News About Myanmar

With her health failing and an information vacuum around Myanmar’s jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, her son worries that he may not even know if she passed away. Kim Aris told Reuters he has not heard from his 80-year-old mother in years, and has received only sporadic, secondhand details about her heart, bone and gum problems since a 2021 military coup that deposed her National League for Democracy (NLD) government. And while he rejects attempts by Myanmar’s regime

Five civilians were killed when a junta column shelled a village in Bilin Township, Mon State, with artillery during its advance. A column of around 100 troops advanced toward Pho Wa Thame Village and, before reaching it, fired four 120 mm artillery shells into the village at around 9:00 am on December 12. The shelling killed five people, including two women, and injured four others. Shortly afterward, the military column entered the village and restricted residents’ movement

The National Unity Government (NUG) -The coordination committee against the junta’s illegitimate and sham election, consisting of the National Unity Consultative Council and the NUG, stated that the public’s participation in the Nationwide Silent Strike Movement on the International Human Rights Day had been a message to the world about their rejection of the junta’s election. -The NUG appointed Deputy Minister Ja Htwe Pan as Minister of Education-NUG. Regarding it, the Counc

Mizzima On 10 December, Fortify Rights issued a statement warning that Myanmar’s military junta is using its new Election Protection Law to silence critics and tighten repression ahead of the planned 28 December and 11 January sham elections. The statement is as follows. The junta has announced that the first two phases of its staged elections will be on December 28, 2025, and January 11, 2026. The junta’s “elections” are already unfree and unfair and therefore lack legitimac

Mizzima In a statement released on 12 December, the Special Advisory Council-Myanmar (SAC-M) called out the Myanmar junta’s escalating campaign of violence against civilians as it moves towards elections later this month. The group called on the international community, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states, to act swiftly to safeguard Myanmar civilians from the junta’s worsening assaults as the sham elections draw near. The statem

A total of 17 more buildings used for online gambling in the KK Park area have been destroyed, and 516 more people, including 225 Chinese nationals, have been arrested in Myawady for online gambling, according to sources. The government is conducting a multi-team operation to clear illegal buildings in the Shwe Kokko area and KK Park areas, where most online gambling is taking place, and to systematically demolish illegal buildings and confiscated items used in online gamblin