News About Myanmar

Staff count money at a bank. / The Irrawaddy The kyat lost value again this week after the regime-backed parliament on Wednesday approved borrowing of up to 2.1 trillion kyats (approximately US$1 billion at the fixed official rate) for a junta struggling with ballooning defense costs. The kyat has weakened drastically since the 2021 coup plunged Myanmar into a dollar crisis, with economic sanctions, the withdrawal of foreign investment, declining exports and fighting in borde

The regime's ASEAN Affairs Committee holds its inaugural meeting in Naypyitaw on October 13. / MOFA Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has formed a new ASEAN Affairs Committee to “regain the country’s original role and rights” in the regional bloc, which continues to bar his regime from summits months after it rebranded as an “elected” government. The committee’s inaugural meeting on Tuesday was chaired by Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe, with representatives from the Preside

Uniforms are being distributed to new recruits. / Telegram Myanmar’s military regime has denied reports that university students must suspend their studies for two years to serve in the army, but fears persist among students and parents. Earlier this month, a panic broke out when rumors said that young men selected in conscription lotteries must serve in the army even if they are registered university students, and those drawing numbers under 100 would be called up within thr

A local anti-regime resistance group in Karenni State / Loikaw PDF Myanmar’s resistance coalition has lost the political and diplomatic war but not the military campaign. The main reason lies less in the junta’s strength than in what I call an “insurgency-industrial complex” that has grown around the opposition. This international ecosystem of diaspora communities, exiles, dissidents, donors, rights-based organizations and Western governments, with the National Unity Governme

Date – 15 October 2026 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (8,551) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. A total of (32,182) people have been arrested by the junta for opposing their arbitrary seizure of power. Of those arrested, (15,073) are confirmed to still be in detention, while (7,732) remain to be verified. These are the numbers reported by the Assistance Assoc

Three of the eight civilians killed in Tuesday’s airstrike on Ahlugyi village in Bilin Township (Photo: Naw Cho Lay Facebook) The junta launched two airstrikes late Tuesday night on villages near the border, resulting in high civilian casualties, residents and regional media reported