News About Myanmar

Myanmar’s military has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting law ahead of a general election at the end of the month, keeping up pressure on opponents of the polls. Critics of the election — which starts on Dec. 28 — claim it will be neither free nor fair and that it is designed to add the facade of legitimacy to military rule that began after the army in February 2021 ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The takeover t

It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar’s military, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that have taken root in the country. They started by raiding and then bombing KK Park — a notorious compound that has become a symbol of impunity in the battle against one of the most lucrative criminal industries in the world. It’s too early to say whether KK Park will be abandoned, repurposed or

Narinjara News, December 16, 2025 Following the airstrikes on the hospital in Mrauk-U, the Arakan Army (AA) has issued a warning of impending reprisals, prompting heightened alert levels in Rakhine and nearby areas, including the military headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw. On the 15th of this month, CDM Captain Zin Yaw stated in a military news review, “Previously, the state of emergency was declared solely in Rakhine; however, it has now been expanded to include the neighboring re

Three more Russian nationals have been abducted for forced labor at online scam centers in Myanmar, Russia’s state-owned TASS media agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Russian Embassy in Yangon. The Russian ambassador, Iskander Azizov, said several dozen Russians may have been trafficked from Thailand into servitude at scam hubs along the Myanmar border. His embassy has asked Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry and local authorities for help locating and rescuing the three recent v

The military regime is pushing to to revive the long-suspended Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State, coinciding with junta efforts to persuade Beijing to engineer a truce with the state’s ethnic resistance. During a meeting with locals and community elders in Myitkyina on Tuesday, junta deputy chief Soe Win said the Myitsone hydropower project should be “reviewed and implemented,” according to junta media. At the same meeting, Deputy Electricity Minister Aye Kyaw brief

After nearly five years of direct military rule, Myanmar is heading toward a new government that will be civilian, but in name only. After the junta’s planned election in December and January, a cabinet dominated by generals is expected to emerge by March. The regime’s election commission has scheduled voting in three phases: the first at the end of December, followed by two more rounds in January. Parliament will convene in February, clearing the way for junta chief Min Aung