Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the ...

Myanmar's junta said on November 17, 2022 it will release 700 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted government.

However, it said the Myanmar military manufactured its own landmines and deployed them on a scale unmatched by other groups. According to the ICBL's report, the junta had even forced civilians to ...

Lightning resistance offensive seized six townships and a regional command, enabling the Arakan Army to push into the regime’s military-industrial heartland.

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

China’s apparent demands for a retreat from the northern Shan State capital Lashio is an unacceptable breach of Myanmar’s sovereignty, argues analyst Wai Min Tun.

The interior and border affairs ministers have switched jobs in the government shakeup, while the woman given the thankless ...

Myanmar's junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday (January 31, 2025), four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives. The country ...

Magwe hosts over a dozen of the junta’s ordnance factories, known by the Burmese acronym KaPaSa. KaPaSa 14, which produces ...

A BBC World Service study found the junta in full control of only 21% of Myanmar as of mid-November, a patchwork of rebel groups holding 42% and both sides contesting the rest. With the ground ...

Combined ethnic and Bamar resistance forces launched a daring raid on the strategic base in Belin Township, killing or arresting regime troops and seizing a haul of weapons.

Myanmar's military junta has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year ...