Tag: MPA

12 April 2026 By MPA MANILA, Philippines — A prominent group of regional lawmakers has called on the Philippines, currently serving as the ASEAN Chair, to formally reject the appointment of Myanmar’s military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, as President. The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) issued a stinging statement ...

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 ...

12 April 2026 By Hlaing KYAUKTAW, Myanmar — Residents in areas controlled by the Arakha Army (AA) in Myanmar’s Rakhine State are facing a severe cash shortage, with mobile money agents charging service fees as high as 6% for simple withdrawals. The crisis has intensified as the traditional Thingyan water ...

12 April 2026 By Mon Lay YANGON, Myanmar — Authorities in South Dagon Township have been accused of running an illegal real estate scheme and a systematic extortion racket, using the threat of military conscription to fleece residents in one of the city's poorest districts. Local sources in Ward 54 ...

12 April, 2026 By Mon Lay PAKOKKU DISTRICT, Myanmar — A deepening rift between resistance units over the control of strategic oil fields in central Myanmar has led to a series of desertions and a significant drop in public morale, according to local sources and military insiders. Tensions flared in ...

11 April , 2026 By Ra Wai NAYPYIDAW (Resistance-held area) — A newly formed coalition of Myanmar’s primary resistance forces, known as the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF), has been officially launched with the aim of accelerating the country’s 5-year-long revolution and preparing for ...

YESAGYO, Myanmar — 11 April, 2026 By Ra Wai A local resistance group in central Myanmar has announced a temporary travel ban and the closure of all entry points into the town of Yesagyo, in an effort to prevent the public from attending a water festival organized by the military ...

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 ...

KNU HEADQUARTERS — 11 April 2026 By MPAThe Karen National Union (KNU), one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed organisations, has officially ratified a new revolutionary charter and established a dual-council system to oversee the administration of its territories, known as Kawthoolei. The move, announced on Friday, follows a two-year ...

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 ...