An unidentified armed group has abducted and robbed a group of youths in Myanmar’s jade-mining hub of Hpakant, using the threat of forced military conscription as a ruse. The incident occurred at approximately 19:30 local time on 24 February near the Sein Sein tailings heap in Maw Sizar village. Witnesses ...
Nearly 200 Myanmar military personnel have surrendered to or been captured by resistance forces within the first three weeks of February, according to data released by the advocacy group People’s Goal. The group reported a total of 191 individuals—comprising both defectors and prisoners of war—between the first and third weeks ...
For over 70 years, Myanmar’s civil war has been fueled by a deep-seated fear of centralisation and ethnic chauvinism. To save a fractured nation, the Bamar majority must finally accept its role as a peer, not a master. Since independence, Bamar politicians have largely failed to see themselves as representatives ...
Authorities in Myanmar’s Karenni (Kayah) State say they are facing significant legal hurdles in stopping the dangerous trade of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and battlefield remnants, as economic desperation drives locals to risk their lives for a meager profit. The Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC) reported that despite local orders ...
At least ten people, including two young children, have been killed following a military air attack on a village in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region on Monday night. Local officials from the National Unity Government (NUG) reported that the military used two paramotors to drop bombs on Shwe Kyaung Kan village in ...
Myanmar military forces have set fire to a local school and private residences, including a small business, during a multi-village offensive in Sagaing Region’s Pale Township. On Tuesday morning, a military column of approximately 200 soldiers entered Hnaw Yoe village, where they reportedly torched the local school at around 08:30 ...
Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) has announced the formation of three additional battalions under its Special Military Command, marking a significant step in the professionalization of its armed wing. In a statement released on 24 February, the Special Military Command confirmed the official establishment of Battalion 8002 (Kanbauk Defence ...
The Myanmar military has intensified its aerial bombardment in Karen State as it struggles to defend its final remaining strongholds in the strategic border town of Hpapun, local resistance fighters report. A fierce battle erupted in early February when junta troops, currently trapped within a tactical command center and nearby ...
At least 17 civilians, including several children, have been killed after the Myanmar military carried out an airstrike on a village in Rakhine State on Tuesday. Local sources reported that a junta jet fighter dropped two 500lb bombs on Yo Ngū village in Ponnagyun Township shortly after 14:00 local time ...
The National Unity Government’s (NUG) local administration in Pauk Township has come under intense criticism from the resistance community after it officially declared 15 personnel as "fugitive deserters" and publicly shared their families' private details. In a statement released on 23 February 2026, the Pauk People's Defense Organization (PDO) listed ...
By Sayar Ngaat / MPA A prominent local journalist has been detained by an unidentified armed group in a resistance-controlled...
