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ARSA resurges with abductions and ambush attacks in northern Maungdaw
Source: Development Media Group
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has reportedly resumed activities in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, carrying out abductions and ambush attacks that have raised concerns among local residents.
NUG fuel transit directive sparks friction with Chin and Rakhine allies
Source: Mizzima
A confidential directive issued by the National Unity Government (NUG) on 6 March, has ignited a rare public dispute within the anti-junta resistance over the management of fuel supplies to the ethnic states.
China Quietly Moves Its Border Fences Into Myanmar
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Athena Awn Naw
A steel fence rises where his land once stretched toward the river. Concrete pillars anchor it deep into the soil. Barbed wire coils along the top. The work goes on in open daylight. He does not speak. He simply stands and watches.
Bago Resistance Frees Hundreds of Survivors as Evidence of Junta Massacre Emerges
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
Units from the People’s Defense Force (PDF) Bago Command and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) conducted the two-day rescue mission in Yei Twin Gone village tract on Saturday and Sunday, a PDF fighter told The Irrawaddy.
Last Resistance Stronghold in Mandalay Falls to Myanmar Junt
Source: The Irrawaddy
Junta forces are pushing at the gates of the ancient town of Tagaung, the resistance’s last stand in northern Mandalay Region.
Men tied to Myanmar fraud hub indicted over romance scam
Source: The Korea Herald | By Park Han-na
South Korean prosecutors have indicted several young men accused of working for a romance scam ring based in Myanmar, part of a growing network of overseas fraud operations targeting Korean victims.
Fuel Shortage Hits Aid Efforts for IDPs in Pai Khun Township
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
IDPs sheltering in the area must travel around one and a half hours by vehicle to collect drinking water. However, the scarcity and rising price of fuel have severely disrupted transportation efforts.
Cabinet extends renewal period for labourers’ work permits
Source: Bangkok Post | By Apinya Wipatayotin
The cabinet has agreed to extend the period allowed for the renewal of work permits for about 370,000 workers from Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam until the end of this month, to help stabilise the economic sector.
Junta Troops Withdraw from Winkan and Khaywea Village Tracts
Source: Dependent Mon News Agency | By monnews
Junta troops that had been deployed in Winkan and Khaywea village tracts near Thein Za Yat in Kyaikto Township have withdrawn and returned to Thein Za Yat in early March.
Six Civilians, Including Three Children, Killed in Junta Airstrike in Tanintharyi
Source: Independent Mon News Agency | By monnews
At around 12:30 p.m. on March 9, junta forces dropped two 500-pound bombs from a jet fighter on Ta Phi Lay Kho Village, despite no fighting taking place in the area.
Junta suicide drone strike kills grade 10 schoolgirl in Falam
Source: Burma News International | By Chin World
“A junta drone struck a house near Lunghawh Village’s church. The girl who died was cooking when the blast hit. Her mother was also seriously injured,” a villager told Chin World.
For Peace or for Military Entrenchment?
Source: Kachin News Group
The central question is whether they will genuinely represent the people’s voices in parliament, or whether they will serve merely as filler parties propping up the military’s 2008 Constitution.
Trump’s Order to Combat Scammers a ‘Welcome Warning’ to Regimes Like Myanmar’s: Experts
Source: The Irrawaddy
U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to combat transnational cybercrime organizations sends an overdue warming to countries and elites—like the Myanmar junta—protecting scam centers, experts say.
Myanmar Junta Boss’s Budget Built on Economic Fantasy
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Thurein Lynn
Addressing officials as the regime’s self‑appointed acting president, he unveiled a projected national GDP of 195.03 trillion kyats (about US$93 billion at official rates, or roughly $40 billion at market rates) and an expected economic growth rate of 3.4 percent.
China Suggests KIO Holds Talks with the Myanmar Junta
China has urged the ethnic Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/KIA) to engage in dialogue with Myanmar’s military regime, according to KIO spokesperson Colonel Naw Bu.
Myanmar civil war drives drugs epidemic in Thai hills
Source: France 24 | By Agence France-Presse
Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Thailand have become collateral damage from the civil war in neighbouring Myanmar, turning to drugs as supply through the area rockets on the back of the conflict
Myanmar receives $38.6 million for 132 projects under Lancang–Mekong Cooperation Fund
Source: Eleven Media Group
Myanmar has received 132 projects worth about US$38.6 million under the Lancang–Mekong Cooperation Special Fund between 2017 and 2025, with more than 100 projects already implemented, according to Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe.
‘Not for sale’: Rare earths pitch ignites debate over US-Myanmar engagement
Source: Mekong Eye | By Emily Fishbein
As American diplomacy dramatically shifts under President Trump, experts warn of “major policy ramifications” in Myanmar
RCSS and SSPP leaders meet in Kunhing
Source: Burma News International | By Shan Herald Agency for News
Leaders of the two major Shan ethnic armed organizations (EAOs)—the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA)—held an informal meeting in Kunhing Township, Shan State, to build trust.
Two civilians killed, one missing in ARSA mine ambush in Maungdaw
Source: Development Media Group
A local source said that on March 8, shortly after 11 a.m., ARSA members launched a pre-planned mine attack on the vehicle as it was returning from Kyeinchaung Village to Wailartaung Village near the Bangladesh border following a shopping trip.
Women Rally Against War in Chiang Mai
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
More than 300 women’s rights activists marched at Chiang Mai University (CMU) on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day, chanting: “War! What is it good for? Nothing! WOW.”
Myanmar Junta Chief’s Family Cash In as Fuel Restrictions Spark EV Frenzy
Source: The Irrawaddy
Nationwide fuel shortages and a junta-imposed odd-even ban on petrol and diesel vehicles have sent prices of electric vehicle (EVs) in Myanmar soaring—creating a windfall for EV import businesses owned by junta chief Min Aung Hlaing’s children.
‘Crazy’ Yangon property prices despite struggling economy, civil war in Myanmar
Source: The Straits Times | By May Wong
Yangon is experiencing a property boom, with prices of some condominium units doubling in just five years, even as Myanmar’s economy struggles to regain its footing amid an ongoing civil war.
Four crime families in Myanmar in spotlight as China deepens fraud crackdown
Source: The Straits Times | By Aw Cheng Wei
In highlighting China’s efforts to get tough on fraud in 2025, the country’s top prosecutors have cast a spotlight on major crime families believed to be based in Myanmar.
UK reaffirms continued support for Rohingyas
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke has reiterated that the United Kingdom will continue its support for Rohingya refugees