News About Myanmar

Narinjara News, October 30, 2025 According to reports, a 5-year-old girl lost her life, and two others suffered serious injuries when artillery was fired by the Sittwe battalion, which is controlled by the Myanmar military, into villages located in Pauktaw Township, an area under the control of the Arakan Army (AA). The girl who passed away was identified as Ma Zin Cho Ei (5 years old), the daughter of U Nay Zaw Htun, residing in Taung Nyo Village, Pauktaw Township. A local r

Senior military officers are shedding their uniforms like ants’ wings to contest the upcoming election as candidates for the army’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). Many have served the junta in key posts. Reports suggest they will contest constituencies where either the military presence is strong or where conditions have been engineered to favor the junta.

RFA recently won two Edward R. Murrow Awards, a US prize for broadcasting, for a series on young people in Myanmar coping with the aftermath of the 2021 coup

ro-military political parties in Myanmar kicked off their election campaigns on Tuesday, two months ahead of scheduled national polls that are widely seen as an effort to confer legitimacy on the military’s 2021 seizure of power, even as the country’s civil war precludes voting in many areas. Campaigning began just a day after U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, in a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian nations, warned that the planned election could cause further ins

A major ethnic rebel group in Myanmar announced Wednesday it signed a cease-fire with the military following China-mediated talks, easing months of intense fighting in the country’s northeast near the Chinese border. The ceasefire with the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) marks a significant victory for Myanmar’s military regime, which has regained territories ahead of elections scheduled to start Dec. 28. Critics see the polls, which exclude the main opposition parties

The China=backed KK Park, identified by Thai officials and independent experts as housing cyber scam operations, was raided by Myanmar regime forces in mid-October as part of a crackdown starting in early September to suppress cross-border online scams and illegal gambling. KK Park is located on the outskirts of Myawaddy, a major trading town on the border across from the Thai town of Mae Sot. The Myawaddy area is only loosely under the control of the regime in Naypyidaw, whi