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By Min AB / MPA Nearly 15,000 civilians have been forced to flee their homes in Mon State’s Kyaikto Township as heavy fighting between the Myanmar military and resistance forces enters its tenth day, aid workers and rebel commanders say. The offensive began on February 9 when junta troops pushed ...

By Hsu Yee & Sayar Ngatt / MPA The surrender of high-profile resistance leader Bo Naga to Myanmar’s military has sent shockwaves through the country, sparking both outrage within the revolutionary movement and unprecedented dissent among the junta's own ranks. Bo Naga, once a celebrated figure in the Sagaing resistance, ...

By Bala / MPA The Myanmar military has reportedly seized near-total control of Pasawng in Karenni State, with troops advancing toward the strategic Salween Bridge after a series of heavy clashes with resistance forces. Military sources confirmed that junta troops established a foothold near the bridge on the morning of ...

By Ra Wai / MPA A critical supply chain collapse in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region has left residents of Kanbalu District facing severe food shortages, with the price of a single egg reportedly reaching 1,500 Kyats (approx. $0.40–$0.70 at unofficial rates). The crisis stems from the prolonged closure of the Shwebo-Myitkyina ...

By Ko Myo / MPA The Karen National Union (KNU), one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic resistance groups, has pledged to tackle the scourge of "Kyar-Phant" online scam operations as part of its newly established annual national consultation. During a four-day summit (February 9–12) held in the KNU-administered territory of ...

By Ko Myo / MPA Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) is facing a mounting internal crisis as senior figures and civil servants demand the resignation of the Prime Minister, following what critics call a "whitewash" investigation into a top official. The controversy surrounds Daw Kyi Pyar, the Permanent Secretary of ...

By Foe Aww Yaw/ MPA TAMU — Women-led protests have erupted in northwest Myanmar’s Tamu Township following reports that local resistance groups are forcibly recruiting men from farms and paddy fields, disrupting the region’s vital agricultural sector. Demonstrations took place in Min Thami village on the night of 15 February ...

By Sayar Ngatt / MPA NAYPYIDAW — General Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Myanmar’s military commission, has stepped up efforts to assert the legal legitimacy of his regime, visiting the remote Naga Self-Administered Zone on Monday to rally civil servants and local residents. During the visit, the coup leader ...

By MPA The Myanmar military has launched targeted airstrikes on a rebel stronghold, exploiting a sudden outbreak of intense infighting between two prominent anti-junta resistance factions in the country's northwest. The clashes erupted early Tuesday morning in northern Pale Township, Sagaing Region, when battalions operating under the shadow National Unity ...

By Ra Wai | MPA Indept PhotoStory She looks away, her face clouded like an impending storm, and whispers that she no longer wants to go to school. A military airstrike claimed her right arm, from the wrist down. She is a Grade 12 student from the high school in ...