News About Myanmar

Photo: Crd Continuous Myanmar military airstrikes on Myit Chay town in Magway Region’s Pakokku Township have forced about 4,000 residents to flee, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis, according to local aid workers. Despite the absence of active ground fighting in Myit Chay, the military regime has deployed gyrocopters and helicopters to bombardment civilian areas since September 13, an official from the local relief organization Anya Taw Ein told Mizzima on September 23.

AA Info Desk / Weapons and ammunition captured by the Arakan Army during clashes in Thaphanyaung, Mindon Township. The Arakan Army (AA) intercepted and repelled a major Myanmar military offensive in Magway Region’s Mindon Township, blocking junta forces from advancing toward a strategic mountain pass into Arakan State, military sources and local reports said. Intense clashes have raged over the past ten days near Kankyoegyi Village and the Point 948 hilltop camp. The military

The Myanmar military regime has increasingly resorted to drone strikes targeting civilian infrastructure—including villages, schools, agricultural fields, and internally displaced persons (IDP) camps—across Karenni (Kayah) State and neighboring southern Shan State, local sources report. Junta forces attempting to reclaim control of the Mobye-Nanmekhon-Demoso Highway have faced heavy resistance and significant casualties, prompting greater reliance on long-range artillery, air

24 September 2026 Politics, Statements and Campaigns According to the Women’s League of Burma (WLB), the Women for Peace Forum was held under the theme “Together for Peace, Equal Participation for All” from 16 to 18 September at an undisclosed location in Thailand, with participants joining both in person and online. A total of 144 women political leaders and civil society representatives attended. The All In One Piece Movement announced the launch of its “Free Her” campaign,

Myanmar regime forces demolish scam buildings during a crackdown in Shwe Kokko and KK Park in December 2025. / Aung Aung Scam operations are surging back in Shwe Kokko just months after Myanmar’s military regime claimed it flattened the criminal hub controlled by its subordinate Karen Border Guard Force, now rebranded as the Karen National Army (KNA). Criminal syndicates have quickly resumed operations in old sites and are actively recruiting for newly built compounds, accord

Myanmar Ambassador to the UN Kyaw Moe Tun speaks at a General Assembly Plenary Meeting in September 2026./ Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the United Nations On February 26, 2021, three weeks after the generals seized power, Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations stood before the General Assembly, urged the world not to legitimize the coup, and raised three fingers to salute the resistance. Five years later, the junta is pushing hard to take his seat. On September 13, the