Tag: Military

10 June 2026 By Ko Myo PAKOKKU, Myanmar — Central Myanmar’s Magway Region has been battered by 116 ground clashes and nearly 130 separate military air attacks over a 30-day period, inside a sweeping military offensive that has incinerated thousands of homes and triggered a severe displacement crisis. A comprehensive ...

10 June 2026 By Cherry May MYITKYINA, Myanmar — A powerful coalition of 129 civil society and Kachin organizations has issued a stern ultimatum to Myanmar’s military junta, demanding an immediate and permanent halt to recent attempts to revive the controversial Myitsone mega-dam project, warning that the move will drag ...

8 June 2026 By MPA MYITKYINA, Myanmar — The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has issued an urgent evacuation advisory ordering all urban residents in Shwegu, southern Kachin State, to immediately abandon the town, signaling an imminent, high-intensity military offensive to capture the regime stronghold. The formal military directive, published on ...

8 June 2026 By Moe Nya MAE SOT, Thailand — A massive influx of highly sophisticated counterfeit Thai Baht banknotes has flooded the Myanmar-Thailand border trade zones in recent days, triggering widespread panic among international merchants and currency exchange brokers. The sudden proliferation of fake bills has disrupted financial liquidity ...

8 June 2026 By Cherry May TAUNGGYI, Myanmar — A local woman in Taunggyi, southern Shan State, has been arrested and charged under the country's notorious penal code after posting a social media comment criticizing a song written in praise of military junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The ...

By Saw Thuu / MPA Following Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s transition to the presidency, General Ye Win Oo has assumed the role of Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces. Shortly after taking the helm, the new army chief rolled out a strategic initiative widely seen as a move to prolong ...

28 May 2026 By Ra Wai / MPA A prominent local pro-junta propagandist has publicly exposed that the Myanmar military is actively executing street-level abductions—commonly known as "press-ganging" or portering—within Mawlamyine, Mon State, to fill mandatory military training quotas. Zin Moe, an influential pro-military online figure, detailed the forced recruitment ...

28 May 2026 By Nway / MPA A mother and her young son have been killed in western Chaung-U Township, Sagaing Region, after the Myanmar military launched a kamikaze drone strike targeting a crowded public space. The attack occurred at approximately 12:30 PM on 27 May 2026, hitting Hlaw Kar ...

27 May 2026 By Mon Lay / MPA Severe internal friction has erupted within the anti-junta resistance movement in Sagaing Region’s Minkin Township. The Student Revolutionary Force (SRF) has accused armed wings under the shadow National Unity Government (NUG) of breaching security guarantees to violently abduct their chairman and subsequently ...

26 May 2026 By Ko Myo / MPA A number of young residents in Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon, have begun carrying improvised weapons, including sticks and knives, during their daily commutes to defend themselves against forced military recruitment and arbitrary abductions. Amid a sharp rise in street-level conscription and forced ...