At least six people, including three children, have been killed after a Myanmar military jet dropped heavy ordinance on a village in Tanintharyi Region, striking a building where a summer literacy programme was underway. The attack occurred at approximately 12:30 local time on 9 March 2026, when a junta fighter jet released two 500lb bombs on Ta Phie Lay Kho village in Palaw Township....

The Prime Minister of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) has revealed that extensive and ongoing negotiations are taking place between revolutionary leadership groups to ensure political alignment as the conflict against the military junta enters its fifth year. Speaking at the 11th session of the Yangon Federal Unit Parliament on 9 March 2026, Prime Minister Mann Win Khaing Than emphasized that building and...

More than 60 women were killed across Myanmar in February as the ruling military junta increased its reliance on airstrikes and heavy artillery to target civilian areas, according to the latest report by the Burmese Women’s Union (BWU). In a statement released on 10 March, the BWU documented the deaths of 63 women and injuries to another 66 throughout February. The data highlights a...

By MPA More than 140 civil society organisations and revolutionary groups have called for the immediate prosecution of a resistance battalion commander in Sagaing Region following harrowing allegations of sexual violence, torture, and religious persecution. A joint statement released on March 9 by 148 organisations—including the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) and the Burmese Women's Union (BWU)—details a series of atrocities allegedly...

By Ko Myo / MPA Residents in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, are struggling under the weight of new fuel restrictions while facing a continuous surge in forced military recruitment and arbitrary arrests. Despite the public’s focus being diverted by a new "odd-even" plate number system for fuel rationing, local monitoring groups report that the military junta has not scaled back its campaign of "portering"—the...