News About Myanmar

Internally displaced people who fled fighting in Sittwe are pictured earlier this month. DMG Newsroom 25 September 2026, Sittwe People across Arakan State face ongoing violence, severe shortages of basic necessities, and restrictions on humanitarian aid, according to a statement released by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM). At least 600,000 people remain internally displaced across Arakan State due to ongoing conflict. Displaced populations receive m

Min Aung Hlaing downplays dependency on China TIME editor-at-large Charlie Campbell (left) speaks to Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw on August 28, 2026. / GNLM “We don’t rely solely on China,” putschist president Min Aung Hlaing told Time Magazine this week when asked if he was concerned about Myanmar’s dependency on Beijing. In the explosive interview—verbatim excerpts of which were published by regime media in an attempted “correction”—Min Aung Hlaing stressed that the neighbo

Members of a People's Defense Force group under the NUG's Southern Military Region / Aung San Shar Facebook Myanmar regime aircraft bombed the National Unity Government (NUG)’s Special Region Command headquarters on the border of Mon State’s Kyaikto and Bago Region’s Shwekyin on Thursday, killing six people including resistance fighters and a military defector. The Special Region Command, which conducts military operations across the NUG’s Southern Region, was bombed by the r

Myanmar regime fighter jets fire missiles and flares during a military drill in 2019. / AFP China’s security forces fired warning shots on Thursday to defend the country’s airspace from Myanmar junta warplanes circling over the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Laiza on the Chinese border in Kachin State, according to residents and the ethnic army. Regime fighter jets and Y-12 airplanes circled over the ethnic armed organization’s headquarters on Wednesday

Then-military chief senior general Min Aung Hlaing inspects a digital command center in 2019. / CINCDS Myanmar’s regime has arrested a total of 2,029 social media users for expressing opposition to military rule over the five years since the 2021 coup, according to independent researcher Data for Myanmar. Almost half of those detained (969) were from the two biggest cities of Yangon and Mandalay while women accounted for 35 percent of arrests. Facebook posts triggered the vas

Date – 25 September 2026 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (8,427) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. A total of (31,976) people have been arrested by the junta for opposing their arbitrary seizure of power. Of those arrested, (14,847) are confirmed to still be in detention, while (7,856) remain to be verified. These are the numbers reported by the Assistance Ass