News About Myanmar

Khaing Lu Hla (Roma Mray) Narinjara, 22 September 2026 Mounting anxiety over intense overnight gunfire has triggered an exodus of residents from the Rakhine State capital to Yangon, while strict government aid blocks have left low-income daily wage earners in several neighborhoods facing severe hunger. Local residents report that the sound of heavy artillery and weapons firing continuously throughout the night from the outskirts of Sittwe has driven panic through the city. Th

Yadanar, Narinjara, September 23, 2026 Two villagers were killed after the military junta launched an airstrike on Phat Kya village in Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine (Arakan) State. The victims have been identified as U Aung Thein Maung, 70, and U Maung Myint Kyi, 64, both residents of Phat Kya village. Locals reported that at 1:48 AM today, September 23, three junta jet fighters dropped six bombs on the area. Two of the bombs exploded directly inside the village, while the rema

A regime delegation led by National Security Advisor Tin Aung San meets with Aleksandr Volfovich, Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus, in Minsk last week. / MWD Struggling to reclaim territory lost since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s regime has dispatched its defense minister and national security chief to China and Belarus to strengthen military cooperation. President’s Office Minister and National Security Adviser Tin Aung San visited Belarus from September 14 to 19, wh

Kim Aris and supporters of his mother, jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, demand family visitation rights and her unconditional release outside the Myanmar Embassy in London on Sept. 22. (Credit: Kim Aris) Jailed Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s youngest son, Kim Aris, delivered a personal letter to regime leader Min Aung Hlaing at the Myanmar Embassy in London on Tuesday. He demands to see her in person. “My mother is 81. She remains detained, separated fro

Protesters in Japan hold a rally denouncing an upcoming election led by the military junta and demanding the immediate release of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners, outside the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025. (Credit: Reuters) Female prisoners in Myanmar are subjected ​to widespread torture, sexual violence and life-threatening medical neglect, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday, underlining ‌the chr

A map of southern and central Myanmar [Inset: The 13-mile-long corridor connecting Chin State's Kanpetlet Township to Magway Region's Saw Township]. (Credit: DVB) Nearly 200 military vehicles loaded with weapons and three months worth of food rations reportedly arrived at Directorate of Defence Industries (DDI) 25 in Saw Township’s Laung She town, Magway Region, on Sunday. Saw is located 130 miles (209 km) northwest of the region’s capital Magway. A resistance member in Saw t