News About Myanmar

The Myanmar military junta is secretly using civilian cargo trucks to transport raw materials and bomb casings between its weapons manufacturing plants, according to active and retired defense industry workers. Directorate of Defence Industry 6 (DDI 6) in Bago Region’s Padaung Township operates around the clock to produce aerial bomb casings. About twice a month, convoys of roughly seven civilian trucks transport the casings north to DDI 21 in Seikphyu Township of Magway Reg

Nearly 70 percent of more than 2,400 airstrikes carried out by Myanmar’s military junta targeted civilians rather than armed resistance groups, according to a report released on October 14 by Myanmar Peace Monitor (MPM), a conflict-tracking initiative run by Burma News International (BNI). The findings, spanning from January 2024 to July 2026, were presented during the online launch of BNI-MPM’s reference guide, Deciphering Myanmar’s Peace Process (2025–26). Analysts noted th

Supplies transported by a junta convoy unloaded at a football field in Indaw. A large junta military convoy with over 100 vehicles has arrived at the Northern Regional Military Command headquarters in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, after resupplying bases across Kachin State and neighboring Sagaing Region, according to the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO). The convoy departed Mandalay on October 10 and traveled north along the Mandalay–Tigyaing–Indaw–Myitkyina

15 October 2026 Myanmar’s US dollar exchange rate climbed to 4,600 kyat on 14 October amid fallout from problems in the country’s high-end condominium market, as the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Exiled Myanmar Journalists Network (Exiled-MJN) condemned the junta’s attempt to seek INTERPOL Red Notices against five independent media outlets, including Mizzima. Internationally, Pope Leo XIV underwent lung cancer surgery, Thailand tightened airport baggag

Mizzima A delegation of Myanmar civil society organizations joined the 2026 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok this week, calling on the World Bank Group to engage democratic and ethnic governance actors in Myanmar that are building a federal democracy from the ground up, with territorial control, administrative functions, and effective public service delivery systems, and to conduct a formal dialogue with Myanmar civil society under the Bank’s new Fragility, Conflict

Mizzima Myanmar’s devastating civil war is creating a public health emergency that threatens not only millions of people inside the country but also neighbouring Bangladesh, India and Thailand. The destruction of medical facilities, the flight of healthcare workers and deep cuts in international aid have left the country increasingly vulnerable to dangerous infectious diseases, according to a report published by Think Global Health. Since the military seized power in February