News About Myanmar

Thai PBS Fifteen non-Thai suspects, allegedly part of a transnational scam gang, were arrested in a raid on a luxury house in the Bang Bon area of Bangkok by Thai immigration police on 16 September. Police Maj-Gen. Panthana Nutchanart, deputy commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said that his team also seized several cellphones, laptops, SIM cards and fake Japanese police uniforms from the house. He claimed that the scam syndicate was operated by Chinese nationals, while J

Narinjara, September 17, 2026 Reports indicate that the Myanmar military conducted waves of airstrikes using jet fighters on Ponnagyun and Mrauk-U townships on September 17, following the Arakan Army's (AA) capture of at least three military bases. Among the captured positions is a strategic post at the end of Min Chaung Bridge near Sittwe Township, Arakkha State. "Junta planes arrived very early in the morning to drop bombs on our township from the air. They also carried out

Khaing Lu Hla (Roma Mray) Narinjara, September 17, 2026 Two fishing boats were set on fire and destroyed by military navy vessels near the northern tip of Mye Ngu Island (also known as San Taw Shin Island) in in Wira Thani (Pauktaw) Township, according to local sources. Locals reported that two junta navy vessels began firing continuously around 10:00 AM on September 16 while operating near the northern tip of Mye Ngu Island, downstream from Kular Thein village. "Two fishing

Narinjara, September 17, 2026 Two newly constructed Temporary Operational Bases (TOBs) for the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were officially inaugurated yesterday at the Ghumdhum border area to enhance security and operational capabilities along the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier. The bases are situated at Aracchatala Tila and Haturani Tila within Ghumdhum Union of Naikhongchhari Upazila, located in the Bandarban District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The facilities were offici

Halfway across the world from Washington, inside makeshift structures in a forest in southern Myanmar’s Karen State, hundreds of young people log on to their computers as the sun sets. Their task is to “hunt Americans.” Despite intensifying U.S. law enforcement efforts, federal indictments and targeted sanctions, The Irrawaddy’s data analysis of scam recruitment advertisements reveals that American citizens remain heavily targeted by scam centers in Myanmar. An analysis of 9,

General Ko Ko Oo (left) and Lieutenant General Nyunt Win Swe The Myanmar regime on Thursday replaced Lieutenant General Nyunt Win Swe as home affairs minister with General Ko Ko Oo, chief of the armed forces’ general staff. The move has been interpreted as Ko Ko Oo being “kicked upstairs” after military offensives in Kachin and Rakhine states failed to make headway. Ko Ko Oo recently oversaw several troubled military campaigns. A key offensive aimed at retaking Rakhine State,