Myanmar quake survivors still living in leaky tents

"Myanmar continues to face significant humanitarian challenges, driven by recurrent disasters, persistent conflict, and grave protection risks, with an estimated 3.5 million people displaced across the country," the UN says.

China calls the shots in Myanmar’s civil war

China has always taken a keen interest in what happens in Myanmar. After the Communists won China’s civil war in 1949, tens of thousands of defeated Nationalists, or Kuomintang, took refuge in the Shan Hills, launching incursions into Communist Yunnan …

Displaced civilians turn reluctant opium farmers in Myanmar

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – May 30, 2025 Morning 

Myanmar Domestic News Updates – May 30, 2025 Morning  📌📌 1. Union Minister Daw Zin Mar Aung to Meet Myanmar Communities in San Francisco Bay Area May 29 Radio NUG It has been reported that Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, Daw Zin Mar Aung, will meet …

Myanmar Military News Updates – May 30, 2025 Morning

Myanmar Military News Updates – May 30, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. TNLA Announces Continued Joint Operations with KIA for Nationwide Liberation, Warning That Liberation of a Few Cannot Guarantee True Freedom May 29 Radio NUG Despite occasional clashes on the …

The Myanmar regime's war on children

Sai Arkar, a pseudonym, is a human rights defender at Fortify Rights, a human rights group. "Some parents did not just lose one child ... We saw two sisters lying side by side [at the cemetery], and their mother was crying beside them."

Thai Firm Signs Up for Another Offshore Natural Gas Project in Myanmar

Junta-owned Myanmar Oil and Natural Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and Thailand’s Gulf Petroleum Myanmar (GPM) signed a product-sharing contract in Naypyitaw on Thursday for offshore natural gas production, the first new natural gas project since the 2021 coup. The …

Myanmar Junta Collects US$24m in Quake ‘Donations’

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing received more donations from cronies as Myanmar’s regime held a second ceremony for earthquake victims on Thursday in Naypyitaw. Tycoon Maung Weik, A Bank founder Zaw Win Shein, Myanmar Airways International owner Aung Aung Zaw …

AA Kills Myanmar Junta General near Kyaukphyu

A regime general was killed in fighting around the port of Kyaukphyu in Rakhine State as the Arakan Army (AA) advances on the Chinese investment hub this week. Fighting was reported around Pyaing Si Kay village on the Kyaukphyu-Ramree road, 5km south of …

Karen Offensive Seizes a Dozen Junta Bases Along Myanmar-Thai Border

The armed wings of the Karen National Union (KNU) and its allies have captured a dozen junta bases in a coordinated offensive along the Thai border, spanning Karen, Karenni (Kayah), and Mon states, as well as Tanintharyi Region. On Friday, the Karen …