22 May 2026 By Mon Lay NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Myanmar’s newly appointed military chief, General Ye Win Oo, has accused global superpowers of using aid and diplomacy to dominate smaller nations, during an ASEAN defense summit that critics say is being heavily exploited by the junta for geopolitical propaganda. Addressing ...
22 May 2026 By Ko Myo MONYWA, Myanmar — The Interim Federal Unit Government of Sagaing has disbursed an initial military grant of 150 million Myanmar Kyat (MMK) to the Sagaing District Military Command to bolster ongoing defensive operations against the ruling military junta. The formal funding transfer took place ...
22 May 2026 By MPA YANGON, Myanmar — Footnotes and viral video footage circulating on Myanmar social media networks show the dramatic moment a crowd of angry residents in Yangon banded together to detain a man who was allegedly posing as a police officer to abduct local youth for forced ...
20 May 2026 By Kan Htun SITTWE, Myanmar — A devastating military airstrike has wiped out an entire neighborhood in the town of Sane, southern Rakhine State, destroying nearly 100 homes as the Myanmar military intensifies its multi-front campaign against the Arakha Army (AA). The aerial bombardment struck the Shwe ...
19 May 2026 By Hlaing SAW, Myanmar — The Myanmar military has launched a coordinated ground and air offensive aimed at capturing the mountainous stronghold of Kanpetlet in southern Chin State, forcing regional humanitarian units to issue emergency evacuation warnings to civilians. The advancing military column departed the town of ...
19 May 2026 By Hsu Yee SAW, Myanmar — In a grim escalation of reported military atrocities in western Myanmar, junta soldiers have been accused of raping and murdering a mentally disabled woman after occupying a rural village in Magway Region. The victim, identified as 34-year-old Ma Mi Soe (also ...
18 May 2026 By Hlaing PAKOKKU, Myanmar — The Myanmar military has launched a sweeping economic blockade across Magway Region, completely cutting off the transport of food, medicine, and basic consumer goods from the major trading hub of Pakokku to over ten nearby townships west of the Irrawaddy River. The ...
18 May 2026 By Ko Myo YANGON, Myanmar — Armed military personnel and local authorities are launching a wave of aggressive nocturnal "guest registration" raids across Yangon, using minor bureaucratic infractions to arrest young men and force them into military service. The spike in midnight inspections is reportedly tied to ...
18 May 2026 By Ra Wai THAYET, Myanmar — A regional anti-junta resistance battalion in Magway Region has formally blacklisted and released the personal identities of nine of its former fighters after they defected to the ruling military regime. The Thayet District Battalion 4 issued a public blacklisting directive on ...
17 May 2026 By Mon Lay YANGON, Myanmar — A leaked conscription notice summoning the son of one of Myanmar’s most prominent military-aligned billionaires has gone viral online, triggering widespread skepticism and allegations of a calculated psychological operation by the ruling junta. The document, dated 7 May 2026, was reportedly ...
By Sayar Ngaat / MPA A prominent local journalist has been detained by an unidentified armed group in a resistance-controlled...
