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The National Unity Government (NUG) -In Sagaing Township of Sagaing Region, revolutionary forces conducted a guerrilla attack on the junta’s gate in Pauktaw Village at 6:45 am on January 16. -In Mandalay Region, a second police sergeant named Myo Min Aung from the junta’s Kana Police Station was arrested along with weapons, according to Sintkaing Township People’s Defence Force. -NUG Support Team Japan announced that a public protest against the Myanmar military coup would be conducted in...

Mizzima Local administrators in Kyimyindaing Township, Yangon Region, have been ordered to submit formal letters of explanation to the Myanmar junta following a surprise electoral defeat for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and historically low voter participation. According to sources close to the township administration, the directive was issued verbally on 15 January 2026, as the junta expressed frustration over the USDP’s failure to secure seats in a...

Thai police have arrested a middle-ranking officer of the Myanmar junta who fled into Thailand following a large prison break in Karenni (Kayah) State. While initial Thai media reports identified the detainee as Second Lieutenant Paing Soe Thu, the Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC) has clarified that the officer actually holds the rank of major and was being held as a high-profile prisoner of war (POW). “Based on our initial findings, we understand that one of the escaped POWs...