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I cast my vote for the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the 2020 general elections, and when, in the wake of the coup, the National Unity Government (NUG) emerged, I stood behind it without hesitation. To be sure, there were flaws from the beginning. But I was confident that they would address them. When lives are under constant threat with insecurity for four years, is it not reasonable for a citizen to expect a better performance from a government he supports?

When calls for reform grew louder—especially from prominent voices like Dr. Tayzar San—I was therefore on tenterhooks to see how the NUG would respond. As someone who follows politics closely, I began collecting critiques, not to undermine, but to understand. I was trying to figure out what matters most now.

Response to criticism
Criticism has accompanied the NUG since its inception. But when someone as prominent as Dr. Tayzar San voices concern, it resonates more widely. And when people are desperate for direction, the urgency is amplified.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-...eform.html

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Myanmar’s military junta declares Karen ethnic rebels a terrorist group as elections loom. A major ethnic rebel group, including contact by third parties.
KNU has been fighting on / off for greater autonomy since Myanmar became independent from Britain in 1948. Group located in Myanmar’s southeast has been engaged especially fierce combat against army in the civil war followed junta takeover Myanmar’s elected govt in 2021. A spokesperson  KNU said Friday group would not care about the designation. Noting Myanmar’s junta had been indicted by international tribunals, KNU spokesperson Padoh Saw Taw Nee said: “Don’t even need to prove anything on who are real terrorists and international criminals are, and who the unlawful association are.” KNU vowed to disrupt national elections junta plans to hold beginning Dec. 28, but the terrorist designation will make it more difficult to do even nonviolent info campaigns, which already have been declared illegal.

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India put us on the boat like captives - then threw us in the sea. Amin last spoke to his brother on 9 May. The call was brief, but the news was devastating. He learned that his brother, Kairul, and four other relatives were among 40 Rohingya refugees allegedly deported by the Indian govt to Myanmar, a country they had fled in fear years ago. Myanmar is in the midst of a brutal civil war between the junta - which seized power in a 2021 coup - and ethnic militias and resistance forces. The odds Mr Amin will ever see his family again are vanishingly small.

"I could not process the torment that my parents and the others who were taken are facing," Mr Amin, 24, told BBC in Delhi. 3 months after they were removed from India's capital, BBC managed to contact the refugees in Myanmar. Most are staying with Ba Htoo Army (BHA), a resistance group fighting the military in the south-west of the country. "We don't feel secure in Myanmar. This place is a complete war zone," said Soyed Noor on a video call made from the phone of a BHA member. He spoke from a wooden shelter with six other refugees around him. BBC gathered testimonies from the refugees and accounts from relatives in Delhi and spoke to experts investigating the allegations to piece together what happened to them. We have learnt that they were flown from Delhi to an island in the Bay of Bengal, put on a naval vessel and eventually forced into the Andaman Sea with life jackets. They then made their way to shore and are now facing an uncertain future in Myanmar, which the mostly-Muslim Rohingya community had fled in huge numbers in recent years to escape persecution.

"They bound our hands, covered our faces and brought us like captives [on to the boat]. Then they threw us in the sea," John, one of the men in the group, told his brother by phone soon after reaching land. "How can someone just throw human beings into the sea?" asked Mr Amin. "There is humanity alive in the world but I have not seen any humanity in the Indian govt. "Thomas Andrews, the UN's special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, says there is "significant evidence" proving these allegations, which he has presented to India's head of mission in Geneva but has yet to receive a response.

The BBC has also contacted India's Ministry of External Affairs several times but had not heard back by time of publication. Campaigners have often flagged that the condition of Rohingya in India is precarious. India does not recognise the Rohingya as refugees but rather, as illegal immigrants under the country's Foreigners Act. India has a sizeable population of Rohingya refugees, although Bangladesh, where more than a million live, has the biggest number. Most fled Myanmar after a deadly army crackdown in 2017. Despite having lived there for generations, Rohingya are not recognised in Myanmar as citizens. 

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China’s President Xi Jinping on the ruling junta in Myanmar has announced country will hold its first general election since the 2021 coup starting in December 2025. At first glance, this might sound like a step toward normalcy and democracy. But in reality it nothing of the sort. Junta generals who seized power 4 yrs ago are trying to dress up their rule with a thin democratic veneer, election will not be free or fair. Instead, it will be a carefully managed spectacle designed to give the junta a sense of legitimacy both at home and abroad, while denying the people of Myanmar any real voice. Context is stark. Myanmar is still engulfed in civil war.
Ethnic armed organizations control vast swathes of territory in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine states. The Arakan Army, the Kachin Independence Army and many others have expanded their hold since the coup. These groups have already declared they will not allow voting in their areas. Even in zones under military control, widespread resistance continues. For the average citizen, daily life is shaped not by politics & by hunger, displacement and insecurity. To stage election in the midst of this chaos is to invite further fragmentation & deepen mistrust. What makes election even more hollow is the systematic exclusion of the National League for Democracy, the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, which won a landslide in the last free vote in 2020. The junta has dissolved the party, imprisoned its leaders and silenced its supporters. In its place, junta generals have fostered proxy parties loyal to them. The outcome of 2025 vote is therefore already preordained. W/out National League for Democracy, there no true contest, no genuine democratic mandate.

This is not the first time junta Myanmar military has tried to cloak its dominance in an electoral process. Over decades, the Tatmadaw, as army is known, has perfected the art of controlled democracy. In 2010, it held an election that excluded Suu Kyi and her party. Only in 2015 did the generals allow a somewhat open vote, which resulted in a humiliating defeat for their proxy party. They have no intention of repeating that mistake. The upcoming election will be a return to the 2010 model: a charade of ballots and polling stations without the essence of choice. Why, then, does junta insist on holding this election? Partly it is about international image. The generals know countries in the region, including some in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, prefer to deal with a govt. at least pays lip service to democracy. By staging a managed vote, the junta hopes to persuade neighbors ASEAN to normalize ties, attract investment and ease diplomatic pressure. Will ASEAN be more be more very crazy or do something stupid. Here a reason is to shore the junta domestic legitimacy. Even dictators understand the symbolic power of elections. By claiming a mandate from the ballot box, however contrived, the generals seek to undercut the narrative that they are illegitimate usurpers. To stage an election in the midst of this chaos is to invite further fragmentation and deepen mistrust.
But for international community must not be fooled On contrary, it risks entrenching military rule and prolonging conflict danger with outside powers, weary stalemate, may seize on election an excuse to re-engage with junta a profound mistake. Recognition sham vote betray millions who risked everything in the past four years.

So, what should be done? 
ASEAN for some weather resist the temptation or endorse electoral exercise. ASEAN as a regional bloc most directly affected by Myanmar’s election, ASEAN has both the responsibility & the leverage to insist any credible election must first end of hostilities and the release of political prisoners. 2nd, wider international community should refuse to send observers or recognize the outcome. Legitimacy must not be conferred on the junta participation in its charade. Third, more directed to Myanmar’s civil society, like national unity govt in exile and ethnic organizations to seeking a federal democratic future true representatives of Myanmar people, not generals in Naypyitaw. Millions of folks in Myanmar are facing displacement, starvation and the collapse of healthcare. Elections are meaningless as population needs food, medicine & even security, not ballot boxes 
Junta generals believe time on their side, calculate world will eventually tire of Myanmar’s plight & accept any semblance of order, however illegitimate, therefore international community has been burned b4 when it accepted managed elections in authoritarian contexts. The result is always the same: more repression people of Myanmar deserve better. Until that day comes, any talk of elections is a cruel joke. The world must stand firm in rejecting the junta’s attempt to masquerade dictatorship as democracy.

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Military junta deserved it. Even rebels are unhappy with this evil junta for killing so many unarmed civilians. Might as well proclaimed it a communist country and get kicked out of ASEAN immediately.

ASEAN is 🙃weak without power to do thing it like to do...must it to do something can do to show A gang of junta in Myanmar ASEAN is not weak.

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"Military junta deserved it. Even rebels are unhappy with this evil junta for killing so many unarmed civilians".

Myanmar is still engulfed in civil war. I think half of the country will for their own leader like....Ethnic own armed organizations, that control vast swathes of territory in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine states. The Arakan Army, the Kachin Independence Army and many others have expanded their hold since the coup. These groups have already declared they will not allow voting in their areas. Even in zones under military control, widespread resistance continues. 

For the million average citizen, daily life is shaped not by politics & by hunger, displacement and insecurity.

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Sept 1 (Reuters) - India will send teams to monitor a general election in war-torn Myanmar that is scheduled to start in December, Myanmar state media said on Monday, as New Delhi signals support for a vote that has already been derided by critics as a sham. Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China, a rare international engagement for the general who had largely been shunned by foreign leaders since leading a coup in 2021.

"At meeting, they exchanged views on measures to ensure peace and stability in the border regions of both countries, trade promotion, enhancement of friendship and cooperation," the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported. The military's ouster of an elected govt led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi 4-1/2-years ago, on pretext election fraud, triggered a devastating civil war that has engulfed large parts of the impoverished Southeast Asia nation. Myanmar plans to hold initial phase of first general election since coup on December 28, as part of voting to make military-backed interim administration to hold on seeking to conduct in more than 300 constituencies nationwide, including areas currently held by opposition armed groups.In a statement on Sunday, India's foreign ministry Modi hoped upcoming elections in Myanmar would be "held in a fair & inclusive manner involving all stakeholders".

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Junta Counterattacks in Waingmaw, Sparking Fierce Clashes with KIA. 
Myanmar junta has launched a counteroffensive in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, sparking intense clashes with Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Colonel Naw Bu, the ethnic army’s spokesperson, told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday. Since Aug. 27, the junta has been attempting to seize Lamyang Village, which is about 10 km from Waingmaw Town. Capturing the village would put the regime in a stronger position to advance not only on the rare-earth mining hub of Chipwi, but also Kanpiketi, a hub for cross-border trade with China, as well as the Myitkyina-Bhamo Road. Lamyang is located near a crossroads lead to these areas, all 3 of are currently under KIA control.

“Fighting intense everyday in Lamyang Village, junta is attacking from ground [with troops], with airstrikes & with artillery,” Col. Naw Bu said. KIA seized Chipwi in September 2024, giving it total control of the area’s rare-earth mines. There's growing interest internationally in rare-earth minerals, which play a crucial role in high-tech manufacturing, including in the defense, aerospace and renewable sectors. After meeting on sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China on Sunday, Indian PM Narendra Modi wrote on Facebook he & junta boss Min Aung Hlaing agreed there's “immense scope” to boost ties in areas including rare-earth mining. KIA seized the Myitkyina-Bhamo Road in March last year, and Kanpiketi in November.

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Junta Counterattacks in Waingmaw, Sparking Fierce Clashes with KIA. 
Myanmar junta has launched a counteroffensive in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, sparking intense clashes with Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Colonel Naw Bu, the ethnic army’s spokesperson, told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday. Since Aug. 27, the junta has been attempting to seize Lamyang Village, which is about 10 km from Waingmaw Town. Capturing the village would put the regime in a stronger position to advance not only on the rare-earth mining hub of Chipwi, but also Kanpiketi, a hub for cross-border trade with China, as well as the Myitkyina-Bhamo Road. Lamyang is located near a crossroads lead to these areas, all 3 of are currently under KIA control.

“Fighting intense everyday in Lamyang Village, junta is attacking from ground [with troops], with airstrikes & with artillery,” Col. Naw Bu said. KIA seized Chipwi in September 2024, giving it total control of the area’s rare-earth mines. There's growing interest internationally in rare-earth minerals, which play a crucial role in high-tech manufacturing, including in the defense, aerospace and renewable sectors. After meeting on sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China on Sunday, Indian PM Narendra Modi wrote on Facebook he & junta boss Min Aung Hlaing agreed there's “immense scope” to boost ties in areas including rare-earth mining. KIA seized the Myitkyina-Bhamo Road in March last year, and Kanpiketi in November.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya...h-kia.html

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Sept 1 (Reuters) - India will send teams to monitor a general election in war-torn Myanmar that is scheduled to start in December, Myanmar state media said on Monday, as New Delhi signals support for a vote that has already been derided by critics as a sham. Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China, a rare international engagement for the general who had largely been shunned by foreign leaders since leading a coup in 2021.

"At meeting, they exchanged views on measures to ensure peace and stability in the border regions of both countries, trade promotion, enhancement of friendship and cooperation," the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported. The military's ouster of an elected govt led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi 4-1/2-years ago, on pretext election fraud, triggered a devastating civil war that has engulfed large parts of the impoverished Southeast Asia nation. Myanmar plans to hold initial phase of first general election since coup on December 28, as part of voting to make military-backed interim administration to hold on seeking to conduct in more than 300 constituencies nationwide, including areas currently held by opposition armed groups.In a statement on Sunday, India's foreign ministry Modi hoped upcoming elections in Myanmar would be "held in a fair & inclusive manner involving all stakeholders".

Myanmar’s Civilian Govt Urges China to Drop Support for Junta and Poll Plan. The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) has urged the Chinese govt to withdraw support for the junta and its planned election. NUG Foreign Affairs Minister Daw Zin Mar Aung sent an official letter to the Chinese govt on Monday asking it to suspend recognition of the regime and to stop referring to junta boss Min Aung Hlaing as Myanmar’s “acting president”.

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Myanmar’s Civilian Govt Urges China to Drop Support for Junta & Poll Plan. Foreign Affairs Ministry of Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) has urged the Chinese govt to withdraw support for the junta and its planned election. NUG Foreign Affairs Minister Daw Zin Mar Aung official
sent an letter to Chinese govt on Monday asking it to suspend recognition of regime & stop referring to junta boss Min Aung Hlaing as Myanmar’s “acting president”.

Myanmar’s Civilian Govt Urges China to Drop Support for Junta and Poll Plan
Myanmar junta boss Min Aung Hlaing shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin, China on Saturday.  / Chinese Foreign Affair Ministry. She also urged Beijing to reject the junta’s request for Chinese monitors to observe its election, slated for December-January.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Govt (NUG) has urged Chinese govt to withdraw support for junta and its planned election. NUG Foreign Affairs Minister Daw Zin Mar Aung sent an official letter to the Chinese govt on Monday asking it to suspend recognition of the regime and to stop referring to junta boss Min Aung Hlaing as Myanmar’s “acting president”.

Myanmar Junta Tightens Disclosure Rules for Companies, Citing ‘Terrorism’ 
Myanmar Junta Chief’s China Visit Hailed as ‘Successful Fruitful’ by Regime
“NUG still believes China will continue to play a constructive role in restoring peace development in Myanmar,” the letter reads. The foreign minister cautioned China’s decision to host Min Aung Hlaing on his ongoing visit risks provoking a public backlash in Myanmar damaging the “long-standing friendship” between the two peoples, junta’s brutal rule under Min Aung Hlaing had devastated Myanmar’s economy, pushed nearly half population into poverty, & driven away foreign investment, said.
The letter adds that key infrastructure projects—including the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC)—agreed upon by Chinese president Xi Jinping and Myanmar president U Win Myint in 2020, have been severely disrupted by the junta’s actions.

Daw Zinmar Aung also noted that the regime has allowed online scam operations to thrive in territory controlled by its Border Guard Force (BGF), defrauding Chinese nationals of billions of dollars.

The letter follows Min Aung Hlaing’s attendance at two high-profile events at China’s invitation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit & military parade commemorating China’s victory over Japan in World War II—where he joined leaders from some 20 countries, including autocrats such as Chinese President Xi Jinping, Putin & North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Junta hailed his ongoing visit as “successful & fruitful”.
Anti-regime groups have joined Western countries and international rights groups in denouncing the elections as a sham and have warned they will take military action against regime election staff.
Beijing is pressuring Myanmar ethnic armed groups along the Chinese border to cease their offensives against the regime and has prohibited them from cooperating with the NUG.

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1) Suu Kyi is being held in military custody

2) Her son Kim Aris says her heart condition worsening

3) Unclear if request to see cardiologist has been granted

4) Suu Kyi is a symbol of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement

Myanmar's Suu Kyi health worsening in military custody, son says. Sept 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from worsening heart problems & needs urgent medical attention, her son said on Friday, in an appeal for her immediate release from "cruel & life-threatening" custody. Kim Aris told Reuters that his 80-year-old mother, in military custody since a 2021 coup that deposed her govt, had asked to see a cardiologist about a month ago, but he had been unable to determine whether her request had been granted. "Without proper medical examinations... it is impossible to know what state her heart is in," he said by phone from London. "I am extremely worried. There is no way of verifying if she is even alive."The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has also suffered from bone and gum issues, Aris said, adding that it was likely she had been injured in an earthquake in March that killed more than 3,700 people. In a Facebook video, he appealed for Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Myanmar to be released.

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Myanmar rice export exceeds 1mil tonnes in 5 mths, good news.

YANGON: Myanmar exported 1.04 mil
tonnes of rice & broken rice in the first 5
months of the current fiscal year 2025-2026, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) on Friday (Sept 5).
The South-East Asian country earned US$355 million from the exports during the 5 months, from April to August this year, federation's data showed. During period, country exported rice and broken rice via both sea & land routes to more than 30 countries, it said. The federation aims to achieve 3 million tonnes of rice exports in the current fiscal year, the federation said. - Xinhua
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/ase...n-5-months

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Thailand’s top court orders former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Supreme Court in Bangkok on Sept 9, 2025, he on Tuesday in dramatic turn of events for embattled political titan. Thaksin, 76, a towering & divisive figure, served as PM from 2001 til was ousted in a military coup in 2006. He made a dramatic return to Thailand in 2023 after 15 yrs in self-imposed exile, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for conflict of interest, abuse of power & corruption during his time in power.
Despite sentence, Thaksin – once owned Manchester City Football Club – never spent a night in a prison cell. He served time in a luxury suite at Bangkok’s Police General Hospital after complaining of tightness in his chest, high blood pressure & low oxygen levels. Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn then reduced Thaksin’s prison sentence to 1 yr, b4 he was released on parole six months later in February 2024. On Tuesday the Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin’s prolonged hospital stay last year was unlawful and ordered him to serve his sentence at Bangkok Remand Prison, according to the court. Video from the Reuters news agency showed a convoy of vehicles it said was carrying Thaksin arriving at the prison later on Tuesday.

The nature of Thaksin’s detention raised questions that he received special treatment. & many analysts believe Thaksin struck a deal with the country’s powerful conservative and royalist establishment for his return in exchange for a reduced jail term, lenient treatment, or a possible pardon. Thaksin returned on the same day his family’s political party took up the reins of government once again.

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Thailand’s top court orders former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Supreme Court in Bangkok on Sept 9, 2025, he on Tuesday in dramatic turn of events for embattled political titan. Thaksin, 76, a towering & divisive figure, served as PM from 2001 til was ousted in a military coup in 2006. He made a dramatic return to Thailand in 2023 after 15 yrs in self-imposed exile, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for conflict of interest, abuse of power & corruption during his time in power.
Despite sentence, Thaksin – once owned Manchester City Football Club – never spent a night in a prison cell. He served time in a luxury suite at Bangkok’s Police General Hospital after complaining of tightness in his chest, high blood pressure & low oxygen levels. Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn then reduced Thaksin’s prison sentence to 1 yr, b4 he was released on parole six months later in February 2024. On Tuesday the Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin’s prolonged hospital stay last year was unlawful and ordered him to serve his sentence at Bangkok Remand Prison, according to the court. Video from the Reuters news agency showed a convoy of vehicles was carrying he arriving at prison later on Tuesday.

The nature of Thaksin’s detention raised questions that he received special treatment. & many analysts believe Thaksin struck a deal with the country’s powerful conservative and royalist establishment for his return in exchange for a reduced jail term, lenient treatment, or a possible pardon. Thaksin returned on the same day his family’s political party took up the reins of govt once again.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...-up-report

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Thailand’s top court orders former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Supreme Court in Bangkok on Sept 9, 2025, he on Tuesday in dramatic turn of events for embattled political titan. Thaksin, 76, a towering & divisive figure, served as PM from 2001 til was ousted in a military coup in 2006. He made a dramatic return to Thailand in 2023 after 15 yrs in self-imposed exile, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for conflict of interest, abuse of power & corruption during his time in power.
Despite sentence, Thaksin – once owned Manchester City Football Club – never spent a night in a prison cell. He served time in a luxury suite at Bangkok’s Police General Hospital after complaining of tightness in his chest, high blood pressure & low oxygen levels. Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn then reduced Thaksin’s prison sentence to 1 yr, b4 he was released on parole six months later in February 2024. On Tuesday the Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin’s prolonged hospital stay last year was unlawful and ordered him to serve his sentence at Bangkok Remand Prison, according to the court. Video from the Reuters news agency showed a convoy of vehicles it said was carrying Thaksin arriving at the prison later on Tuesday.

The nature of Thaksin’s detention raised questions that he received special treatment. & many analysts believe Thaksin struck a deal with the country’s powerful conservative and royalist establishment for his return in exchange for a reduced jail term, lenient treatment, or a possible pardon. Thaksin returned on the same day his family’s political party took up the reins of government once again.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/tha...em-5343951

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Weapons and ammunition seized from house of Myanmar national in Thai-Myanmar border town. Two people found in the house were identified as Sai Naw, a Myanmar national with passport & Ma Cho, a Myanmar national without documents. The relevant authorities searched house & found a large quantity of illegal items, including a Mk2 grenade, 2.22 caliber pistols (handgun), one modified 22 caliber pistol, one Thai-made gun, one shotgun, 11.38 caliber bullets, seven.22 caliber bullets, and one 8.5.56 caliber bullet.

Police & local authorities searched a house in Mae Sot, a town on the Thai-Myanmar border, on September 10 & seized weapons, grenades and a large quantity of ammunition, according to reports from the Thai side. Troops from Tak Province Mae Sot Township Police Station Commander, Pol. Col. Rang Daowadueng, & Rajmanu Task Force from Tak Province Mae Sot Township Police Station, with representatives from Infantry Division, Mae Sot Township Investigation Unit, patrol officers & local govt officials, searched the Ban Rumeng house in Mae Sot. The Mae Sot Police Station said that action will be taken against the two Myanmar nationals found in possession of the illegal weapons. - Eleven Media/ANN

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Weapons and ammunition seized from house of Myanmar national in Thai-Myanmar border town. Two people found in the house were identified as Sai Naw, a Myanmar national with passport & Ma Cho, a Myanmar national without documents. The relevant authorities searched house & found a large quantity of illegal items, including a Mk2 grenade, 2.22 caliber pistols (handgun), one modified 22 caliber pistol, one Thai-made gun, one shotgun, 11.38 caliber bullets, seven.22 caliber bullets, and one 8.5.56 caliber bullet.

Police & local authorities searched a house in Mae Sot, a town on the Thai-Myanmar border, on September 10 & seized weapons, grenades and a large quantity of ammunition, according to reports from the Thai side. Troops from Tak Province Mae Sot Township Police Station Commander, Pol. Col. Rang Daowadueng, & Rajmanu Task Force from Tak Province Mae Sot Township Police Station, with representatives from Infantry Division, Mae Sot Township Investigation Unit, patrol officers & local govt officials, searched the Ban Rumeng house in Mae Sot. The Mae Sot Police Station said that action will be taken against the two Myanmar nationals found in possession of the illegal weapons. - Eleven Media/ANN

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Military airstrike on schools in western Myanmar kills at least 18 people, most of them students: 

BANGKOK (AP) — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on two private schools in a village in Myanmar has killed at least 18 people, most of them students, an armed group and local media reports said Friday. More than 20 others were injured in the nighttime attack on the Thayet Thapin village in Kyauktaw township, the area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in the western Rakhine state, they said. The military has not announced any attack in the area. Khaing Thukha, a spokesperson for the Arakan Army, told The Associated Press that a jet fighter dropped two bombs on Pyinnyar Pan Khinn and A Myin Thit Private High Schools. He said most of the victims were “17 to 18-years-old students from the private schools. ”The situation in the village could not be independently confirmed, with access to the internet and cellphone service in the area mostly cut off.

Kyauktaw, 250 km (150 miles) southwest of Mandalay, country’s second-largest city, was captured by the Arakan Army in February last year. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power from the elected govt of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021, triggering wide
spread popular opposition. A peaceful demonstrations were put down with lethal force, many opponents of military rule took up arms,& large parts of country are now embroiled in conflict.
More than 7,200 people are estimated to have been killed by security forces since then, according to figures compiled by nongovernmental organizations.

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At least 19 students killed at Myanmar boarding school as junta escalates air war: Armed group. Children were killed and injured at the boarding school in Kyauktaw Township in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said in a statement.

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At least 19 students killed at Myanmar boarding school as junta escalates air war: Armed group. Children were killed and injured at the boarding school in Kyauktaw Township in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said in a statement.

It did not say how many were killed in the incident, but the Arakan Army, a militia battling the military in the western state, said at least 19, aged between 15 and 21, had died. Reuters could not independently verify the reports, as internet and mobile services in parts of Rakhine have been cut off by the Myanmar junta and attempts to reach Kyauktaw residents unsuccessful. A spokesperson for military did not answer telephone calls to seek comment.

“The attack adds pattern of increasingly devastating violence in Rakhine State, with children and families paying the ultimate price,” UNICEF said.

Rakhine, bordering Bangladesh, has seen intense fighting for months between the military and the Arakan Army, which seeks greater autonomy for the coastal province. It has long been one of Myanmar’s most troubled states, where World Food Programme has warned of rising hunger & malnutrition, including among the minority Muslim Rohingya community persecuted by successive regional administrations.

Nearly 500 airstrikes launched nationwide by military in last month killed more than 40 children and hit 15 schools, the shadow National Unity Government said, escalating use of air power, with 1,134 airstrikes between January and May, far higher than corresponding figures of 197 and 640 in 2023 and 2024, Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project says. It Southeast Asia’s most impoverished countries, Myanmar has been gripped by violence since a 2021 military coup that ousted an elected govt led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

After nationwide protests against the junta were brutally crushed, the opposition movement grew into an armed resistance against the military, which has been hammered by a combination of established ethnic armies and new outfits. After 4 years of extending emergency rule, junta formed an interim govt last month and pledged to hold a multi-phase election December 28, while junta chief Min Aung Hlaing remains in charge as acting president.

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Myanmar and China to enhance trade & investment. September 17, 2025.

Prime Minister U Nyo Saw holds talks with Vice-President Mr Han Zheng of the People’s Republic of China in Nanning yesterday: Prime Minister U Nyo Saw, who is currently in Nanning of the People’s Republic of China, held talks with Vice-President Mr Han Zheng of the People’s Republic of China at the Liyuan State Guesthouse in Nanning yesterday afternoon.
At the meeting, they frankly discussed bilateral relations and further promotion of efforts to develop the socioeconomic life of people of the two countries, enhancement of trade and investment, which contributes to each other, cooperation in anti-narcotic measures and combating human trafficking, online fraud and transnational crime, and further aid for humanitarian measures by China, including aid for the rehabilitation in the post-Mandalay earthquake.

Also, present at the meeting were Union Ministers Dr Charlie Than, U Chit Swe and Dr Thet Khaing Win, Kachin State Chief Minister U Khet Htein Nan, Myanmar Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China U Tin Maung Swe and officials. The Chinese Vice-President was accompanied by Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region CPC Party Secretary Mr Cheng Gang, Governor Mr Wai Tao, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ms Ma Jia and officials. In the evening, the Prime Minister attended the dinner to mark the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit together with heads of government of the invited ASEAN countries. — MNA/TTA

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1) Suu Kyi is being held in military custody

2) Her son Kim Aris says her heart condition worsening

3) Unclear if request to see cardiologist has been granted

4) Suu Kyi is a symbol of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement

Myanmar's Suu Kyi health worsening in military custody, son says. Sept 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from worsening heart problems & needs urgent medical attention, her son said on Friday, in an appeal for her immediate release from "cruel & life-threatening" custody. Kim Aris told Reuters that his 80-year-old mother, in military custody since a 2021 coup that deposed her govt, had asked to see a cardiologist about a month ago, but he had been unable to determine whether her request had been granted. "Without proper medical examinations... it is impossible to know what state her heart is in," he said by phone from London. "I am extremely worried. There is no way of verifying if she is even alive."The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has also suffered from bone and gum issues, Aris said, adding that it was likely she had been injured in an earthquake in March that killed more than 3,700 people. In a Facebook video, he appealed for Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Myanmar to be released.

Myanmar says no voting in 121 constituencies >upcoming general election.

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Myanmar says no voting in 121 constituencies >upcoming general election.

News from YANGON: The Union Election Commission (UEC) has announced that elections will not be held in 56 Pyithu Hluttaw (Upper House) constituencies, 9 Amyotha Hluttaw (Lower House) constituencies under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, & 56 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under FPTP system in the upcoming general election.


The multiparty democratic general election, scheduled to begin on December 28, 2025, will not include elections in constituencies due to absence conditions necessary to hold a free & fair vote, said UEC’s statement issued today (Sept 14) under Article 10 (8) of UEC Law.

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News from YANGON: The Union Election Commission (UEC) has announced that elections will not be held in 56 Pyithu Hluttaw (Upper House) constituencies, 9 Amyotha Hluttaw (Lower House) constituencies under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, & 56 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under FPTP system in the upcoming general election.

The multiparty democratic general election, scheduled to begin on December 28, 2025, will not include elections in constituencies due to absence conditions necessary to hold a free & fair vote, said UEC’s statement issued today (Sept 14) under Article 10 (8) of UEC Law.

Myanmar says no voting in 121 constituencies in upcoming general election. Tuesday, 16 Sep 2025 MYT

The UEC further announced that detailed lists of the affected constituencies by Hluttaw can be viewed on the Union Election Commission’s official website at uec.gov.mm.

Therefore, in the 2025 general election to be held starting December 28, elections will be conducted in 274 Pyithu Hluttaw constituencies, 75 Amyotha Hluttaw constituencies under the FPTP system, 26 constituencies under the Proportional Representation (PR) system, 266 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under the FPTP system, 42 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under the PR system, and 29 Region or State Hluttaw ethnic constituencies. - Eleven Media/ANN

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600 Myanmar migrant workers detained for illegally crossing into Kanchanaburi Province between Sep 1 to 16, according to border-focused news. Sept 16, authorities searched 3 vehicles in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum District, arrested 31 Myanmar men, 21, women & a 2-yer-old child, 53 in total, Thai news agency. More
over, the Thai authorities stopped and inspected 3 vans @checkpoint in Thong Pha Phum, arresting total of 133 Myanmar nationals, 72 men & 41 women, who had illegally crossed the border.

Similarly, 7 Myanmar workers arrested as spotted hiding in car traveling on a highway in Bang Lamung Town, Chonburi Province, Thai media said they are arrested. U Kyaw Ni, Deputy Minister of Labor of National Unity Govt (NUG), said illegal entry by Myanmar workers into Thailand has risen significantly since coup. “Since coup, we’ve seen a lot of people entering Thailand illegally. We tried to educate them about risks they might face, but the number of border crossings didn’t go down. In the end, many were arrested for illegal entry,” he told KIC. The arrested migrant workers told Thai authorities that they had paid smugglers between THB 15,000 & 30,000 in hopes of entering Thailand illegally to work, said Thai media.

Due to political instability and a lack of jobs at home, Myanmar workers continue to take risky decisions, paying high fees to smugglers to cross into Thailand, advocates for worker rights said. Thai authorities stepped up security along the border are arresting illegal Myanmar workers more aggressively. U Kyaw Ni also warned that arrested face deportation are at high risk of being forcibly conscripted by junta upon returning to Myanmar. “When Thai authorities deport the detainees, most are sent from Ranong. Many workers were active in Myanmar’s democracy movement. If they’re deported, junta would forcibly draft them. In other words, deporting them just helps strengthen junta’s oppressive rule. We plan to make a serious appeal to Thai govt about this,” U Kyaw Ni added.

Many Myanmar nationals cross into Thailand through illegal routes in border towns such as Myawaddy and Payathonzu in Karen State, Tachileik in Shan State, and Mawdaung in Tanintharyi Region, with arrests reported almost daily. In August, nearly 900 Myanmar nationals were arrested for entering Thailand through illegal routes, Thai media reported. According to a UN Development Programme (UNDP) report released on International Youth Day, August 12, about 40% of Myanmar’s youth aged 18 to 35 are desperate to leave their country due to economic collapse, internal conflict, & the junta’s forced conscription.

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Myanmar says no voting in 121 constituencies in upcoming general election. Tuesday, 16 Sep 2025 MYT

The UEC further announced that detailed lists of the affected constituencies by Hluttaw can be viewed on the Union Election Commission’s official website at uec.gov.mm.

Therefore, in the 2025 general election to be held starting December 28, elections will be conducted in 274 Pyithu Hluttaw constituencies, 75 Amyotha Hluttaw constituencies under the FPTP system, 26 constituencies under the Proportional Representation (PR) system, 266 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under the FPTP system, 42 Region or State Hluttaw constituencies under the PR system, and 29 Region or State Hluttaw ethnic constituencies. - Eleven Media/ANN

Myanmar/Timor-Leste to hold bilateral talks to promote relations: On 18 September, he held talks with Myanmar’s Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Than Swe, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw. 

The two ministers discussed to enhance bilateral cooperation and emphasised the importance of upholding Asean’s core principles and the Asean Charter, particularly the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of member states. During the meeting, Timor-Leste officially proposed for Myanmar to open an embassy in Dili and reaffirmed its commitment to preventing illegal organisations from carrying out activities against Myanmar govt or establishing offices in Timor-Leste.

The discussions also touched on practical cooperation, including plans to sign bilateral agreements on visa exemptions for holders of diplomatic and official passports, as well as a tourism visa waiver scheme in line with Asean agreements. - Eleven Media/ANN

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YANGON: Junta has been displaying local products w/120 booths at the 22nd China-Asean Expo (CAEXPO), which is being held @Sept 17 to 21 in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, state-owned daily. Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Saturday (Sept 20). Booths showcase high-quality gems and jewelry, clothes, local and natural products, traditional products and handicrafts, the report said, citing U Myo Thant, joint general secretary of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI).
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YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar plans to cultivate up to 100,000 acres of coffee crops across the country within 1 to 2 years, an official from the Dept of Agriculture told Xinhua on Monday

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