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Entire villages have been abandoned as the junta continues to deliberately target civilian homes with violence

Residents of Myingyan Township in Mandalay Region told DVB that at least eight regime troops were killed by the People’s Defence Force (PDF) during an attack on a military checkpoint at Lelthit village on the Mandalay-Myingyan-Tada-U road on Nov. 4.  The Mandalay PDF told DVB that they have resorted to guerilla warfare attacks against regime forces in Myingyan, located 69 miles southwest (111 km) of Mandalay. PDF members in Mandalay’s Madaya Township told DVB that the regime

Reports spread that fighting in Bhamo Township, Kachin State, had eased following talks between Chinese authorities and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), but the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the KIO's armed wing, claimed clashes were still ongoing. Fierce fighting between the junta and the KIA continues at the Bhamo University compound on the road from Bhamo Town to Momauk, in the 3-Mile area, and at the junta’s Infantry Battalion 47 base, KIA spokesperson Colone

Mizzima A total of 1,993 people across Myanmar have been arrested for criticizing the junta on social media since the 2021 coup, according to a report released by Data for Myanmar, a research group. The group said the findings, made public on 3 November, were based on a survey conducted over nearly four years, from February 2022 to the end of October 2025. Among the 1,573 documented arrests, 499 were from Yangon Region, 458 from Mandalay Region, 258 from Bago Region, 125 from

Buddhist monk Shwe War Yaung Sayadaw Nat Zaw, also known by his monastic name U Pyinnya Zawta, was released from Myanmar’s Insein Prison on Oct. 29 under a government amnesty after nearly a year in detention. A leading figure in the 2007 Saffron Revolution and a founder of the Young Monks Union in Myanmar, he fled persecution after the crackdown on the monk-led protests and later became a US citizen. He now serves as the abbot of Metta Parami Monastery in Buffalo, New York. I

Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Tuesday that the regime’s 2025-26 elections set to begin on Dec. 28, and continue on Jan. 11 and at a later undecided date, cannot be considered legitimate unless there’s “constructive dialogue.” “Peace, security and inclusive participation must be the basis of the upcoming elections so that the outcome is credible and reflects the will of the Myanmar people,” Balakrishnan wrote on Nov. 4 in response to a question raised