Myanmar junta battalion commander reported missing as fighting intensifies near Bhamo

The commander of an infantry battalion based in southern Kachin State has reportedly gone missing, as anti-regime forces continue to intensify their offensive near the junta-controlled city of Bhamo. The area, which borders China, has seen heavy fighting …

PM Anwar meets Thaksin: Peace in Southern Thailand, Myanmar crisis top agenda

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has met former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to discuss several critical regional issues, including pioneering peace efforts in Southern Thailand and addressing the crisis in Myanmar. …

Twenty years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and how Myanmar families have coped with loss

Dec. 26 marked 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed over 230,000 people in several countries, including migrants from Myanmar.  One of the hardest hit areas by the tsunami was Khao Lak village in Pha Nga Province of …

Myanmar's Arakan Army: Why it should be taken seriously

Myanmar Launches Largest Indigenous Frigate

MYANMAR has launched its largest indigenously built frigate, the UMS King Thalun on December 24 in a ceremony in Thanlyin’s Naval Training Command Headquarters. Attended by the State Administration Council Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min …

NUG and NUCC declare Myanmar’s junta unfit to conduct elections

Mizzima Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) and the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) have issued a strong statement opposing any interference in Myanmar’s future by external forces. They also declared that the military junta has no …

China-Myanmar relations since the coup and future outlook for 2025

Mizzima Nearly four years after the military coup in February 2021, China, a major neighbouring power, has deepened its ties with Myanmar’s internationally isolated junta while ramping up efforts to fast-track Chinese-backed projects within the country. …

Myanmar-China gas pipeline linking Kyaukphyu with Kunming to be extended to Chongqing

Mizzima The Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline linking Kunming city with Kyaukphyu town in Rakhine State will be extended to Chongqing city, according to the Myanmar junta’s news reports. On December 23, a delegation led by the junta-appointed Energy …

Increase in cases of diarrheal disease with symptoms similar to norovirus in Myanmar

Mizzima The number of cholera and diarrhoea cases show symptoms similar to the norovirus are spreading in Myanmar and some neighbouring countries.  The number of cholera infections are currently rising in Shwe Kokko New Town, a casino and scam centre area …

Years of conflict in Myanmar have forced tens of thousands of Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority, to flee to ...