Yangon administration headquarters under attack with 40-mm grenade
Thanlwintimes Yangon, 13 May Urban guerilla forces carried out attack on office of Yangon Region Chief Minister with 40 mmgrenade on 12 May. Company (1) of People’s Defence Force in western…
May 13, 2023
Military council adopts Arms Act that carries death penalty
Nay Pyi Taw, May (13) On May 11, the military council enacted the Arms Act, which can impose a minimum sentence of six months to life imprisonment or the death…
Flight operations temporarily suspend as Myanmar brace for cyclone
Yangon, May (13) Domestic flights have been temporarily suspended beginning May 9 until the cyclonic storm subsides, according to the military council’s Directorate of Hotels and Tourism. Currently, due to…
What will be the role of PPST in the future with declining membership?
Yangon, May (13) After more than two years of military coups, the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), a group of ethnic armed organizations that have signed a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement…
19 civilians burned to death in Nyaunglaybin Township
Nyaunglaybin, May (13) At least 19 civilians were burned to death in Nyaung Pin Thar village in KNU’s Nyaunglaybin District, according to the Free Burma Rangers and the Karen Human…
More than 50 local residents arrested after attack on Nyaung Khar Shae police station
Waw, May (13) Within 15 days of the attack on the Nyaung Khar Shae police station in Bago Region’s Waw Township, the military council arrested and investigated more than 50…
Meteorologists warn residents of coastal areas in Rakhine to evacuate as soon as possible
Kyaukphyu, May (13) Meteorologists have warned the residents of the coastal areas in Rakhine State to evacuate as soon as possible because the severe cyclone Mocha can be unpredictably destructive.…
Cyclone Mocha forecast to land in Kyaukphyu at windspeed 90m per hour
Yangon, 12 May Very severe cyclonic storm MOCHA got stronger on 12 May morning, and it is forecast to passthrough on 14 May afternoon, according to Myanmar’s Department of Metrology…
Junta spread misinformation about defection of 5 people’s defence force
Mandalay, 12 May Myanmar junta distributed propaganda with fake news that five members of people’s defenceforce defected to them with firearms and they were presented cash awards. This misinformation appeared…
Residents from Pazigyi has not returned home until one month of airstrike on their village
Kantbalu, 12 May Pazigyi village in Kantbalu Township of Sagaing region was laid in ruins after the Myanmarmilitary’s airstrike on 11 April. Until one month of this incident, the villagers…