News About Myanmar

The Union Election Commission (UEC) announced that a total of 87 parliamentary candidates in Karenni State will run in four constituencies during the first phase of the regime elections on Dec. 28, including the capital Loikaw, Bawlakhe, Hpruso and Demoso townships.  “The Kayin State People’s Party, Union Solidarity and Development Party, People’s Pioneer Party, and National Unity Party, will compete for the elections,” the UEC stated on Oct. 26. The regime declared martial l

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The president of East Timor told The Associated Press on Monday that he would be willing to intercede personally to try and break the impasse in the region’s most challenging problem — Myanmar’s raging civil war, one day after his country was granted membership in the influential Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In a wide-ranging interview in the Malaysian capital, where ASEAN was holding its annual summit, President José Ramos-Horta said

UN Secretary-General on Myanmar at ASEAN Summit in Malaysia U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said that the 2021 military takeover in Burma had not only “piled calamity upon calamity” but that it also threatened regional stability during a press conference on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 47th summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday. Guterres added that the regime in Naypyidaw must put an end to the “deplorable” violence inflict

A Filipino migrant workers group in Thailand is calling on Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to take immediate action to assist 66 victims of human trafficking from the Philippines who have escaped from scam centers in Burma and reached the border of Thailand. On Oct. 23, 25 Filipino victims of human trafficking managed to escape from scam hubs and crossed into Thailand by boat. “We are deeply concerned for our fellow Filipinos who have fallen victim to these traffick

The Department of Women and Children under the Karenni Interim Executive Council (IEC) has reported a total of 102 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) handled over the past two years, according to the department’s two-year progress report. The report highlights that sexual violence remains the most prevalent form of abuse among the documented cases. According to the IEC’s Department of Women and Children, the reported cases include 35 incidents of sexual violence, 31 of phys

Mizzima Editorial Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah and other critics argue forcefully that the Myanmar junta’s plan for elections in December and January should not be recognized because the process is inherently flawed and lacking legitimacy. Their objection rests not merely on procedural defects, but on the deeper reality that in the absence of peace, inclusivity, and meaningful competition in Myanmar, such elections would serve as