Tag: Military

14 April 2026 By MPA Resistance forces in Myanmar have seized a strategic military outpost near the Thai border, marking a significant tactical victory during the country's traditional New Year festival. The All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) confirmed on Tuesday that its fighters, alongside the Karen National Liberation Army ...

12 April 2026 By Mon Lay BELIN, Myanmar — In a significant tactical victory for Myanmar’s resistance, allied pro-democracy forces have captured a strategic military base and detained a high-ranking battalion commander during a lightning raid in Mon State on Sunday morning. The base, known as Lay Kay camp, was ...

WUNDWIN, Myanmar — 11 April, 2026 By Hsu Yee At least 15 young men were forcibly detained by Myanmar military personnel in Mandalay Region on Saturday morning, as troops reportedly escalated their campaign of "press-gang" recruitment by raiding private homes. Witnesses in Wundwin Township reported that a military convoy—consisting of ...

19 April 2026 By Hsu Yee WUNDWIN, Myanmar — Residents of Wundwin Township in central Myanmar are living in terror as military junta forces intensify their campaign of forced conscription, with at least three more youths abducted during pre-dawn raids on Sunday. At approximately 6:00 AM, soldiers arriving in two ...

THANDAUNGGYI, Myanmar — A major tragedy was narrowly avoided in Kayin State on Friday after ethnic Kayan forces successfully deactivated several improvised landmines planted along a road used daily by local farmers. The explosives were discovered by villagers on the route connecting Kyay Ka Tot and Tawpone Middle Village in ...

NATTALIN, Myanmar — A wave of aerial bombardments using drones and motorized parachutes (paramotors) has left several civilians dead and injured in Nattalin Township, highlighting a deadly new phase of the Myanmar military’s campaign in the Bago Region. Local sources confirmed that on the evening of April 9, 2026, military ...

CHAUNGZON, Myanmar — Deep anxiety is gripping the local community in Chaungzon Township, Mon State, as none of the 75 men recruited in the military's first conscription batch have returned home, despite their official service terms supposedly concluding. While the junta-appointed Chief Minister of Kayah (Karenni) State recently held a ...

PALETWA, Myanmar — A regional ethnic administration in Myanmar’s restive Chin State has declared that all adults of the Mara ethnicity must serve in its military wing, following the mass recruitment of over 100 youths during a local football tournament. The Mara Territorial Council (MTC) and its military branch, the ...

YANGON, Myanmar — In a disturbing escalation of Myanmar’s forced conscription drive, a young man in Yangon was reportedly abducted by local authorities while running a late-night errand and "sold" to the military for service. The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 PM on April 7, 2026, in South Okkalapa Township. ...

NATTALIN, Myanmar — A mother and her daughter have been killed in a drone strike carried out by the Myanmar military in eastern Nattalin Township, part of the conflict-ridden Bago Region, according to local sources. The attack occurred early on April 6, 2026, when military units from the 10th Light ...