News About Myanmar

Mizzima Oil companies based in British Overseas Territories have earned hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues for the illegal Myanmar junta since the military’s 2021 attempted coup, in suspected violation of UK sanctions, according to Justice For Myanmar (JFM) in a press statement 3 November. These include two joint ventures between the junta-controlled Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and the Thai energy giant PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (

Mizzima A Korean advisor has issued an Open Letter to the National Unity Government (NUG) Foreign Minister Ms Zin Mar Aung calling for her and the NUG to step up their engagement in the Spring Revolution against the brutal Myanmar military junta. Here is the text of the Open Letter: Dear Minister Zin Mar Aung,  I deeply respect your unwavering dedication to the victory of the Spring Revolution.  This month, I visited a medical center in Mae Sot, a Thai border town. As you may

Recent attacks by govenment and Karen foces on one of Myanmar's most notorious internet scam hubs sparked a recruitment drive, as fleeing workers rushed to enlist at other, nearby fraud factories, experts and insiders told AFP. Online scam hubs have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, draining unsuspecting victims of billions of dollars annually in elaborate romance and crypto cons. While many workers are trafficked into the internet sweatshops, analysts say others go willingly

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the immediate release of former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi after learning of her worsening health problems in military custody. Mr Macron wrote to the 80-year-old to say he was “very concerned” to hear from her son about the deterioration of her health and difficulty in accessing appropriate care “in the context of an unfair detention”. “We continue to call for your immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of

Narinjara News, November 3, 2025 The quest for three villagers from Kinchaung, including a 10-year-old girl, who were taken by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) from Kinchaung village in southern Maungdaw Township along the western border, has been continuing for approximately ten days; however, the villagers informed Narinjara News that they remain unfound. The individuals who have been abducted are Ma Nyein Sandar, a 10-year-old student in the fourth grade; Maung Ht

Narinjara News, November 3, 2025 The Public Health Department of the Arakan Army (AA), part of the Arakan People’s Revolutionary Government, has provided free vaccinations to children in AA-administered townships, where vaccinations have not been given for nearly two years. Vaccinations have begun in certain townships and will proceed in others, an AA-affiliated source confirmed to Narinjara. “We will administer vaccinations to all children, neighborhood by neighborhood, with