25 April 2026 By Ko Myo YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) has flatly rejected a recent peace invitation from the military junta, describing it as a calculated attempt to sow division among resistance forces and secure legal impunity for the regime’s leadership. The statement, issued on Friday, comes in response to the junta’s announcement of a peace dialogue window scheduled...

25 April 2026 By Ko Myo YANGON, Myanmar — A prominent human rights campaign group has urged ASEAN leaders to intervene and independently verify the health and status of Myanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, describing the 80-year-old Nobel Laureate as a "political hostage." The "All in One Piece Movement" issued an urgent plea on Saturday, calling for more than just verbal assurances...

24 April 2026 By Ko Myo YANGON, Myanmar — At least 49 civilians have been killed and over 100 others wounded in a single week of intensified attacks by the Myanmar military, according to a report released on Friday by the independent monitoring group Nyan Lin Thit Research. The research group documented at least 103 separate incidents where junta forces targeted non-combatant populations across...

24 April 2026 By Ko Myo MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines, currently holding the ASEAN Chairmanship, has issued an urgent appeal for the release of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and all remaining political prisoners, describing the move as essential for any meaningful national reconciliation in Myanmar. In a statement released on Friday, marking the fifth anniversary of the regional bloc's "Five-Point Consensus,"...

24 April 2026 By Hsu Yee WASHINGTON D.C. / BANGKOK — In a sophisticated cross-border operation involving the FBI and Myanmar’s ethnic resistance forces, the US Department of Justice has indicted two Chinese nationals accused of managing billion-dollar cyber-scam operations from Myanmar’s war-torn borderlands. The arrests of Huang Xingshan (alias "Ah Zhe") and Jiang Wen Jie (alias "Jiang Nan") were made possible after the...