News About Myanmar

Structures burn after a junta airstrike on the Indian Market in AA-controlled Kyauktaw town, Rakhine State, on September 28, 2026. / AFP The death toll from Monday’s airstrikes by the Myanmar military on a bridge and market in Kyauktaw has risen to 50 with nearly 60 injured, making it the regime’s deadliest aerial attack on civilians in Rakhine, according to the ethnic Arakan Army (AA), which controls most of the state. A regime fighter jet on Monday afternoon bombed the town

Damage to the Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw, which was hit by an airstrike shortly after noon on September 27 (Photo: AFP) The incident was the deadliest aerial assault in Rakhine State since the start of the current conflict nearly three years ago

A group of Myanmar migrant workers depart Yangon International Airport for Japan in October 2025. (Photo: Regime media) The regime in Naypyidaw has introduced strict new measures targeting returning overseas migrant workers, requiring those who re-enter the country on leave or short family visits to sign a formal pledge agreeing to submit to mandatory military service if summoned by authorities. Labor rights advocacy networks and migrant support organizations warn that this r

Myanmar nationals to be repatriated from Malaysia sit inside a bus, at Lumut, Malaysia, on Sept. 29, 2026. (Credit: Reuters) Malaysia began the process ‌of deporting around 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday as part of a refugee repatriation programme, defying objections from the United Nations and dozens of human rights groups. The deportation is the first phase of a broader plan agreed with Myanmar that could see the return of as many as 5,000 people. Malaysia has said that

Residents and rescue workers in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, continue search operations following airstrikes that killed 49 at a market and the adjoining Kissapanadi Bridge on Sept. 28. (Credit: AA) At least 49 people have been killed and 58 others injured—22 critically—following dual airstrikes by the Myanmar Air Force on a crowded public market and bridge in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township on Monday. Updated casualty figures released by the Arakan Army (AA) and local r

JAKARTA, 29 September 2026—ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) condemns the September 28 attack on Kyauktaw in the Rakhine State, demanding accountability and an end to military violence and impunity. At least 49 were killed while 60 were injured, including vendors, shoppers, and pedestrians after the military junta dropped at least two bombs near a market in the Rakhine State yesterday at noon. “The junta has relied on airstrikes and drones against populated areas