Tag: Myanmar

EXILE / ONLINE — The acting president of Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) has issued a stern call for unity, warning that internal friction during the current anti-junta revolution is "extremely ugly" and could jeopardize the nation's future. Speaking at the ninth session of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Parliament) on ...

By Ko Myo / MPA NAYPYIDAW — Khin Yi, the chairman of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), has been confirmed as the Speaker of Myanmar's Lower House in a session widely denounced as illegitimate by international observers and resistance groups. The appointment was made without opposition, as ...

Prison authorities in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region have refused to hand over the body of a political prisoner to his family, opting instead to cremate the remains under their own supervision. Ko Win Myint Soe, who was serving a 10-year sentence at Kalay Prison, passed away on 13 March 2026. According ...

FALAM, Myanmar — A Myanmar military airstrike has killed three young men, including a 14-year-old boy, in a rural village in Chin State, as the ruling junta intensifies its aerial campaign against resistance strongholds. The attack occurred on the afternoon of March 14, 2026, when a Yak-130 jet fighter—reportedly departing ...

Fleeing Junta Soldiers Killed as Resistance Forces Consolidate Gains in Southern Myanmar At least seven soldiers from the Myanmar military were killed on Thursday after resistance forces intercepted troops fleeing from a strategic base that fell earlier this week in Tanintharyi Region. The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and its ...

Myanmar Junta Chief Vows to Escalate Air Campaign Using New Russian and Chinese Jets The leader of Myanmar’s military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has declared air power as the "key factor" in winning the country's ongoing civil war, signaling a major escalation in an aerial campaign that has ...

The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Mizoram, Lalduhoma, has confirmed that the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP), a critical joint infrastructure venture between India and Myanmar, is now under the full control of the Arakan Army (AA). Addressing the state assembly on 11 March 2026, the Chief ...

Four civilians, including two six-year-old children, have been killed after a Myanmar military unit used a low-flying "paramotor" (motorised glider) to drop bombs on a residential home in Shwegyin Township, Bago Region. The attack occurred shortly before 13:00 local time on 11 March 2026, targeting Inn Ba Lar village (also ...

The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and its allied resistance forces have successfully captured a major military base in southern Myanmar that had been occupied by the national army for over 30 years. The Win Wa base, located in the Mergui-Tavoy District of Tanintharyi Region, fell to resistance forces on ...

The Myanmar military junta has enacted a sweeping new Anti-Money Laundering Law, designed to grant the regime unprecedented control over domestic financial flows and to systematically dismantle the financial networks of its political opponents. The 2026 Anti-Money Laundering Law, issued on 11 March, introduces significantly broader definitions and harsher penalties ...