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Notorious Junta-Allied Politician ‘Bullet’ Hla Swe Says Voter Rolls Riddled With Errors
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
On Sunday, Hla Swe, the USDP’s Naypyitaw chairman and a former military officer, wrote on social media that the voter rolls were inaccurate and appeared to be recycled from the 2020 election.
Thai Call Centre Victims Rescued from Myanmar Traffickers
Source: The Nation
The operation successfully secured the release of the 16 individuals, who had been lured to the Shwe Kokko-Myawaddy area in Myanmar, directly across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot district in Tak Province.
Muslim diaspora groups urge self-determination for Muslims in Arakan
Source: Development Media Group | By Admin
The appeal was included in the New York Declaration on Rohingya Rights and Protection, issued on 30 September following a high-level UN conference on refugee issues. A total of 33 Muslim rights groups co-signed the declaration.
Women in Yangon townships forced to pay to avoid military conscription
Source: Mizzima
Women in several Yangon townships are being coerced into paying monthly fees to local administrators and Military Commission officials to avoid being conscripted into military service, according to residents.
Junta Intensifies Airstrikes Across Shan, Hitting Four Townships in First Week of October
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
The Myanmar military junta has escalated its aerial attacks in Shan State, carrying out airstrikes on at least four townships — Mongkut (Mogok), Namtu, Hsipaw, Mantong, and Namhsan — during the first week of October.
Authoritarian Legacy: Myanmar’s Military and the Failure of Professionalization
Source: Small Wars Journal | Essay by Tin Shine Aung
For decades, the Tatmadaw has ruled through fear, violence, and repression, not only positioning itself as an entity above its civilians but also as a guardian of the people or protector of Buddhism in Myanmar.
Sixty-four Myanmar citizens prosecuted by Naypyidaw under regime’s ‘Election Protection Law’
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
Regime media reported that Tun Tun Naung, the regime Minister for Home Affairs, told a meeting in Naypyidaw on Saturday
Extrajudicial killing and rape of civilians by junta troops in Kyaukme township
Source: Shan Human Rights Foundation | Update
On 24 September 2025, troops of the Burmese military regime killed four civilians sheltering in farm huts about 10 kilometers from Kyaukme town, including a sixteen-year-old girl who was also raped.
Japanese parliamentary association denounces regime elections in Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
The Japanese Parliamentary Association for Supporting Myanmar’s Democratization, a group of parliamentarians calling for the restoration of democracy in Myanmar, submitted a 15-point appeal to Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Takumi Miyaji.
Myanmar One Championship fighters sponsored by Karen BGF leader’s family amid controversy over scam links
Source: Mizzima
The family of Colonel Saw Chit Thu, commander of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), has provided financial and logistical support to several Myanmar athletes who participated in recent One Championship events in Thailand
Junta launches new offensive in Waingmaw following recent setbacks
Source: Burma News International | By Kachin News Group
In Lamyan, fighting has flared up again. Clashes broke out after the junta and allied militias launched a ground offensive. Junta forces in Myitkyina City, Kachin State, have also been shelling the area to support their troops on the ground.
Myanmar Refugees Sign On for Work After Thailand Opens Labor Market
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Phoe Tar
Refugee camps on the Thai-Myanmar border have compiled lists of working-age residents in preparation for job opportunities after Thailand approved refugees’ right to work in late August.
Election Will Lack Legitimacy Unless Junta Frees Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: AA Chief
Source: The Irrawaddy
Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Irrawaddy, the AA chief remarked: “If they truly want to hold a genuine election and gain the people’s trust, they should release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who is now over 80 years old.
Myanmar’s reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
Source: The Japan Times | By Reuters
In the last six months, Min Aung Hlaing has flown to more countries than he did in the years after he grabbed power in a 2021 coup that ousted an elected civilian government.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son seeks China’s help to secure her release from Myanmar jail
Source: South China Morning Post | By Amy Chew
Kim Aris says Beijing would benefit from such a move, given its extensive investments in the war-torn, junta-led Southeast Asian country
NUG labels Min Aung Hlaing’s rebranded junta a terrorist organization
Source: Mizzima
On 30 September, the National Unity Government (NUG) issued a statement declaring the National Security and Tranquility Commission and subordinate bodies as terrorist organisations, and its members – including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing – as terrorists.
Seizing Banmauk: An Unveiled Face of the Conflict Economy
Source: ISP-Myanmar | Situation Brief – 01 October 2025
Beyond a collaborative conquest by forces under the Military Region No. 1, the successful operation expands resistance’s control over gold mines and border trade routes—critical lifelines for sustaining the conflict economy and for financing their fight.
Junta releases voter lists ahead of election, draws minimal public interest
Source: Burma News International | By Than Lwin
The coup military regime has published the voter lists for the election it will oversee, scheduled to begin in late December, but public interest remains low.
At least 47 civilians killed or injured by ARSA in just over a year
Source: Independent Media Group | By Admin
The situation in the north is extremely bad, so we can’t go anywhere with peace of mind. Even ordinary trips to buy and sell between villages have become difficult,” said a woman from Maungdaw.
The Independent’s Aung San Suu Kyi film recognised for ‘outstanding excellence’ in documentary awards
Source: Independent | By Daniel Keane
Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi has been recognised for ‘outstanding excellence’ by Documentaries Without Borders
Landmine Explosions Claim Two Lives in Kyaukme, Injure Others in Nawnghkio
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
“It happened twice in one day. The first victim was a man clearing ashes at the cemetery, and the second was a child returning from herding cattle. Both died instantly,” the official said.
Junta Forces Villagers to Act as Guides and Perform Forced Labour
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
Over 200 military commission troops are conducting operations in northern Ywangan Township, Shan State, reportedly forcing local villagers to serve as guides and human shields.
Myanmar Junta Recaptures Kyaukme After 21-Day Offensive
Source: The Irrawaddy
Regime military columns managed to penetrate Kyaukme from several directions, engaging in fierce clashes with TNLA troops before taking complete control of the town on Wednesday, according to sources on the ground.
US pledges support for Myanmar, Rohingya
Source: United News of Bangladesh | By AKM Moinuddin
To underscore the US commitment in saving lives and providing critical assistance where needed, Harder announced the intent to provide more than $60 million in assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Myanmar in border camps can work outside for one year from today
Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service | By Thai PBS World
Pichet Thongphan, inspector general of the labour ministry, said today that unskilled displaced Burmese people will be the first group to be allowed to leave their camps to work outside in 17 northern provinces, 18 central provinces, including Bangkok, and eight eastern provinces.