News About Myanmar

The National League for Democracy (NLD) party's Central Working Committee has renewed its call for an inclusive dialogue involving all stakeholders to resolve Myanmar’s escalating political crisis. In a statement sent to an International Day of Democracy ceremony organized on September 15 by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), the CWC emphasized that no viable solution exists without the participation of ousted civilian leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The commi

A junta airstrike on a monastery in Hnamasaryit Village, Shwebo Township, killed three people—including a Buddhist abbot—and injured eight others on September 16 while locals gathered for a ceremony to launch a new community water purification plant. At around 12:30 p.m., as the abbot led the ceremony to hand over the newly constructed water plant for village use, a fighter jet from Meiktila Air Base dropped three bombs on the monastery compound. The strike killed the 43-year

18 September 2026 Police-Related Restrictions and Conscription Pressure Social welfare and rescue organisations have reportedly been verbally instructed by police under the military-backed administration not to post records or details of police-related criminal incidents on social media. The instructions were reportedly issued during the third week of September. In Myingyan, Mandalay Region, military-controlled administrative officials have reportedly been visiting homes sinc

Mizzima The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) has consulted and is set to invite the illegal Myanmar junta to a workshop on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), according to a Justice For Myanmar report based on sources with knowledge of the plans. The workshop is to be co-chaired by Australia, Singapore and the USA and is planned for 2026 or 2027 under the ARF’s counter-terrorism cooperation framework. Proposed by the USA, it would bring together practitioners in policymaking, law enfo

Reviewed by: Joseph Ball What influences lie behind the political posturing of world leaders? It is a question that has fascinated the mind for centuries. Whether it is the inspiration of Joan of Arc on Indira Gandhi, or the subtle guidance of Dream of the Red Chamber on the thinking of Mae Zedong. To this end, Aung San Suu Kyi: The Realities of Power in Burma’s Authoritarian Legacy (henceforward referred to as The Realities of Power) is Mon Mon Myat’s extensively researched

Mizzima The office of the spokesperson of the US President has released the Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2027 on 16 September. The following is a Presidential Determination submitted to Congress September 15, 2026: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (P.