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IEC Establishes Youth Affairs Department to Provide Special Support for Disadvantaged Youths
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
According to Khun Thomas, the head of the newly formed department, the initiative aims to assist young people struggling with drug addiction and those who have been unable to access education due to the current transitional situation.
By Kantarawaddy Times
Junta Forcing Muslims to Tear Down Arakanese Houses in Sittwe, Sell Ruins as Firewood to Fuel Ethnic Animosity
Source: Narinjara News
Residents claim that the junta is compelling local Muslims to tear down houses in 17 Arakanese villages within Sittwe Township and sell the rubble as firewood in Sittwe, aiming to provoke ethnic animosity and strife.
By Narinjara News
Myawaddy pleads for reprieve as crackdown cripples city
Source: The Nation
The Myawaddy Chamber of Commerce has made a desperate plea to Thailand to ease restrictions on electricity and fuel supplies, as the measures, implemented to target cross-border call centre operations, have brought the city to its knees.
By The Nation
Power cuts to Myanmar will affect Thailand’s border economy – Phumtham
Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service
Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs Phumtham Wechayachai said today that the electricity, fuel and internet cuts to five locations in three Myanmar border townships will negatively affect Thailand’s border economy
By Thai PBS World
Myanmar civil society demands investigation into Airbus
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
“The Chinese state-owned AVIC has not yet directly carried out aerial bombings in Myanmar. However, AVIC directly sells and supports aircraft, arms, and technologies to the junta to continue airstrikes on civilians,” said a spokesperson for the Blood Money Campaign (BMC)
By English Editor
Singapore Urges Employers to Shun Migrants from Myanmar
Source: Irrawaddy
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower singled out Myanmar and told recruiters to monitor the situation in foreign countries. It said they “may wish to recruit workers from a wider mix of approved countries for business”.
By Yu Phyu Han
Junta Officials Added Brazil, Arctic to Usual Diplomatic Destinations in January
Source: Irrawaddy
The junta officials’ destinations included key allies and arms suppliers like China, Russia and Belarus, as well as fellow Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members Thailand, Laos, Brunei and Malaysia
By Maung KAVI | Irrawaddy
Myanmar Junta Ally Vows to Crackdown on Scam Gangs
Source: Irrawaddy
The junta-allied Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, says it is cracking down on illegal scam centers along the Thai border.
By Hein Htoo Zan
PTT unit ready to suspend oil exports to Myanmar
Source: Bangkok Post
SET-listed PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc (OR), Thailand’s largest oil trader by volume, is preparing for the suspension of refined oil exports to Myanmar
By Yuthana Praiwan
Myanmar Junta’s Western Flank Collapsing After December Defeats
Source: Irrawaddy
Armed anti-regime groups in Myanmar made significant gains in December, liberating six townships and capturing a junta regional command headquarters, according to research group Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica
By Irrawaddy
Nearly half the population of Chinland displaced from their homes, states Institute of Chin Affairs
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
“These displaced people only rely on aid groups. Access of border crossing to India became difficult due to the restrictions and seeking refuge there is not easy [anymore],” Salai Van Swisan, the ICA information officer, told DVB.
By English Editor
Tak hospitals can accommodate refugees, says Public Health Minister
Source: The Nation
Hospitals in Tak province are still able to take care of refugees from Myanmar, Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Wednesday.
By The Nation
Thailand’s power supply cuts to Myanmar affecting people, hospitals and schools
Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service
Thailand’s electricity supply withdrawal from the Tachileik border township in Myanmar is expected to affect about 7,500 homes, five hospitals, 45 schools, 65 temples and 15 army camps, said Natkhanet Charasveesirikul, manager of Provincial Electricity Authority’s (PEA) Mae Sai office
By Thai PBS World
Myanmar authorities arrest 475 young people in Yangon in January: group
Source: Radio Free Asia
The military is conscripting as it hopes to re-capture lost areas and improve security for an election.
By RFA Burmese
Landmines Kill 4, Injure 5 in Northern Shan State in 2025
Source: Burma News International
A Thibaw Town resident said: “All the landmine and ordnance explosions are happening on former battlefields.
By Shan Herald Agency for News
Third attempt to auction off the home of Myanmar’s ousted Aung San Suu Kyi fails to draw any bidders
Source: Associated Press
A renewed attempt to auction off the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was unsuccessful Wednesday
By Associated Press
Hundreds Kidnapped into Conscription in Myanmar’s Temple Hubs
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar military has kidnapped hundreds of young men and women in Mandalay and Bagan in a turbo-charged conscription drive since the beginning of the year
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar Regime Airstrikes Killed Over 170 in January
Source: Irrawaddy
Most of the airstrikes’ victims were civilians, as the regime deliberately targeted towns and villages, displacement camps, schools, hospitals and detention centers housing prisoners of war, The Irrawaddy has learned.
By Maung KAVI | Irrawaddy
Don’t forget refugees as war continues to ravage Myanmar
Source: Development Policy Centre, Australian National University
The Mae La refugee camp was first established 40 years ago on the Thai-Myanmar border, and today many refugees living there do not know life anywhere else
By Naomi Brooks | Development Policy Centre, Australian National University
Displaced Children in Arakan State Malnourished
Source: Development Media Group
An aid worker from Gwa Town in southern Arakan State said to DMG: “War-displaced children don’t get enough to eat, which weakens their immune systems. Some become so sick that they end up bedridden.
By Development Media Group
474 Chin Resistance Fighters Killed Since Coup
Source: Burma News International
Since the 1 February 2021 Myanmar coup, resistance forces have captured 15 of the 20 towns in Chin State but 474 Chin resistance fighters have also been killed in the same period.
By Khonumthung News
Mae Sot doctor threatens to resign if forced to treat refugees
Source: The Nation
Dr Nuttagarn Chuenchom argued that the refugee situation should be treated as a national issue rather than being left to the provincial health office or local hospitals to manage.
By The Nation
Singapore Remains Biggest Foreign Investor in Myanmar
Source: Irrawaddy
Among 53 countries or regions that put money into Myanmar, the largest investors were Singapore, China, and Thailand as of the end of 2024. The sectors with the most investment are energy, oil and gas, and manufacturing.
By Hein Htoo Zan | Irrawaddy
Myanmar Junta Headquarters Falls in Key Kachin Town
Source: Irrawaddy
The KIA and its allies seized Artillery Battalion 366 headquarters on Sunday evening, KIA spokesman Colonel Naw Bu told The Irrawaddy. He added that attacks continue on the nearby 21 Military Operations Command (MOC) headquarters.
By Irrawaddy
Thailand pulling the plug on scam gangs in Myanmar
Source: Bangkok Post
Electricity, internet and fuel supply to end on Wednesday in five areas where gangs operate
By Post Reporters