By Hlaing | MPA Myanmar has become one of the most difficult places in the world to protect the right to education, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned. In a statement released on 24 January, the agency highlighted the deteriorating situation for students across the country, where intensifying clashes between military forces and resistance groups are dismantling the school system. Since the...

By Hsu Yee | MPA Indept PhotoStory For two months, Ma Khin Lay had waited to go home. When the military column finally left her village in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, she thought the danger had passed. She was wrong. The 25-year-old mother managed to step through her front door, but she didn’t make it much further. As she reached for a water bucket to...

By Mon Lay | MPA Myanmar’s military government has explicitly ruled out the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, stating there are no plans to free her and insisting that her prosecution will proceed strictly "according to the law." In comments published by state-controlled media, junta spokesperson Major General Zaw Min Tun dismissed the political nature of the Nobel laureate's detention. He...

By Ko Myo / MPA Myanmar’s military government has arrested more than 400 people accused of attempting to disrupt the country's ongoing election process, a senior official has confirmed. The crackdown comes just days before the military is scheduled to hold a third round of voting in 63 townships on 25 January. Speaking at a security briefing in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, on...

By Moe Nya / MPA TAMU, Myanmar-India Border — Along the rugged border between Myanmar’s Sagaing Region and India, the sound of gunfire has been replaced by a more haunting noise: the persistent cries for justice from the families of 10 fallen resistance fighters. It has been nearly ten months since May 14, 2025, when ten members of the Tamu District People’s Defense Team...