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China praises Thailand for successful crackdowns on scammers in Myanmar
Source: The Nation
Liu Zhongyi, the Assistant Minister of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China, also urged Thailand to collaborate with Cambodia on similar operations.
New global effort to fight scams
Source: Bangkok Post | By Poramet Tangsathaporn
The two-day conference, held on Dec 17–18, brought together 338 participants from 58 countries, including senior officials from Rwanda, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, India and China.
Myanmar, China, Thailand hold talk in Myawaddy to crack down on telecom scams
Source: Burma News International | Network Media Group
Myawaddy, where the meeting took place, is located near territories controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU), a major ethnic armed organization (EAO) opposing the junta, and has frequently been a site of military tensions.
Myanmar junta airstrike kills five civilians in Yinmarbin, Sagaing Region
Junta and Kokang Army Coordinate Preparations for Military-Planned Vote
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
Lashio Township has been included by the military regime in the first phase of its planned voting process, scheduled to begin on December 28.
The UN General Assembly adopts the Credentials Committee Report, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun remains as the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations
Source: Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the United Nations | News Release
The 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly convened its 61st Plenary Meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 12 December 2025 and adopted the Credentials Committee Report for the session by consensus.
ILO calls for safe migration and decent work for Myanmar migrants on International Migrants Day
Source: International Labour Organization | News Release
Celebration promotes greater awareness of the contribution of Myanmar migrant workers and calls for strengthened labour rights protection amidst increased vulnerability
Mandalay Resistance Caught in Claws of Myanmar Junta Pincer
Source: The Irrawaddy
Fierce fighting has erupted 11 kilometers from Singu town, as Myanmar junta forces advance on one of the last major resistance strongholds in Mandalay Region.
Young Mandalay Activist ‘Brutally Arrested’ Over Anti-Election Protest
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
A former president of the Yadanabon University Students’ Union, Htet Myat Aung had been subject to an arrest warrant with a bounty on his head for his anti-junta activities. He was arrested on Dec. 14, according to comrades in the resistance.
Norway Parliament Probes Telenor for Handover of Myanmar Opposition Data
Source: The Irrawaddy
On Tuesday, Norwegian media outlet NewsinEnglish.no reported that lawmakers from the Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs Committee are examining the case.
Burma Army Escalates Air and Drone Attacks as Rangers Aid Displaced Civilians
Source: Free Burma Rangers | Weekly Dispatch
The Burma Army intensified airstrikes, shelling, and drone attacks across northern Karen State and other regions, killing civilians—including medical workers, children, and elderly villagers—and destroying clinics, homes, schools, and livestock.
Myanmar’s Junta Employs ‘Human Wave’ Tactics in Civil War
Source: World Politics Review | By The Editors
Rebels fighting Myanmar’s military junta tell Reuters that the military regime has employed new “human wave” tactics to make gains on the battlefield, sending in massive numbers of new conscripts
Military regime’s war crimes against its citizens driving Myanmar towards failed state
Source: Narinjara News | By Khaing Lu Hla
Despite their ceasefire in place with the current regime, the two groups released a statement on December 16, denouncing the military government’s acts of violence against the people of Rakhine.
Rakhine and nearby areas, including Nay Pyi Taw military HQs, on high alert following Mrauk-U hospital’s airstrike
Source: Narinjara News | By Khaing Lu Hla
On the 15th of this month, CDM Captain Zin Yaw stated in a military news review, “Previously, the state of emergency was declared solely in Rakhine; however, it has now been expanded to include the neighboring regions and the Nay Pyi Taw military headquarters. ”
Addressing Mental Trauma Resulting from the Burma War
Source: Mizzima | By Antonio Graceffo
In Burma, pain is so widespread that no one should have to feel alone. The Burma war has been ongoing for nearly eight decades in the ethnic states and has engulfed most of the country since the 2021 coup.
Myanmar township education boards resign from CBBE amid leadership dispute
Source: Mizzima
Members of township education boards have begun resigning from the Committee on Boards of Basic Education (CBBE) following the committee’s public opposition to the National Unity Government’s (NUG) appointment of Ja Htoi Pan as Union Minister of Education.
Female Candidates Increase as Parties Struggle to Fill Seats in Military-Staged Vote
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
A female politician from northern Shan State said the increase does not necessarily reflect greater political inclusion, but instead highlights a shortage of candidates willing to participate in a process organized by the military regime.
KIO denies reports of secret rare-earth mining deal with India
Source: Burma News International | By Karen Informational Center
Colonel Naw Bu, spokesperson for the KIO/KIA, said such reports were being fabricated as part of a political game between China and the United States and were being carried only by US lobby media.
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Source: The Associated Press | By Kristen GELINEAU
In moments when she is alone, when there is a break in the beatings from her husband, the girl cries for the school that was once her place of peace in a world that has otherwise offered her none.
Life in limbo: Meet the Myanmar refugees living in Thai camps
Source: The Straits Times | By Taryn NG, Janelle LING
Refugees can finally work legally after decades in Thai camps, a vital step as aid budgets are slashed. But the move comes as many are already at breaking point, reeling from severe food and medical shortages.
Myanmar’s military charges hundreds with breaking election law as voting date nears
Source: ABC News | By The Associated Press
There are punishments as severe as the death penalty for opposing or disrupting the polls under an election law enacted under military rule.
Myanmar declares a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for cyberscams. But the fraud goes on
Source: The Associated Press | By Erika KINETZ
“Even if you destroy buildings, if you haven’t arrested the heads of the transnational syndicates behind this, seized their wealth and put them in jail, it’s not a real crackdown yet,”
Myanmar Junta Denies Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Is Dead – Without Offering Proof
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Phone Thet Nwe
“Since 2022, there has been no verifiable evidence of her whereabouts. The junta only spreads propaganda, while the public hears rumors. It must resolve whether she is alive or not,”
Junta Chief Hails Myanmar Air Force as Civilian Death Toll Mounts
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Monday hailed the Myanmar Air Force, whose bombings have inflicted untold suffering on the country’s civilian population, for its “dedication and sacrifice.”
Junta Pushes Revival of China-Backed Myitsone Dam Project
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
The military regime is pushing to to revive the long-suspended Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State, coinciding with junta efforts to persuade Beijing to engineer a truce with the state’s ethnic resistance.