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Fear Grows in Hsipaw After MNDAA Arrests and Assaults
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
Residents of Hsipaw Township, Shan State, report that soldiers from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), have arbitrarily arrested villagers and assaulted a local farmer during operations in the area.
At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
Source: The New York Times | By Hannah Beech
In a Southeast Asian war zone, cloaked in dense rainforest, the Chinese settlement dedicated to scamming people from Kentucky to Kazakhstan grew fast on fertile ground.
Junta renews push to win local support for revival of Myitsone Dam project
Source: Burma News International | By Myitkyina Journal
Junta officials met locals in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, to seek support for resuming construction of the Myitsone Dam project.
Junta’s election slammed as Chinese-controlled
Source: Burma News International | By Network Media Group
Analysts have criticized the junta-led election as a ‘Made-in-China process’ designed to serve China’s interests by undermining Myanmar’s sovereignty.
Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar’s regime leader holds on to power
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By Reuters
His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election underway in Myanmar: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Disputes over ballot counts and advanced votes during third phase of Myanmar elections
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
The People’s Party told DVB that it suspects errors in the counting of ballots in Kawhmu Township, Yangon Region, after voting was completed in the second round of the military’s 2025–26 elections on Sunday.
Why is Myanmar’s military holding an election during a civil war?
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By Reuters
Most analysts see the election as a way for the military, which has governed Myanmar for much of the past six decades, to entrench its rule via proxies in the absence of a viable political opposition, and earn legitimacy at home and abroad.
USDP Claims Sweeping Wins in Second Phase of Junta’s Election
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
U Hla Thein, a USDP spokesperson, claimed that the party won 80 percent of the constituencies in the second phase, just as it did in the first phase.
Resistance Keeps Punishing Myanmar Junta Forces in Eastern Bago
Source: The Irrawaddy
Heavy fighting continues in Bago as resistance forces push along the old Yangon–-Mandalay Highway and Yangon–Pyay Road in concerted attacks disrupting the junta-organized election.
UN World Court begins landmark hearings on Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar
Source: UN News | By Vibhu Mishra
Public hearings opened on Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a landmark case brought by the Gambia against Myanmar, alleging violations of the Genocide Convention over the military’s treatment of the Rohingya minority.
Canada reaffirms commitment to dignity and justice for Rohingya
Source: United News of Bangladesh
Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Ajit Singh met three Rohingya survivors who will be travelling to The Hague to testify in the upcoming International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings
Tanintharyi Region: Nearly 80 Youths Seized for Forced Conscription in Dawei as Junta Intensifies Raids and Checkpoint Arrests
Source: Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Local residents told HURFOM that on the nights of 8 and 9 January 2026, Junta forces carried out coordinated raids across multiple wards in Dawei City, entering homes and arresting young men eligible for military service.
More Than 2,000 Myanmar Migrant Workers Deported from Thailand in 2025
Source: Independent Mon News Agency | By monnews
Some deported workers reportedly did not receive permission to return home and were instead forced into military service, according to an official from the FE 5 Tanintharyi group.
On Kachin State Day, calls renewed for complete halt to Myitsone Dam project
Source: Burma News International | By Myitkyina Journal
On Kachin State Day, celebrated on January 10, local communities called for the complete abandonment of a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project in the Myitsone area
Garment workers in Yangon reach agreement with JOC Myanmar factory management over wages
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
“Both sides agreed [to stop the strike],” a worker from the factory in Yangon’s Shwepyitha Township told DVB on the condition of anonymity.
Myanmar pro-military party claims Aung San Suu Kyi’s seat in junta-run poll
Source: Channel News Asia | By Agence France-Presse
Myanmar’s main pro-military party on Monday (Jan 12) claimed victory in the parliamentary seat of sidelined democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in elections being derided as a ploy to prolong junta rule.
Bangladesh Detains 53 ARSA Rebels, Issues Myanmar Border Alert
Source: BARRON’S | By Agence France-Presse
Bangladesh issued a “high alert” along its Myanmar border after detaining 53 members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) militant group for crossing into its territory, Dhaka paramilitary officials said Monday.
“It is not about esoteric issues of international law. It is about real people
Source: France 24 | By Agence France-Presse
“It is not about esoteric issues of international law. It is about real people, real stories and a real group of human beings: the Rohingya of Myanmar. They have been targeted for destruction,” Jallow told ICJ judges.
Myanmar Junta Keeps Pushing Revival of China-Backed Hydropower Project
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
The regime is going out of its way to try and revive the controversial Myitsone Dam, with junta ministers making a beeline for Kachin State to call for the Chinese-funded hydropower project to be built at last.
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Source: Associated Press | By Kristen Gelineau, Al-Emrun Garjon, Mahmud Hossain Opu
New hope for justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya as World Court hears landmark genocide case
Source: The Independent | By James C. Reynolds
This week, Gambia will have the chance to outline its case before Myanmar, which denies the charge and can offer its response
Myanmar central bank warns against defacing banknotes
Source: The Nation
The Central Bank further stated that cutting, tearing, or otherwise damaging legally issued banknotes in a way that alters their original form is prohibited under Section 99 (a) of the relevant law.
AA issues five regulations on fish, water resources conservation in Rakhine
Source: Narinjara News | By Saung Oo Man
The current rules forbid the catching, killing, and selling of rare marine animals, including sea turtles, porpoises, sharks, dolphins, and whales.
Family members of senior army officials, junta authorities evacuated to Yangon as fighting near Sittwe escalates
Source: Narinjara News | By Khaing Lu Hla
A resident of Sittwe has stated that the increased attacks by the Arakan Army (AA) have approached the Regional Command Headquarters (RCH), leading to casualties among the junta forces during the conflict.
‘Thousands have been killed. Why would I vote?’ Myanmar’s people despair over sham election and plea for Aung San Suu Kyi’s return
Source: Independent | By Maung Maung, Peter Popham, James C Reynolds
“My only wish is for my daughter [to] come home again so I can embrace her, and to see Suu Kyi’s innocent smile again, and hear her encouraging voice.”