News About Myanmar

Date – 16 October 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,379) 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 (29,832) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,526) are currently in detention, (11,212) of whom are serving sentences. These are the numbers verified by the Assistance Association for Political P

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief acknowledged on Wednesday that the military-backed administration will be unable to conduct an upcoming general election across the entire country, as a civil war triggered by a 2021 coup rages on. Critics and many Western nations view the election - due to start in late December and the first since the coup - as a sham exercise to legitimise the military's rule via proxy political parties. Dozens of anti-junta parties are either banne

Mizzima On 15 October, the Burma Campaign UK urged the British government to resume its imposition of sanctions on Myanmar’s military junta. Those sanctions should aim to cut revenue to the junta and access to arms and military equipment it uses to oppress its population. The text of Burma Campaign UK’s statement is as follows. It is almost a year since the British government imposed any new sanctions on the Burmese military. The last sanctions targeting the Burmese military

Mizzima On 13 October, Myanmar’s UN Ambassador urged the international community to reject the junta’s planned elections, citing the lack of conditions for free and fair voting under military rule and reaffirming the country’s commitment to democracy and self-determination. The text of the Myanmar Ambassador’s statement is as follows. Mr. Chair, Nearly 2 million people remain in the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories (NSGTs). As we approach the midpoint of the Fourth Internati

Mizzima A 4th-grade girl was killed and another student seriously injured when the Myanmar military junta carried out an airstrike on Um Swam village in Namhsan Township, northern Shan State, according to local residents. The attack occurred around 6:45 am on 14 October, when a Y-12 aircraft dropped four bombs on the village, which lies in an area controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). “The Y-12 aircraft dropped four bombs. One 4th-grade student died and an

The military used gyrocopters recently received at the Northwestern Regional Military Command in Monywa to conduct the aerial attack