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MANDALAY, Myanmar — The cost of dying is the latest financial burden to hit residents of Mandalay, as the city’s major cemeteries prepare to double their cremation fees starting May 9, 2026. According to a public announcement by local charity organization Mano (Kyar Phyu), the price for a standard adult ...

MANILA, Philippines — The President of the Philippines and current ASEAN Chair, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has called on Myanmar’s military authorities to not only release deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi but also to restore her ability to function as a political leader. Speaking at a press conference following the ...

YANGON, Myanmar — At least 44 women were killed across Myanmar in the month of April as the military intensified its campaign of airstrikes and heavy artillery against civilian areas, according to a report released on Friday by the Burmese Women’s Union (BWU). The fatalities, recorded between April 1 and ...

GANGRAW, Myanmar — Authorities in central Myanmar’s Magway Division are on high alert following the escape of three detainees, including two prisoners of war (POWs), from a forest jail managed by the National Unity Government (NUG). The escape occurred on the afternoon of May 7, 2026, at a facility under ...

MYEBON, Myanmar — In the heart of Rakhine State, a local youth foundation is struggling to sustain its free education program for children whose lives have been upended by years of brutal civil war. The Lay Waddy Myochit Youth Education Foundation, established in July 2025, is appealing for urgent international ...

KYAUKHTU, Myanmar — The Myanmar military has launched a sustained aerial offensive against Kyaukhtu sub-township in Magway Division, conducting at least 20 separate bombing raids during the first week of May, according to local reports. From May 1 to May 7, 2026, jet fighters and Y-12 transport aircraft—scrambled from airbases ...

Myanmar’s military junta consumed more than 1.2 million gallons of aviation fuel in a single month to carry out an estimated 2,400 flight missions, according to data released by the activist group Blood Money. The report, published on May 7, tracks the operational costs of the junta’s aerial campaign between ...

Prominent Myanmar authors have issued a blistering rebuttal to a junta-aligned cleric and a high-profile tycoon, following viral comments that characterized writers as the "destroyers of the nation." The controversy erupted after a video circulated on social media showing U Wimalabhivamsa (known as the Hitadhara Sayadaw) and "crony" businessman U ...

A prominent Chinese scholar has sparked a heated debate across Myanmar’s social media landscape by characterizing growing anti-China sentiment as a "suicidal" act of "burning down one’s own home." Zhao Jin, a Myanmar language lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University, issued the warning on her social media platforms following the ...

At least ten people, including four female resistance fighters, have been killed following a targeted drone strike by the Myanmar military on a church in Chin State, local sources have confirmed. The attack took place on the afternoon of May 6 in Phunom Village, Tedim Township. According to witnesses, a ...