News About Myanmar

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

Myanmar’s junta chief acknowledged on Wednesday that the military-backed administration will be unable to conduct the upcoming general election across the entire country, as a civil war triggered by the 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 banned or refusing to

A group of prominent Southeast Asian and international figures has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to use its upcoming 47th summit to unequivocally reject the Myanmar regime’s planned election and to launch a complete strategic reset toward the crisis-hit country. The group comprises former Malaysian foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah; former Thai foreign minister Kasit Piromya; Philippine lawmaker Leila de Lima, a former senator and justice secr

Scam compounds continue to thrive long after a highly publicized international crackdown in February, and the cut-off of electricity, gasoline, and internet to Karen State’s Myawaddy. Thai lawmaker Kannavee Suebsang, who led the repatriation process of the many foreigners arrested there, was interviewed on the bank of the Moei River that forms the border between Thailand and Myanmar. “We can even hear the roar of the generators they are using,” he said. “They have never left

Date – 15 October 2025 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,378) 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 (29,827) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,521) are currently in detention, (11,205) of whom are serving sentences. These are the numbers verified by the Assistance Association for Political P

The move comes amid fears that students who return could be forced to fight in the junta’s ongoing offensive in Karenni State