25 May 2026 By Nway MYAING, Myanmar — Joint anti-junta resistance forces have overrun a heavily fortified pro-military militia village in Magway Region, capturing nearly 40 personnel including active-duty soldiers despite a barrage of retaliatory state airstrikes, military sources confirmed. The coordinated assault on Thayet Kan—a notorious base for the military-backed Pyu Saw Htee militia in Myaing Township—began late Thursday night, 21 May. Following...

24 May 2026 By Naing Yarzar Min At Yangon General Hospital—Myanmar’s oldest and most historic medical institution—a predatory network of extortionists operates with near-total impunity. For ordinary citizens seeking life-saving treatment, navigating the hospital has become a gauntlet of financial exploitation, where bribes are extracted at every turn. Despite the systemic nature of these abuses, neither the local police nor the ruling authorities have...

25 May 2026 By Foe Aww Yaw NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Myanmar’s military junta leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has unveiled plans to establish computerized greenhouse networks to boost agricultural exports, a move independent experts have swiftly dismissed as a hollow fantasy due to the country's collapsed electrical grid and crippled banking system. During a highly publicized inspection of a commercial crop-freezing facility in...

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 just to replace national identity cards lost during active combat. The predatory pricing scheme targets thousands of returning internally displaced persons (IDPs) who lost their...

23 May 2026 By Nway KANPETLET, Myanmar — A strategic mountaintop town in southern Chin State is being rapidly evacuated following an ultimatum by ethnic resistance forces, as intense, close-quarters combat with nearly 1,000 advancing military junta troops rages right at the city's gates. Heavy fighting has entered its third consecutive day along the primary access corridor outside Kanpetlet. Military sources within the township...