By Naing Yarzar Min / MPA The chairman of Myanmar’s military-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC), U Thein Soe, has announced plans to further amend the country's electoral laws, following a recent election widely condemned by critics as a sham....
By Nway / MPA A seven-year-old boy has been killed and three other children injured after stepping on a landmine while playing in northern Myanmar, a tragedy that coincided with the country's national Children's Day. The explosion occurred at...
By Ra Wai / MPA At least 10 residents in Myanmar’s Yangon region have been arrested by the military council after their identity cards were used to open bank accounts for online fraud syndicates, known locally as "Kyar Phant"....
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* at...
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 Unity...
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. The...
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 (MPA)...
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 Nations...
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 Mi...
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 College...
By Sayar Ngaat / MPA A prominent local journalist has been detained by an unidentified armed group in a resistance-controlled...
