Tag: Yangon

By Bywar Oo / MPA May 27, 2026 "I had to carry my own stock and load it onto their truck myself. I only dare to complain to my husband at home; I didn’t even dare look up at them," says Daw Cho (not her real name), her voice trembling ...

22 May 2026 By MPA YANGON, Myanmar — Footnotes and viral video footage circulating on Myanmar social media networks show the dramatic moment a crowd of angry residents in Yangon banded together to detain a man who was allegedly posing as a police officer to abduct local youth for forced ...

18 May 2026 By Ko Myo YANGON, Myanmar — Armed military personnel and local authorities are launching a wave of aggressive nocturnal "guest registration" raids across Yangon, using minor bureaucratic infractions to arrest young men and force them into military service. The spike in midnight inspections is reportedly tied to ...

11 May 2026 By Ko Myo SEOUL, South Korea — Myanmar nationals working in South Korea are increasingly warning one another against returning home for family visits, following a surge in reports of the military junta blocking migrant workers from departing the country once they arrive. The warnings have become ...

YANGON, Myanmar — At least 32 people were arbitrarily detained by security forces in Yangon over the past month, according to data released by the Rangoon Scout Network (RSN), a local underground monitoring group. The report highlights a disturbing pattern of "shadow arrests" across nine townships, where civilians are frequently ...

28 April 2026 By Ko Myo YANGON, Myanmar — Security forces belonging to the military junta conducted a surprise nighttime raid on a tea shop in Yangon's Hlaing Township on Monday, detaining at least three men and escalating fears of increased arbitrary arrests in the commercial capital. The incident occurred ...

23 April 2026 By Naing Yarzar Min YANGON, Myanmar — Residents of Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon, have expressed disbelief and fury following claims by the military junta’s electricity minister that the city is now receiving up to 20 hours of power per day, despite widespread and prolonged outages on the ...

22 April 2026 By Naing Yarzar Min YANGON, Myanmar — Bereaved families at Yangon General Hospital are being forced to pay hundreds of thousands of Kyats in "release fees" and "preparation charges" just to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones, residents and witnesses told MPA. As Myanmar’s economy continues ...

By JPaing | MPA | April 16, 2026 As Myanmar marks the traditional Thingyan Water Festival, a profound internal debate has emerged within the pro-democracy movement. It is a dialogue between the "frontlines" and the "city streets," represented by two distinct perspectives: Maung Saung Kha, a revolutionary leader in the ...

12 April 2026 By Mon Lay YANGON, Myanmar — Authorities in South Dagon Township have been accused of running an illegal real estate scheme and a systematic extortion racket, using the threat of military conscription to fleece residents in one of the city's poorest districts. Local sources in Ward 54 ...