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Junta-appointed officials have returned to Lashio after the MNDAA withdrew most of their forces from the northern Shan State capital. (Photo: The Kokang)

Myanmar NowApril 18, 2025

Junta-appointed officials move into Lashio after MNDAA withdrawal

Residents brace for regime return as junta convoy nears northern Shan State capital

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An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on Nwar Chan Gone village this morning killed at least 14 people, including a pregnant woman and her husband, as they tried to flee the violence.

Myanmar NowApril 16, 2025

Junta airstrikes kill at least 20 in Karen State, including children

A string of aerial attacks over a three day period has left Karen communities devastated during Myanmar’s Thingyan holiday festival

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Myanmar soldiers are transported aboard an ATR aircraft during a military operation in 2022. (Photo: Khit Thit )

Myanmar NowApril 10, 2025

Airbus hit with complaint over ties to Chinese firm supplying Myanmar junta

Civil society groups demand Airbus end its partnership with AVIC, claiming aircraft used in deadly airstrikes

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Earthquake damage to Parliament buildings in Napyitaw

Aung ZayApril 8, 2025

Junta prioritising control over earthquake aid

Moving quickly to re-establish administrative functions, the military junta is forcing ministry workers back to the office just over a week after a devastating earthquake despite damage to government buildings, destruction of staff housing, and numerous deaths

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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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Junta-appointed officials move into Lashio after MNDAA withdrawal

Junta airstrikes kill at least 20 in Karen State, including children

Airbus hit with complaint over ties to Chinese firm supplying Myanmar junta

Junta prioritising control over earthquake aid

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three civilians sheltering in Rakhine State monastery

Devastating quake leaves Myanmar junta on shaky ground

“We Thought It Was a Bomb”: A Myanmar mother’s loss between an earthquake and war

Julie Bishop is the only UN Special Envoy on Myanmar to conceal her financial interests from public

Inside the eight-month battle for Indaw

Myanmar junta orders quake-damaged capital rebuilt by original contractors

Myanmar regime forces move to recapture Moebye from Karenni fighters

Bangladesh backs UN aid corridor proposal to troubled Myanmar

Auction of Suu Kyi’s Myanmar mansion fails for fourth time

From Mandalay to Inle Lake, lack of earthquake aid is leaving residents in the lurch

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