News About Myanmar

Mizzima The “Wind of Change” report provides a valuable and unusually detailed assessment of Myanmar’s military through the eyes of people who have served inside the institution and subsequently defected. Produced by People’s Goal, the research is based on 60 in-depth interviews conducted between 2023 and 2026 with former soldiers, officers and military families. Its principal contribution is therefore not simply another account of Myanmar’s conflict, but an attempt to unders

Mizzima The forthcoming International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment in the Gambia v. Myanmar case could be one of the most significant international legal decisions on genocide in recent history, according to the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) in a press release 25 September. It is a landmark opportunity to advance the Rohingya people’s fight for justice. Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) and SAC-M’s new joint position paper entitled – “Navigating the Forthcoming I

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Insight Myanmar “At the moment, there’s a big challenge to provide rations and healthcare services in the camps, because as you may know already, Donald Trump cut the funding… there’s now a big challenge to provide healthcare services and food for the refugees,” Saw Poe Wah tells the Insight Myanmar Podcast. Saw Poe Wah assists the Karen Refugee Committee (KRC) and has spent much of his life inside the refugee-camp system it helps run along the Thai–Myanmar border. He describ

Narinjara, September 28, 2026 A statement issued by the Arakan Army (AA) on September 27 reported that six civilians were killed and 16 others injured during a series of military airstrikes targeting nine townships across Arakan State between September 17 and 27. The aerial bombardments hit the townships of Ann, Minbya (Anjanapura), Gwa, Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun, Pauktaw (Weerathani), Rathedaung, Thandwe, and Mrauk-U. Airstrike Near Lay Ein Su Village, Ann Township At approximatel

Myanmar coup leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing speaks at a cabinet meeting in Naypyitaw in September 2026. / PPIB Putschist president Min Aung Hlaing portrayed Myanmar as a democratic nation and urged the United States to help its fellow democracy by easing economic sanctions and helping to prevent attacks on his regime, in a recent high-profile interview with TIME magazine. “We hope that the United States will not provide support to individuals or groups that encourag