KYAUKHTU, Myanmar — The Myanmar military has launched a sustained aerial offensive against Kyaukhtu sub-township in Magway Division, conducting at least 20 separate bombing raids during the first week of May, according to local reports. From May 1 to May 7, 2026, jet fighters and Y-12 transport aircraft—scrambled from airbases in Tada-U, Magway, and Shan Te—targeted Kyaukhtu, Saw, and strategic locations along the border...

Myanmar’s military junta consumed more than 1.2 million gallons of aviation fuel in a single month to carry out an estimated 2,400 flight missions, according to data released by the activist group Blood Money. The report, published on May 7, tracks the operational costs of the junta’s aerial campaign between July 16 and August 15, 2025. During this 30-day window, the air force reportedly...

Prominent Myanmar authors have issued a blistering rebuttal to a junta-aligned cleric and a high-profile tycoon, following viral comments that characterized writers as the "destroyers of the nation." The controversy erupted after a video circulated on social media showing U Wimalabhivamsa (known as the Hitadhara Sayadaw) and "crony" businessman U Moe Kyaw disparaging the literary community. In the footage, the monk alleged that authors...

A prominent Chinese scholar has sparked a heated debate across Myanmar’s social media landscape by characterizing growing anti-China sentiment as a "suicidal" act of "burning down one’s own home." Zhao Jin, a Myanmar language lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University, issued the warning on her social media platforms following the Chinese Foreign Minister’s recent visit to Myanmar. The remarks come as public anger toward...

At least ten people, including four female resistance fighters, have been killed following a targeted drone strike by the Myanmar military on a church in Chin State, local sources have confirmed. The attack took place on the afternoon of May 6 in Phunom Village, Tedim Township. According to witnesses, a military drone released three bombs directly onto the Assemblies of God (AG) Church at...