Tag: MPA

By Poe Sangle / MPA Tensions within Myanmar's powerful anti-junta coalition have boiled over into armed clashes between two major ethnic rebel armies, sparking fears of a broader turf war in northern Shan State. Fighting has erupted in Kutkai Township between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the ...

By Naing Yarzar Min / MPA A prominent Myanmar Buddhist monk, widely known for his controversial stance regarding the country's military junta, has been removed from a peace march in the United States after attempting to join the rally without prior security clearance. Ashin Ottamasara, the head of the Thabarwa ...

By Ko Myo / MPA Myanmar military forces have burned down more than 100 civilian homes in the country's south after an offensive to recapture a strategic town on the Thai-Myanmar border stalled, local resistance fighters say. On 13 February, junta troops razed properties in Lal Thel village, Tanintharyi Township, ...

By Moe Nya / MPA Myanmar's military government has expelled Timor-Leste’s top diplomat in the country, citing interference in domestic affairs, in a move that follows a landmark war crimes lawsuit filed against the junta in Dili. Mr Alicio de Rosario de Sousa, the Timorese Chargé d'Affaires in Yangon, has ...

By Nway / MPA Rebel forces in northern Myanmar have encircled a key police station in Kachin State's Hpakant Township, following a coordinated offensive against multiple military outposts that left six civilians—including four children—injured by artillery fire. At approximately 02:00 local time on Saturday, 14 February, a coalition of the ...

By Naing Yarzar Min / MPA The chairman of Myanmar’s military-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC), U Thein Soe, has announced plans to further amend the country's electoral laws, following a recent election widely condemned by critics as a sham. The announcement was made yesterday during a meeting with political parties ...

By Nway / MPA A seven-year-old boy has been killed and three other children injured after stepping on a landmine while playing in northern Myanmar, a tragedy that coincided with the country's national Children's Day. The explosion occurred at approximately 09:00 local time on 13 February in Taung Pyo, a ...

By Ra Wai / MPA At least 10 residents in Myanmar’s Yangon region have been arrested by the military council after their identity cards were used to open bank accounts for online fraud syndicates, known locally as "Kyar Phant". The arrests in Kayan Township follow a recruitment scheme during the ...

By Nway / MPA Myanmar military troops have detained a married couple who were travelling to a clinic for medical treatment in the central Magway region, local sources say. The incident occurred on the morning of 5 February* at the Weilat Bridge checkpoint, a key entrance to the town of ...

By Nway / MPA Dr Sein Win, a prominent figure in Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement and the first cousin of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has died in the United States at the age of 83. The National Unity Government (NUG), Myanmar's current parallel administration, confirmed that Dr Sein Win ...