking teaching materials, school supplies, and even teaching staff, especially teachers. On

Narinjara, May 28, 2026 It has been reported that the Arakan Army (AA)-controlled Pauktaw Township has been shelled with heavy weapons by military battalions and warships based in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, for approximately five days. The shelling is being carried out by Police Battalion (12), located near the Sat Yok relief area in Sittwe, as well as by the Navy at the Shwe Min Gan and Point naval bases. The main targets of these attacks are Thekhon villlage and

Award-winning investigative journalist Thin Lei Win is urging the international community not to look away from Myanmar, warning that the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis and the war against independent media since the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, serves as a dark harbinger for global democratic backsliding. In an interview with DVB, Thin Lei Win detailed her unique approach to covering the crisis, the systemic weaponization of food by the regime in Naypyidaw since 2

Min Aung Hlaing, who was inaugurated as Myanmar’s president on April 10, will embark on an official ​visit to India from May ‌30 to June 3, India’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, in what ​could be his first ​since he took over last month. During ⁠his visit to India’s capital, ​New Delhi, Hlaing is slated ​to hold discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 1. The former junta ​chief was inaugurated president on April ​10 through a parliamentary vote, formalising

An AA fighter fires heavy weaponry at a battlefield location. Photo: AA Info Desk DMG Newsroom 28 May 2026, Sittwe Clashes have reportedly broken out between regime forces and the Arakan Army (AA) near Sittwe in Arakan State, with both sides exchanging heavy artillery fire, according to local sources. Residents said the regime carried out jet fighter airstrikes in Pauktaw Township on the afternoon of May 28. Sources familiar with the local situation said the regime has reinfo

The junta is intensifying its offensive to recapture rare earth mining areas and other strategically important territories in Kachin State that it previously lost, according to the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO). After coup leader Min Aung Hlaing seized the presidency through a sham election, his successor as commander-in-chief, General Ye Win Oo, has launched a ‘100-day military initiative’ and mounted heavy offensives in at least five townships in Kachin State, KIO