By Nway / MPA Myanmar military troops have detained a married couple who were travelling to a clinic for medical treatment in the central Magway region, local sources say. The incident occurred on the morning of 5 February*...

By Nway / MPA Dr Sein Win, a prominent figure in Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement and the first cousin of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has died in the United States at the age of 83. The National...

By Ko Myo / MPA A young man has died and another has been injured after jumping from the fourth floor of a municipal building in Yangon, in a desperate attempt to escape forced recruitment into the military....

By Hsu Yee/MPA A young novice monk and five other civilians have been killed after Myanmar military fighter jets bombed a Buddhist monastery in the country's north-western Sagaing region on Thursday. Local sources told the Myanmar Pressphoto Agency...

By Ko Myo/MPA Myanmar’s middle class is disappearing and urban poverty has reached alarming levels five years after the military coup, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations has warned. Speaking during a dialogue with the United...

By Hlaing / MPA Five civilians, including two children, have been killed after a military fighter jet bombed a village in Myanmar’s central Magway region on Thursday, local sources have told the Myanmar Pressphoto Agency (MPA). Residents of...

By Mon Lay / MPA Myanmar’s military leader has called for a significant overhaul of the country's civil service, urging a shift towards military-style discipline and strict obedience within government ministries. Addressing senior officers at the National Defence...

By Mon Lay / MPA Myanmar’s military leader has enacted a controversial new law establishing a "Union Advisory Council," a move analysts say is designed to ensure the military retains ultimate control over the incoming administration following recent...

By Ko Myo/MPA Myanmar’s military regime has dismissed more than 125,000 teachers and killed at least 37 educators since seizing power, according to figures released by the shadow National Unity Government (NUG). Nay Phone Latt, a spokesperson for...

By Min AB / MPA A leading political body representing the Mon ethnic group has accused Myanmar’s military junta of using forced conscription as a tool of genocide against smaller ethnic populations. In a statement marking the 79th...