News About Myanmar

Date – 21 October 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,393) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. Since the coup, a total of (29,849) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,539) are currently in detention, (11,236) of whom are serving sentences. These are the numbers verified by the Assistance Association for Political P

Soldiers and members of a junta-sponsored militia arrested and tortured a couple travelling on the road in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township last week, allegedly raping and killing the wife before the husband managed to flee. Aye Mar Oo and her husband Kyaw Myo departed from the village of Nyaung Kone, Kawlin Township around 6am on October 16, to attend a ka htein —or monks’ robe offering—in Taze Township to the southwest, travelling via Kanbalu Township.   They were arrested

At least four people were killed and two others injured when Myanmar’s military launched a paramotor attack on Pechet village in Natogyi Township, Mandalay Region, early Sunday morning, according to local residents. Three paramotors bombed the village despite no clashes on the ground. The victims were identified as Khin Maung Win, Kyaw Naing, Khin Than Nu—all around 55—and 91-year-old Khin Tint, a Natogyi resident, told Myanmar Now. The attack also injured a 10-year-old child

Model from Belarus reportedly killed in Myanmar Ukrainian National News reported on Oct. 16 that Belarusian model Vera Kravtsova, 26, was forced to work on “romance scams” at a cyber scam center in an unspecified location of Burma before she was killed. Kravtsova had arrived in Thailand on Sept. 12 and departed for Burma on Sept 20, according to Thai immigration authorities. “From the footage [at the Bangkok Airport], she was not forced or escorted. She left Thailand on her o

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has shut down a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, regime media reported on Monday. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations responsible for bilking people all over the world. These usually involve gaining victims’ confidence online with romantic ploys and bogus investment pitches. The centers are infamous for rec

The Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM) announced that its founder Myo Myo Aye, and labor rights activists Thet Hnin Aung and Thet Htar Swe, were released from Yangon’s Insein Prison on Monday.  “Nine others who were detained with Myo Myo Aye, including her daughter, remain in detention,” the STUM shared on its official social media account.  A total of 10 STUM members, including Myo Myo Aye and her daughter Chu Chu Thwe, were arrested in July and charged on Aug. 8 under