News About Myanmar

The junta has arrested a well-known movie director and two actors for criticizing a propaganda film promoting its upcoming election, regime media reported. Director Mike Tee, supporting stalwart Kyaw Win Htut, and comedian Ohn Daing were taken from their homes on Oct. 27 and charged under the draconian Election Protection Law. They had scoffed at a 36-minute film titled “Khit Ko Done Saing Myi Thu Myar” featuring several movie stars that has been screened on junta-controlled

Date – 30 October 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,423) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. Since the coup, a total of (29,895) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,583) are currently in detention, (11,298) of whom are serving sentences. These are the numbers verified by the Assistance Association for Political P

The Tatmadaw and TNLA have signed a mutual ceasefire agreement with the mediation of China, according to the TNLA announcement. The agreement was signed after the ninth meeting of the Tatmadaw delegation was led by Lieutenant General Ko Ko Oo of the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee (NSPNC) and the TNLA delegation led by Tar Jot Jar in Kunming, China on October 27 and 28. The statement said that after the mutual negotiations and mediation by Mr. Deng X

Sources close to the Naypyidaw Prison in Myanmar’s capital told DVB that jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been relocated from house arrest — where she had been reportedly moved to from her prison cell in April 2024 — to an undisclosed location.  Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested during the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021. She has been held incommunicado by the regime, which ousted her National League for Democracy (NLD) government, since the 2021 coup. A source told DVB

The junta’s administrative authorities in Loikaw urge displaced people from Ngwe Taung village in Demoso Township, who are currently taking shelter in Loikaw due to ongoing clashes, to return to their homes, according to local residents. “A week ago, we heard that donations were made to the people in Ngwe Taung. They also said it’s okay to go back home now,” said one internally displaced person (IDP) currently sheltering in Loikaw. Despite continued clashes this month between

The Myanmar junta’s air force bombed Mindat township in southern Chin State for two consecutive days, leaving several people injured, according to the Mindat Township People’s Administration Team. The airstrikes occurred at around 2:30 pm on 26 October and again at about 7:50 pm on 27 October, when a jet fighter dropped two bombs each day on the township. “The first bombing attack took place in broad daylight, allowing everyone to escape unharmed.However, the second attack ta