News About Myanmar

51 more foreigners were detained on October 30 for online gambling and online fraud in the KK Park area of Myawaddy-Me Htaw Tha Lay, Kayin State,according to the Ministry of Immigration and Population. The foreign nationals who were detained included 28 Indonesians, 20 Filipinos, Two Nepalese, and one Vietnamese, totaling 51. The joint teams of the departments are collecting the necessary personal information and records to ensure the speedy repatriation of these foreign nati

Narinjara News, November 1, 2025 The Arakan Army (AA) has published a report naming 12 people who were killed and 31 who were injured during three days of air strikes by the Myanmar Military Air Force on civilian villages in Arakan (Rakhine), occurring from October 29 to 31. The victims consist of one individual from Rathedaung Township, six individuals from Kyaukphyu Township, four individuals from Ponnagyun Township, and one individual from Pauktaw Township. The areas that

Myanmar’s junta has increased bombardments of civilian targets in Rakhine State, taking advantage of a new ceasefire in northern Shan State, the ethnic Arakan Army (AA) said Friday. It said the China-brokered ceasefire with the AA-allied Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), which came into force on Thursday, allowed the regime to escalate its assaults on military AA positions and civilian targets in Rakhine. On Thursday alone, junta aircraft, naval vessels, artillery and d

The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar on Wednesday urged member states to reject the junta’s planned election. “I made as clearly as I possibly could that these elections are a sham and they are a fraud”, Tom Andrews told a press conference after presenting his report at the 80th UN General Assembly in New York. Andrews stressed that a free and fair election could not be held with political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi still behind bars, rival parti

Action has been taken against Director Thet Lwin aka Zambu Htun Thet Lwin and Director Aung Chan Lu aka Aye Chan Aung under the Law on the Protection of Multiparty Democratic General Elections from Obstruction, Disruption and Destruction. The government is working to successfully hold the multiparty democratic general election on December 28, 2025 in order to implement the multi-party democracy system. In order to prevent the election from being disrupted by various means, th

The People’s Defense Force (PDF) in Mandalay Region told DVB on Friday that it took over positions in Mogok Township on Thursday after the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) withdrew following its ceasefire agreement reached with the regime in Naypyidaw at the behest of China announced on Oct. 29 . Mogok, 124 miles (200 km) north of Mandalay, is a major source of revenue for both the regime and ethnic armed groups due to its lucrative ruby mining industry.   “We will do o