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Arakan State’s fishing industry struggles amid junta blockades and security threats
Source: Development Media Group | By DMG
Locals engaged in fishing report that the industry has been largely inactive for over two years, citing Myanmar Navy patrols, rising fuel and equipment costs, and a downturn in the market.
Panel Discussion 4 – Fake Elections and The Fight for The Revolution’s Future – Key Points
Source: Mizzima
The following are the key points of the last of four panel discussions held at Thai PBS studio in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 28 December 2026 to mark the first phase of the Myanmar junta-run election.
Political prisoners ‘not included’ in Myanmar Independence Day amnesty
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
Thaik Tun Oo, the Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM) spokesperson, told DVB that he hasn’t found any political prisoners among those released from prisons in Kachin State, Mandalay and Bago regions either, so far.
ISKCON Myanmar Celebrates Grand Opening of First Jagannath Temple in Myitkyina
Source: ISKCON | By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi
This first ISKCON temple in Kachin State marks a spiritually historic moment, as it is located in the region where Krishna Consciousness first began to flourish in Myanmar.
Qatar Charity supports over 500,000 people in Bangladesh in 2025
Source: Qatar Tribune | By Tribune News Network
In 2025, Qatar Charity (QC), with the generous support of benefactors in Qatar, delivered impactful humanitarian and development assistance to 674,484 beneficiaries across Bangladesh.
Myanmar junta frees hundreds of prisoners in annual amnesty
Source: Channel News Agency | By Agence France Presse
In total, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing pardoned 6,134 imprisoned Myanmar nationals, the National Defence and Security Council said, adding that 52 foreign prisoners would also be released and deported.
Myanmar junta airstrike on Tabayin school injuries 10 displaced civilians
Source: Mizzima
Myanmar’s junta carried out airstrikes on a school in Mukangyi village, a community largely inhabited by internally displaced people, in the southeastern part of Tabayin Township in Sagaing Region, injuring at least 10 civilians.
The parts of Myanmar the military junta doesn’t want you to see
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | By Asia editor Karishma Vyas and Haidarr Jones in Myanmar
On the ground, security personnel wearing traditional clothing and dark sunglasses, kept a close eye on foreign journalists and the few voters and officials who dared to speak to them.
Ethiopia repatriates over 27,000 nationals stranded abroad in 5 months
Source: Xinhua
The Ethiopian government announced on Tuesday that it has repatriated more than 27,300 nationals who were stranded in Myanmar and Saudi Arabia during the past five months.
Myanmar junta fails in bid to force high turnout for sham elections
Source: The Independent | By Grant Peck
Military-backed party claims victory in first phase of widely discredited three-part general election, with turnout down by some 18%
China confirms its role in Myanmar’s disputed elections
Source: Asia News | By Gregory
Special Envoy for Asian Affairs Deng Xijun said that the vote (to guarantee Chinese interests) was a condition Xi Jinping imposed on Min Aung Hlaing.
Myanmar general linked to Rohingya atrocities loses bid for election
Source: Myanmar Now | By Kyaw Zin Win
Former Light Infantry Division 33 commander Lt-Gen Aung Aung fails to secure a parliamentary seat in Taunggyi
‘Our souls are in Myanmar’: Voices from a refugee camp
Source: Myanmar Now | By Aung Naing, Ko Hlaing
With aid to refugee camps on Myanmar’s borders cut off, there are few options left for the inhabitants of Nu Po camp in Thailand’s Tak Province, who are still unable to return home and can no longer resettle in third countries
‘We are always living in fear’: inside Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election
Source: The Guardian | By Rebecca Ratcliffe, Aung Khant Si Thu
Myanmar’s military rulers are holding the first elections since the 2021 coup, and life in the country’s biggest city is fraught with anxiety
Escalating Militarization Ahead of Phase Two Elections Disrupts Civilian Life in Northern Ye Township
Source: The Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Residents in Ye Township are facing growing insecurity and economic disruption as the Junta intensifies military deployments ahead of the second phase of its planned 2025 election, scheduled for 11 January 2026
Gen. Gun Maw urges “unwavering determination” for federal union at Chin Brotherhood’s 2nd anniversary
Source: Mizzima
Gen. Gun Maw emphasized the importance of revolutionaries remaining on the right course and maintaining unity, noting that matching the enemy’s weapons and resources is difficult and that true strength lies in solidarity grounded in truth.
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing vows power transfer amid claims of USDP victory in phase-one polls
Source: Mizzima
The first phase of the election began on 28 December 2025 in 102 townships. Results have so far been announced in 83 townships, with the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) winning 68 seats.
Resistance Forces March Into Katha on the Irrawaddy
Source: The Irrawaddy
“Resistance groups are spread across almost the entire town now,” a ground source said. “They have completely encircled the LIB 309, leaving it with no escape route.”
Survivors of landmines and unexploded ordnance in Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), which are munitions that have failed to detonate, continue to cause injuries that permanently alter lives in conflict-affected areas of Myanmar.
Cardinal Bo renews appeal for peace in embattled Myanmar
Source: Vatican News | By Deborah Castellano Lubov
“Though hope is shaken by war, terrorism, and inequality, peace remains an undeniable need of humanity,” said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar in his recent Christmastime message.
Embassy to observe election
Source: Bangkok Post | By Poramet Tangsathaporn
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesman Nikorndej Balankura said the ministry has instructed the embassy to observe the elections in four townships: Yangon, Bago, Pathein, and Tachilek.
Myanmar’s opium cultivation reaches record high
Source: The Nation
Rising opium prices are the main reason for the increase in opium cultivation in Myanmar, with opium prices more than doubling.
Four elections next door could reshape Thailand’s border crises
Source: The Nation
Elections in Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand could shift pressure on Thailand’s borders—through conflict, migration, and diplomacy.
Kachin Independence Army attacks military position in Sagaing Region
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
Katha residents told DVB on the condition of anonymity that regime forces have shut down all access into the town since Dec. 29.
Three-year-old girl rescued after being trapped 12 hours in debris by Myanmar Air Force bombing
Source: Narinjara News | By Khaing Lu Hla
The Ngapali Beach Community Charity announced that 3-year-old Aye Thandar Khaing, was rescued after being injured by a bombardment on December 29 at approximately 8 am the following morning.