Tag: Myanmar

Justice For Myanmar (JFM) has called on the Canadian government to urgently investigate and prosecute four Canadian nationals suspected of maintaining illegal business ties with Myanmar’s state-owned pearl enterprise, a sanctioned entity accused of funding military atrocities. The advocacy group revealed that in April 2024, a team of prominent Canadian ...

By Bala / MPA DEMOSO, Myanmar – In the eastern reaches of Demoso Township, Karenni State, the vibrant sounds of traditional drums and gongs echoed through the village of Phe Lyar yesterday as locals gathered for the annual Kayah "Youth" Tagundaing (Sacred Pole) festival. While the region has been marked ...

More than 100 prisoners of war (POWs), including high-ranking military officers, have been killed after the Myanmar military launched a sustained three-hour aerial bombardment on a detention camp run by the Arakan Army (AA). The incident occurred in Ann Township, Rakhine State, on 8 March. According to a statement released ...

As is the custom with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s "pointed-finger" style of management, his latest decree has once again plunged the public into a state of utter pandemonium. Marketed as a fuel-saving measure, the military council announced on the night of 3 March that, due to the ongoing conflict ...

Prosecutors in South Korea have charged nine individuals suspected of managing and recruiting for a notorious online scam syndicate based in Myanmar’s lawless border regions. The Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office announced on 11 March 2026 that the suspects—including managers, recruiters, and consultants—were allegedly working for a criminal organisation operating ...

A 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman have been killed after a Myanmar military fighter jet dropped a heavy bomb on a village in Tilin Township, Magway Region. The attack occurred at approximately 13:30 local time on 10 March, targeting the southern side of a village school in eastern Tilin. ...

In a significant shift of rhetoric, Myanmar’s military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has invoked the country’s monarchical past while pleading with ethnic armed organisations to be "realistic" in their political aspirations. During a five-year administrative review held in Naypyidaw, the junta chief praised the "high status and culture" ...

At least 70 civilians remain in military custody following a brutal raid in Nyaunglebin Township, despite a major rescue operation that successfully liberated over 300 people, local resistance sources have confirmed. Between 7 and 8 March, a coalition of revolutionary forces launched a five-hour operation to free villagers from the ...

At least six people, including three children, have been killed after a Myanmar military jet dropped heavy ordinance on a village in Tanintharyi Region, striking a building where a summer literacy programme was underway. The attack occurred at approximately 12:30 local time on 9 March 2026, when a junta fighter ...

The Prime Minister of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) has revealed that extensive and ongoing negotiations are taking place between revolutionary leadership groups to ensure political alignment as the conflict against the military junta enters its fifth year. Speaking at the 11th session of the Yangon Federal Unit Parliament ...