News About Myanmar

NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar's military-backed government has arrested 21 people it said ​had transferred money to an online ‌fundraising platform linked to the opposition National Unity Government (NUG), the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported. The state media report said authorities had identified the details of more than 2,700 ​people who allegedly ⁠provided financial support to the People's Revolution Supply Family (PRF) website, which was established by the

Narinjara, September 30, 2026 On September 28, 2026, a Myanmar military jet carried out a devastating airstrike, dropping two bombs on the crowded Indian Market and the adjacent Kissapanadi Bridge in the rebel-controlled city of Kyauktaw, located in northern Rakhine State. The attack resulted in the deaths of 50 people and wounded at least 58 others. Because the bombs exploded in densely populated public locations during peak hours, multiple victims were burned beyond recogni

A bus carrying Myanmar nationals being repatriated from Malaysia to their homeland is seen heading toward a naval base in Lumut, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, on September 29, 2026. / AFP LUMUT, Malaysia—Malaysia began sending back around 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday, the government confirmed, as it launched a scheme that rights groups say may endanger migrants by returning them to the war-torn country. The group is the first of 5,000 Myanmar citizens that Kuala Lum

A small-scale oil extraction site in Myaing Township, Magway Region, on an unknown date. (Credit: Regime) The regime’s Ministry of Information (MOI) reported that regime troops have destroyed 866 small-scale oil wells and refineries “illegally” operated by residents in Magway Region’s Pakokku and Myaing townships since Sept. 18. It claimed that residents pay “protection fees” to the People’s Defence Force (PDF) to operate oil extraction and refining businesses in 735 location

A regime airstrike hit the "Indian Market" and the nearby Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Township, near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border in Arakan State, on Sept. 28. (Credit: CJ) The United Nations expressed alarm on Tuesday at reports that an airstrike ​by the Myanmar military near the country’s border with Bangladesh had killed 50 people and wounded ‌dozens more, many of them critically. A U.N. spokesperson said continuing violence in Arakan State underscored that conditions

Residents of Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township prepare to bury four killed, including two children, by regime airstrikes on Sept. 28. (Credit: CJ) Airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force targeted Inlaegyi village in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township on Monday, killing at least four civilians—including two young children—and injuring nine others. The strike hit territory been under the administrative control of the People’s Defence Force (PDF) since 2022. Kanbalu resid