28 May 2026 By Ra Wai / MPA A prominent local pro-junta propagandist has publicly exposed that the Myanmar military is actively executing street-level abductions—commonly known as "press-ganging" or portering—within Mawlamyine, Mon State, to fill mandatory military training quotas. Zin Moe, an influential pro-military online figure, detailed the forced recruitment ...
28 May 2026 By Nway / MPA A mother and her young son have been killed in western Chaung-U Township, Sagaing Region, after the Myanmar military launched a kamikaze drone strike targeting a crowded public space. The attack occurred at approximately 12:30 PM on 27 May 2026, hitting Hlaw Kar ...
28 May 2026 By Nway / MPA The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has temporarily reopened the strategic Hpakant–Namya–Kamaing highway in Kachin State for a 10-day period. The crucial transport link had been strictly blocked for over a month due to escalating conflict in the region. A military-logistics source in the ...
27 May 2026 By Ra Wai / MPA Human rights advocacy groups have officially requested the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand to investigate three major Thai energy corporations over their business links to the Myanmar military junta. The companies—PTT, PTTEP, and Northern Gulf Petroleum—are accused of facilitating revenues that ...
27 May 2026 By Mon Lay / MPA Severe internal friction has erupted within the anti-junta resistance movement in Sagaing Region’s Minkin Township. The Student Revolutionary Force (SRF) has accused armed wings under the shadow National Unity Government (NUG) of breaching security guarantees to violently abduct their chairman and subsequently ...
27 May 2026 By Mon Lay / MPA A deadly midnight airstrike by the Myanmar military junta has completely destroyed an outpost belonging to the prominent Yair Balu resistance group in Mon State. Ground sources confirm that 12 revolutionary fighters were killed and scores of others sustained injuries during the ...
By Bywar Oo / MPA May 27, 2026 "I had to carry my own stock and load it onto their truck myself. I only dare to complain to my husband at home; I didn’t even dare look up at them," says Daw Cho (not her real name), her voice trembling ...
26 May 2026 By Ko Myo / MPA A number of young residents in Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon, have begun carrying improvised weapons, including sticks and knives, during their daily commutes to defend themselves against forced military recruitment and arbitrary abductions. Amid a sharp rise in street-level conscription and forced ...
26 May 2026 By Mon Lay / MPA The chief of Myanmar’s military junta, Min Aung Hlaing, stated that any future federal system for the country would be based strictly on geographic territories rather than ethnic identity. He made the remarks during a meeting of the military-backed union cabinet today. ...
26 May 2026 By Poe Sangle / MPA Traffic police in Lashio, the capital of northern Shan State, have launched a strict crackdown on traffic violators. However, local residents report that the enforcement has devolved into a massive extortion racket, with authorities demanding up to 500,000 Myanmar Kyat (MMK) under ...
By Sayar Ngaat / MPA A prominent local journalist has been detained by an unidentified armed group in a resistance-controlled...
