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Resistance Forces Blockade Tamu Town
Source: Burma News International | By Khonumthung News
Resistance forces wanting to take Tamu Town who already control the rest of Tamu Township in Sagaing Region have blocked all supply routes into the town since 20 April 2025.
Junta Ramps up Use of Paramotors in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State
Source: Burma News International | By Development Media Group
The use of paramotors is thought to have offered the junta some tactical advantages, and they are now being deployed more widely on battlefields across the country
Myanmar Catholics mourn pope who remembered their plight
Source: France24 | By Agence France-Presse
As Catholics filed into Myanmar’s grandest cathedral to mourn Pope Francis on Tuesday, a wartime power cut plunged the worship hall into a murky
Prof Yunus urges Qatar to be proactive in OIC to push for Rohingya repatriation
Source: United News of Bangladesh
Qatar was among the first few countries to immediately provide assistance and support after the outbreak of Rohingyas crisis in 2017.
Rebar samples from Xin Ke Yuan steel maker fail tests for the second time
Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service | By Thai PBS World
Samples of 20mm rebar, manufactured by the Xin Ke Yuan steel company, have failed the “mass value per meter” tests for the second time, Industry Ministry Spokesman Pongpol Yodmuangcharoen told the media today.
Bring all Myanmar’s warring factions to negotiation table, govt told
Source: Free Malaysia Today | By Danish Raja Reza
Ex-foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah says Malaysia must, as Asean chair, develop a transition roadmap to resolve Myanmar’s four-year civil conflict.
Calls for UN investigation into Julie Bishop
Source: The Mandarin | By Dan HOLMES
Myanmar civil society groups are accusing the UN special envoy of conflicts of interest through her consulting work for mining companies.
Over 900 telecom fraud suspects handed over by Myanmar to China
Source: Xinhua
The ministry urged those engaged in telecom and online fraud to abandon any illusions of impunity, and return to China to turn themselves in as soon as possible to seek leniency.
Myanmar: a country at war with itself
Source: Geographical | By Stuart Butler
In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, Stuart Butler reports on a country torn apart by brutal civil war
Myanmar junta extends post-earthquake truce
Source: Channel News Asia | By AFP/rl
The ceasefire was extended to Apr 30, “aiming to continue the rebuilding and rehabilitation process with momentum”, the junta information team said in a statement.
PPNM: Only a handful of political prisoners included in New Year pardon
Source: Myanmar Political Monitor | By Network Media Group
The Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar (PPNM) reported that less than 10 percent of those released were political prisoners.
Junta Uses Chemical Weapons in Southern Shan State
Source: Burma News International | By Shan Herald Agency for News
On 20 April junta aircraft dropped three bombs containing noxious chemicals at 1:00 pm and a further four at 3:00pm on Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and DPLA troops operating around Tawngkham Village.
Chinese and Wa State Army Blamed for Arsenic Contamination in the Kok River
Source: Chiang Rai Times | By Anna Wong
On Monday, Mr. Chitwan Chinanuwat, a Member of Parliament from the People’s Party stressed the need for the government to quickly negotiate with those running the Chinese-backed mines upstream.
Bangladesh eyes Rohingya return, but hurdles remain
Source: Deutsche Welle | By Arafatul Islam
John Quinley, director of Fortify Rights, an organization that investigates human rights violations, says that the Rohingya are unlikely to return without citizenship and equal rights — their core demands.
Myanmar post-earthquake truce due to lapse
Source: Channel News Asia | By Agence France-Presse
State media reported no ceasefire extension on Tuesday morning and a junta spokesman could not immediately be reached by AFP for comment.
Over 100 killed in regime attacks since Myanmar Thingyan festival
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
The regime has carried out 217 air and artillery attacks since it announced a 20-day ceasefire on April 2. “There was neither [People’s Defence Force] camp nor ongoing fighting [with regime forces],” a People’s Defence Force (PDF) member told DVB
Pay Your Electricity Bills, Regime Tells Mandalay Earthquake Victims
Source: The Irrawaddy
The regime has reminded Mandalay residents whose homes were damaged in the March 28 earthquake that they still need to pay their electricity bills.
China sends team to monitor ceasefire in Myanmar, foreign ministry confirms
Source: China Global Television Network
In the next phase, China will continue to advance the Kunming peace talks process, promote ending the war and peace negotiations in northern Myanmar
Multi-billion-dollar cyberscam industry spreading worldwide, UN says
Source: Cybernews | By Reuters
In recent months, authorities from China, where many of the gangs originate, Thailand and Myanmar have led a crackdown on scam operations in lawless areas of the Thai-Myanmar border
US aid cuts kneecap Myanmar in fight against tuberculosis
Source: Frontier Myanmar | By Ant Pweh Aung | Frontier
Treatment of the disease in Myanmar has depended on overseas aid for many years. “If contact tracing is delayed, TB transmission will continue to spread in our country.”
Myanmar rebels prepare to hand key city back to junta, China says
Source: France 24 | By Agence France-Presse
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told reporters the MNDAA is set to relinquish the city to the military without firing a shot. China recently dispatched a ceasefire monitoring team to Lashio, Myanmar
Russia’s Rosatom says will proceed with Myanmar nuclear plant despite quake
Source: Reuters | By Panu Wongcha-um
A plan to build a nuclear power plant will continue in Myanmar, a war-torn Southeast Asian country partly devastated by a massive earthquake in March, the Russian state-owned firm leading the project told Reuters.
Myanmar Junta Plans ‘Small, Modular Buildings’ as Naypyitaw’s Grand Vision Shatters
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung KAVI
A leaked preliminary assessment by the regime revealed that of 1,556 staff buildings in nine wards and two areas of the capital, 116 collapsed and 494 were severely damaged, leaving 610 unfit for habitation.
Chinese Envoy in Lashio to Broker Return of Myanmar Military
Source: The Irrawaddy
China said it would not intervene in Myanmar’s internal affairs. But what they are doing now is active intervention in our domestic affairs. They came to Lashio and are managing it as if it were their own town.
Bangladesh DGFI chief heads for Washington to ‘brief’ CIA officers on Rakhine State operations
Source: Northeast News
The Bangladesh Army would play a central role in the military operations to be fronted by a coalition of forces, including the Arakan Army, the Chin National Front and, in all likelihood, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA