26 April 2026 By Hsu Yee Severe winds and heavy rain have caused significant damage to a displacement camp in Myanmar’s Kachin State, leaving dozens of families in urgent need of shelter repairs. The storm, which lasted for nearly an hour on the night of April 25, battered the St. ...
26 April 2026 By Min AB YE, Myanmar — Four civil servants working for the military-led administration in Mon State have been detained by resistance forces and remain in custody after a week, families and local sources confirmed on Sunday. The group includes three staff members from the Ye Township ...
26 April 2026 By Ra Wai BANGKOK, Thailand — A network linked to a sanctioned Myanmar arms broker is attempting to acquire a nearly 25% stake in a Thai-listed public company, sparking urgent calls for intervention by financial regulators to prevent the laundering of "blood money." According to the activist ...
26 April 2026 By Mon Lay RATHEDAUNG, Myanmar — The coast guard of the Arakan Army (AA) has intercepted two motorboats from Bangladesh carrying a significant haul of cannabis and illicit medical supplies into Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, local sources and media reports confirmed. The seizure took place on the ...
26 April 2026 By Naing Yarzar Min NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — In a move to solidify his control over the administrative machinery of the state, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has begun transferring a wave of loyal military officers into top civilian roles within government ministries, military sources told MPA. The ...
26 April 2026 By Nway HPAKANT, Myanmar — A 36-year-old woman was killed and a man injured when Myanmar military forces opened fire on a civilian vehicle travelling along the strategic Hpakant-Kamaing road in northern Kachin State. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon near Nant Yar village. According to local ...
26 April 2026 By Nway FALAM, Myanmar — Fierce fighting is continuing on the outskirts of Falam in western Myanmar’s Chin State, just 48 hours after a massive military offensive forced ethnic resistance groups to withdraw from the strategic mountain town. Military sources and representatives from the resistance confirmed that ...
25 April 2026 By Foe Aww Yaw NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has arrived in Myanmar’s capital for high-level talks with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, a move that critics say provides much-needed international legitimacy to a regime following a widely boycotted and "sham" election. During the ...
25 April 2026 By Naing Yarzar Min YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar has been plunged into a total nationwide blackout following a major system failure, just days after the military junta’s electricity minister publicly promised to increase power distribution across the country. The Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC) confirmed that a ...
25 April 2026 By Poesangle HSENWI, Myanmar — In the historic town of Hsenwi, now under the administrative control of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), a rapid influx of Chinese investors is fundamentally reshaping the landscape, bringing both a property boom and allegations of forced land sales. Since ...
By Sayar Ngaat / MPA A prominent local journalist has been detained by an unidentified armed group in a resistance-controlled...
