News About Myanmar

Mizzima Myanmar citizens in Japan have sent an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, currently visiting Tokyo, urging him to help secure the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and to support efforts toward restoring peace and democracy in Myanmar. The letter, addressed directly to Trump, was accompanied by signatures collected through a campaign organized by Myanmar communities in Japan calling for international action to pressure the military junta. The campaign was initi

Mizzima The Myanmar junta has so far regained control of only four out of the 43 towns captured by the Three Brotherhood Alliance during Operation 1027, which began nearly a year ago. The joint offensive, launched on 27 October 2023 by the Arakan Army (AA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), has entered its second year. “Looking back on the arduous journey that began on 10/27, the military gains we see today are the

Mizzima The NUG representative at the UN warned that Myanmar’s military junta has created a “digital dictatorship” using surveillance and censorship against dissidents and enabling cyber scams. The text of the statement given by Myanmar’s UN Ambassador is as follows Evolving cyber threats, their growing complexity and agility as well as the malicious use of information and communications technologies (ICT) pose significant threats to international peace and security. Against

The National Unity Government (NUG) urged the international community on Tuesday to impose stricter sanctions on the regime in Naypyidaw for its alleged involvement in cyber scams along the Burma-Thailand border. It added that it is ready to cooperate on regional and international efforts to combat transnational crime, including cyber scam operations. Nay Phone Latt, the NUG spokesperson, told a press briefing that the regime was responsible for supporting the Kokang Border G

As the 2025 chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim described the current situation in Burma as “better than before” when his nation took over from Laos. Malaysia handed over ASEAN chairmanship to the Philippines, bypassing Myanmar in its alphabetical order, on Tuesday. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will take over ASEAN as chair on Jan. 1, 2026. “There are still one or two incidents, but not like what we heard two o

In the years since the coup, October has come to embody the darkest chapter in Kachin State, a month when the junta’s cruelty peaks and many innocent lives are lost. On October 23, 2022, more than a year after the coup, the junta carried out a nighttime air raid on A Nang Pa, a small community in Hpakant Township, Kachin State. Kachin musicians, Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) staff and officials, and members of the public had gathered in A Nang Pa for a commemorative