News About Myanmar

Antonio Graceffo In Pekhon, on the Shan side of the Karenni–Shan border, an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp sprawls along both sides of a valley, with families living in houses made of bamboo and plastic tarps, integrated into the jungle and terraced up the side of the mountain. Stair steps are cut into the earth, but in the rainy season they turn to mud and slide down the slopes, making movement from house to house difficult, dirty, and wet. The valley has only one w

Mizzima In Episode 2 of Asia Forward, host Ei Thant Sin speaks with Ambassador Susan Stevenson, former Charge d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Yangon from 2023-2026, about the realities of doing business in Myanmar amid political instability, sanctions, and ongoing conflict. Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s economy has been shaped by currency controls, import restrictions, U.S. sanctions on military-linked entities and financial blacklisting. Yet despite the conflict and reput

Mizzima Last week, social media in Myanmar was buzzing with reactions after the high-profile resistance leader Bo Nagar and some of his family members reportedly turned themselves in to the military junta. Military state media shared the news that Bo Nagar, the head of the Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA), surrendered after clashes with other armed groups in Sagaing Region. Users on Facebook, Telegram, and X have debated what this event means for the wider resistance

Insight Myanmar “So many peoples in Myanmar who are fighting for democracy and human rights… they don’t get any title or any recognize, but they did what they believed in.” Wut Hmone Win speaks to the Insight Myanmar Podcast from a place of inheritance and defiance—a legacy of political struggle that shaped her life and an unrelenting determination to continue it. Her father, a student leader of the 1974 uprising, was imprisoned for his defiance of Ne Win’s military regime, a

After the coup, isolated from the international community and barred from ASEAN summits, Myanmar regime leader Min Aung Hlaing secured its first major diplomatic breakthrough when he was granted a meeting with Xi Jinping in August last year. One of the key incentives the regime brought to the table was clear: the revival of the Myitsone Dam—a project suspended for over 14 years following strong nationwide opposition. Beijing’s response, however, was cautious. China signaled i

New Chinese-run scam compounds are rapidly expanding across territory controlled by Myanmar junta-aligned militias south of Myawaddy in Karen State, even as the regime continues to promote its supposed crackdown on online fraud syndicates. Residents and activists say criminal networks displaced from the notorious KK Park scam center have not been dismantled, but have instead re‑established themselves in more fortified, remote and fragmented sites designed to evade scrutiny. L