News About Myanmar

DMG Newsroom 19 September 2026, Mrak-U Older people across Arakan State are facing growing threats to their safety, health and livelihoods as conflict, displacement and restrictions on transportation and humanitarian assistance take an increasing toll, according to a new study by the Center for Arakan Studies (CAS). The report, “The Crisis Facing Older People in Arakan Amid War and a Period of Transition,” examines conditions across Arakan from May 2024 through September 2026

A military commission airstrike targeted Phet Kya Village in Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine State, striking the village administrator's house. The attack resulted in severe injuries to the administrator and burned his home to the ground. The incident occurred on September 17, when the military commission force launched an attack from the air. As a result of the airstrike, 40-year-old village administrator U Aung Myint Naing sustained severe injuries. His residence, along with a

Mizzima Myanmar’s civic space is rated “closed” by the CIVICUS Monitor in their latest report assessing developments this year. Since the 2021 coup, thousands of activists and protesters have been detained on fabricated charges including terrorism, incitement and sedition. Many have been convicted by secret military tribunals in unfair trials and given harsh sentences, including the death penalty. Some have been tortured or killed. There has also been an unrelenting crackdown

Mizzima The Burma Research Institute (BRI) confirms that on September 14, 2026, at approximately 4:00 p.m. Burma time, the Burmese military shot and killed Reverend Dal Thawn Tuang, assistant pastor of Lamzang Baptist Church in Lamzang Village, Chin State, where he had served for 22 years. Pastor Tuang, 49, is survived by his wife and two children. His funeral was held on September 16 at 1:00 p.m. Burma time in Lamzang Village, which is about 5.5 miles from Tiddim town. In a

Mizzima The People’s Defence Force (PDF) issued a statement 18 September urging the people to oppose and fight against the Myanmar military junta’s forced conscription programme, and calling for those who have been forcibly conscripted to desert the military service and contact revolutionary organizations whenever they get the opportunity. The statement indicates that starting from February 2024, the military junta has been using the National Military Service Law to recruit c

Mizzima Local residents and vendors report that as the Myanmar junta has banned people from surrounding villages coming into the town of Myingyan, Mandalay Region, to purchase medicine and basic food items for two weeks, vendors of meat, fish, and vegetables in the town have had to halt their businesses and are fleeing because they cannot pay off debts and daily-interest loans. Local residents stated that the ban preventing villagers from coming to make purchases in Myingyan