News About Myanmar

Date – 17 December 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,618) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution.  Since the coup, a total of (30,145) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,652) are currently in detention, (11,408) of whom are serving sentences.  According to the latest information gathered and confirmed by AAPP, (121)

Covering news in Arakan State has grown more challenging for media outlets since the Arakan Army (AA) launched its offensive against the military on Nov. 13, 2023. The regime has imposed a land and sea blockade into the region, which has lasted for over two years.  “The number of Rakhine journalists who quit their jobs may increase as a result of stress brought on by inconsistent pay and a lack of security,” Myo Min, a reporter at a media outlet in Arakan, told DVB using a ps

Fraud cases committed by telecom scam gangs, known locally as Zhapian, have increased, raising growing concern among private bank account holders in Myanmar about the security of their funds. Since mid-2025, people operating money transfer and exchange services between Myanmar and foreign countries have increasingly had their private bank accounts suspended or closed over suspected links to telecom scams, according to a Myanmar–Thailand money transfer service operator. “When

More than 12 million people in Myanmar are expected to face acute hunger in 2026, with an estimated one million reaching emergency levels that will require lifesaving assistance, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on December 11. The WFP emphasized that intensifying conflict and a sharp rise in displacement now threaten to push an underfunded hunger crisis to breaking point. According to the WFP, more than 400,000 young children and mothers with acute malnut

The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), the political wing of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), said reports claiming it had signed a secret agreement with the Indian government to extract rare-earth minerals (REM) are false. The claim that the KIO and India had signed a secret agreement to mine REM deposits in Kachin State was first reported by a website called Silicon Valley Times. On December 14, the report was translated and republished by some Myanmar media outlets

After the junta bombed the People’s Hospital in Mrauk-U Town, Arakan (Rakhine) State, other Arakan State hospitals no longer dare to operate openly for fear of being targeted, forcing them to relocate or operate as mobile units, making it increasingly difficult for local people to access healthcare. The inability to operate hospitals in proper locations, combined with difficult transportation, communication breakdowns, and insufficient medicines, poses serious challenges for