News About Myanmar

An explosion near the People’s Party office in Yangon’s Mingala Taungnyunt Township on Upper Pansodan Road destroyed the party’s election campaign billboards and damaged an unknown number of vehicles on Sunday, residents and party members told DVB. “The bomb exploded with great force but no one was injured. The office building’s glass was broken,” a People’s Party member told DVB on the condition of anonymity. Police are investigating. No group has claimed responsibility for

Tun Linn Although China and Russia continue to provide political and diplomatic support enabling Myanmar’s military regime to sustain its violent rule since it seized power in the 2021 military coup, they have so far been unable to secure international legitimacy for the regime in Naypyidaw at the U.N. The continued presence of Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the U.N., on the global stage in New York at the U.N. headquarters underscores the limi

With the election drawing nearer, the junta has stepped up crackdowns and arrests in Mon State, locals said. Soldiers and junta-appointed authorities have intensified surprise checks at busy junctions and at the entrances to cities and towns across Mon State. In carrying out these inspections, large numbers of police, junta-aligned militia members, and other authorities are often deployed alongside soldiers, witnesses said. A resident of Ye Town in Mon State told Than Lwin Ti

The National Unity Government (NUG) -In Tamu District of Sagaing Region, the People’s Defence Force called for participation in movements against narcotic substances and the junta’s election. -In Oatpho Township of Bago Region, there was a guerrilla attack on a junta convoy of motorbikes. Reportedly, 6 junta members including a police officer died. -On Saturday evening, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs-NUG Daw Zin Mar Aung met with members of the Myanmar community at Cockbu

The ethnic Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and its powerful KIA armed wing have rejected the junta’s push to revive the long‑suspended Myitsone hydropower project, saying any restart of the controversial project must reflect the will of the people as public opposition and conflict intensify in Kachin State. KIO spokesperson Colonel Naw Bu told The Irrawaddy that public opposition remains overwhelming. “This concerns the people deeply. It was strongly opposed before, an

With the junta’s staged election only days away, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has warned that refusing to vote amounts to rejecting “progress toward democracy.” He delivered the remark on Saturday in Magwe while addressing officers and military families—the only audience still obliged to listen. His warning comes as the junta’s election commission struggles to drum up support for the December 28 poll amid clear signs the public has no interest in legitimizing military rule. In