By Sayar Ngatt / MPA NAYPYIDAW — General Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Myanmar’s military commission, has stepped up efforts to assert the legal legitimacy of his regime, visiting the remote Naga Self-Administered Zone on Monday to rally civil servants and local residents. During the visit, the coup leader reiterated his long-standing claim that the 2021 military takeover was conducted in accordance with...

By MPA The Myanmar military has launched targeted airstrikes on a rebel stronghold, exploiting a sudden outbreak of intense infighting between two prominent anti-junta resistance factions in the country's northwest. The clashes erupted early Tuesday morning in northern Pale Township, Sagaing Region, when battalions operating under the shadow National Unity Government’s (NUG) Ministry of Defence launched attacks on checkpoints held by the Burma National...

By Ra Wai | MPA Indept PhotoStory She looks away, her face clouded like an impending storm, and whispers that she no longer wants to go to school. A military airstrike claimed her right arm, from the wrist down. She is a Grade 12 student from the high school in O-tein-twin village, Depayin Township. On May 12, 2025, the melodic sound of students reciting...

By Poe Sangle / MPA Tensions within Myanmar's powerful anti-junta coalition have boiled over into armed clashes between two major ethnic rebel armies, sparking fears of a broader turf war in northern Shan State. Fighting has erupted in Kutkai Township between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)—two deeply armed factions that have previously fought alongside each...

By Naing Yarzar Min / MPA A prominent Myanmar Buddhist monk, widely known for his controversial stance regarding the country's military junta, has been removed from a peace march in the United States after attempting to join the rally without prior security clearance. Ashin Ottamasara, the head of the Thabarwa Nature Centre, was escorted out of the "Walk for Peace" in Washington D.C. on...