Raung Ni, Author at Myanmar Now

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Arakan Army troops are pictured clearing landmines in Gu Tar Ward, near the group’s Light Infantry Battalion 544 in Taungup, Rakhine State, on March 10. (Photo: APM)

Raung NiApril 8, 2025

Rakhine residents urge Arakan Army to clear landmines as civilian casualties mount

As the AA consolidates control, survivors say junta explosives remain a deadly threat to survival

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A building used to shelter war-displaced villagers lies in ruins after being hit by a junta airstrike on a monastery in Rakhine State’s Ponnagyun Township on March 25 (Photo: Ponnagyun Youths Association)

Raung NiMarch 27, 2025

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three civilians sheltering in Rakhine State monastery

The attack on a village north of the town of Ponnagyun comes amid intensifying clashes in nearby Sittwe Township

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Raung NiMarch 26, 2025

Arakan Army launches conscription drive in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

The AA’s enlistment plan mirrors recent recruitment drives by allied armed groups

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Raung NiMarch 17, 2025

Arakan Army gains ground in Bago Region, seizes key checkpoints from junta

The Arakan Army’s latest victory puts junta positions in Bago Region under threat, as key military factories and checkpoints fall

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Raung NiMarch 14, 2025

Myanmar military drone strike kills civilian, escalates tensions in key port town

Rising civilian casualties as military targets villages near Chinese-backed port in Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State

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Rakhine residents urge Arakan Army to clear landmines as civilian casualties mount

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three civilians sheltering in Rakhine State monastery

Arakan Army launches conscription drive in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Arakan Army gains ground in Bago Region, seizes key checkpoints from junta

Myanmar military drone strike kills civilian, escalates tensions in key port town

Inside the eight-month battle for Indaw

‘She kept asking for him and crying’: The earthquake through a rescue worker’s eyes

Aftershocks and Airstrikes: What Myanmar’s deadly earthquake means for the country’s resistance

Bishop’s dual crises: Myanmar role under fire amid ANU turmoil

Junta-appointed officials move into Lashio after MNDAA withdrawal

ASEAN chair urges Myanmar junta to honour quake truce

Myanmar journalist freed after serving full sentence in Yangon

Two children among seven killed by junta airstrikes on last day of Myanmar’s Thingyan festival

Myanmar junta says to free nearly 5,000 prisoners in amnesty

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three civilians sheltering in Rakhine State monastery

Myanmar’s factories cling to life as power shortages persist

Bought Out or Seized: Mandalay farmers face impossible choices amid land grab

Myanmar junta partners with Chinese firm to build natural gas terminal despite Rakhine State conflict

Myanmar garment makers forced to exchange export earnings at junta-imposed rate

Thai officials call on Myanmar regime to crack down on fraud, trafficking gangs on Thai-Karen State border

Myanmar military continues to lose ground to anti-junta forces in northern Shan State

Despite escalating violence, Myanmar junta leader says elections will proceed

NUG-founded bank set to sell shares to meet ‘emergency needs’

Myanmar’s junta bears ‘sole responsibility’ for Suu Kyi’s health—NLD

Karenni youth fight for freedom at the cost of their lives and limbs

The mothers of the Magway resistance

A Myanmar artist finds freedom behind bars—by portraying prisoners’ oppression

As Myanmar’s revolution beckons, a new breed of activist photographers heeds the call

The man behind the Myanmar junta’s campaign of terror in Sagaing

Authorities tighten restrictions on passport process for Myanmar nationals in Thailand