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Landmines destroy limbs and lives on Bangladesh-Myanmar border
Source: The Japan Times | By Agence France-Presse
In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh’s border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
Same Old Playbook? USDP Accused of Repeating 2010 Advance-Vote Cheating
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
In the unpopular 2010 vote, the USDP secured victory through widespread advance-vote manipulation. Parties running in the junta’s ongoing election claim they are facing a repeat of those irregularities.
Myanmar Junta Boss Touts Global Ambition for Military Dubbed ‘Fascist Army’ at Home
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
Speaking at a ceremony to reward loyalists and soldiers with honorary titles and gallantry medals on Sunday, Min Aung Hlaing complained of “too much bullying and exploitation” on the international stage.
Myanmar Junta Losing Grip on Key Sagaing Stronghold as KIA-Led Forces Advance
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Ah Htoi
Resistance forces have advanced into Katha, a key Sagaing town on the Irrawaddy River at the junction of Kachin and Shan states and Mandalay region, frontline sources told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday.
The White Tiger Party requests ‘free and fair’ elections in Myanmar’s final two phases of voting
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
Sai Aik Paung, the SNDP chairperson, told DVB that he filed a complaint about the fairness of the elections to regime leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
Anatomy of a scam
Source: Bangkok Post | By Wassayos Ngamkham
Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop said scam groups are increasingly focusing on AI-driven fraud, particularly the use of deepfake technology — fabricated video and audio designed to impersonate known individuals or senior government officials.
Envious Myanmar Netizens Seek U.S. Action on Min Aung Hlaing After Maduro Arrest
Source: The Irrawaddy
Myanmar citizens flooded a U.S. statement marking their country’s Independence Day with calls for Washington to follow up its action against Venezuela’s leader by arresting junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
Myanmar scam operators resurface in Cambodia, top police says
Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service | By Thai PBS World
Pol Gen Thana said those who moved to Cambodia, including Indian, Indonesian, Chinese and Thai nationals, have been working in the new compound.
Mother and two children killed in junta airstrikes on Hakha Township villages
Source: Burma News International | By Khonumthung News
Junta aircraft bombed Halta and Haiphai villages in Hakha Township, Chin State, on January 4, killing three people in Halta.
Thandwe civilians sleep in bomb shelters amid junta air attacks
Source: Development Media Group | By DMG
As the regime continues to target civilian areas, residents say fear of further aerial attacks is growing.
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