By Naing Yarzar Min / MPA Following the Myanmar military’s brutal crackdown on the 1988 pro-democracy mass uprising, thousands of students and young activists fled to the jungle frontiers to take up arms against the dictatorship. Among them was...
25 May 2026 By Ko Myo MANDALAY, Myanmar — Armed military personnel and regime administrators in the town of Kyaukpadaung, Mandalay Region, have begun widening their forced conscription net to target elderly men, using arbitrary detentions as a lucrative...
25 May 2026 By Mon Lay NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Khin Yi, the leader of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and nominal speaker of the regime's unrecognized Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives), has asserted that the junta-created...
23 May 2026 By Poesangle NAWNGHKIO, Myanmar — Corrupt officials from the Ministry of Immigration and Population are systematically extorting war-weary residents in the junta-controlled town of Nawnghkio, charging vulnerable families between 100,000 to 500,000 Myanmar Kyat (MMK)_150 USD...
22 May 2026 By Ko Myo NEW YORK, United Nations — Myanmar’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, has launched a fierce appeal to the UN Security Council, demanding immediate and binding resolutions to halt...
22 May 2026 By Ko Myo MONYWA, Myanmar — The Interim Federal Unit Government of Sagaing has disbursed an initial military grant of 150 million Myanmar Kyat (MMK) to the Sagaing District Military Command to bolster ongoing defensive operations...
15 May 2026 By Foe Aww Yaw NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — The newly appointed speaker of Myanmar's military-installed parliament has announced plans to review and potentially reinstate a series of oppressive laws that had been abolished by the ousted civilian...
14 May 2026 By Mon Lay BRUSSELS, Belgium — The diplomatic and economic isolation of the Myanmar military junta has reached a new peak as 11 non-EU European nations officially committed to joining the European Union's latest round of...
14 May 2026 By Mon Lay YANGON, Myanmar — Pro-military lobbyists in Myanmar have launched a coordinated wave of personal attacks against Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the current ASEAN Chair, after he began formal diplomatic engagements with Myanmar’s...
12 May 2026 By Ko Myo CEBU, Philippines — A prominent advocacy group has issued a stark reminder to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), urging the regional bloc to stop acting as a "stepping stone" for dictators...
By Sayar Ngaat / MPA A prominent local journalist has been detained by an unidentified armed group in a resistance-controlled...
