Tag: Myanmar

By Ko Myo / MPA A young man has died and another has been injured after jumping from the fourth floor of a municipal building in Yangon, in a desperate attempt to escape forced recruitment into the military. The incident took place on the night of 6 February at the ...

By Hsu Yee/MPA A young novice monk and five other civilians have been killed after Myanmar military fighter jets bombed a Buddhist monastery in the country's north-western Sagaing region on Thursday. Local sources told the Myanmar Pressphoto Agency (MPA) that the Mingala Monastery in Thitseik Kone village, Taze Township, was ...

By Ko Myo/MPA Myanmar’s middle class is disappearing and urban poverty has reached alarming levels five years after the military coup, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations has warned. Speaking during a dialogue with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun stated that nearly ...

By Hlaing / MPA Five civilians, including two children, have been killed after a military fighter jet bombed a village in Myanmar’s central Magway region on Thursday, local sources have told the Myanmar Pressphoto Agency (MPA). Residents of Mi El village in Saw Township said two 500lb bombs were dropped ...

By Mon Lay / MPA Myanmar’s military leader has called for a significant overhaul of the country's civil service, urging a shift towards military-style discipline and strict obedience within government ministries. Addressing senior officers at the National Defence College via video link on Tuesday, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing emphasized ...

By Mon Lay / MPA Myanmar’s military leader has enacted a controversial new law establishing a "Union Advisory Council," a move analysts say is designed to ensure the military retains ultimate control over the incoming administration following recent elections. The legislation, signed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Tuesday, ...

By Ko Myo/MPA Myanmar’s military regime has dismissed more than 125,000 teachers and killed at least 37 educators since seizing power, according to figures released by the shadow National Unity Government (NUG). Nay Phone Latt, a spokesperson for the NUG Prime Minister’s Office, stated on Tuesday that the education sector ...

By Min AB / MPA A leading political body representing the Mon ethnic group has accused Myanmar’s military junta of using forced conscription as a tool of genocide against smaller ethnic populations. In a statement marking the 79th Mon National Day on Monday, the Mon State Federal Council (MSFC) claimed ...

By Ko Myo / MPA Myanmar has reached a "critical tipping point" where the country faces the prospect of losing an entire generation to conflict and instability, the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations has warned. Speaking at UN headquarters in New York, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun delivered a ...

By Hsu Yee/MPA Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) has announced a significant expansion of territorial control, claiming its forces and allied ethnic armed groups have fully captured 37 towns across the country. In a public address on Tuesday, Nay Phone Latt, spokesperson for the NUG Prime Minister’s Office, stated ...