Bo Nagar, leader of the Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA) in Pale Township, Sagaing Region, has defected to the junta with his family, bringing weapons with him. The junta announced that Bo Nagar and his family defected at around 4:50 p.m. on February 18, bringing six weapons and pieces of equipment. Bo Nagar, who had declared himself a resistance leader, defected to the junta on February 18, a day after resistance forces under the command of the National Unity Government (NUG) attacked several BNRA bases in Pale Township. According to NUG spokesperson U Nay Phone Latt, the NUG’s Home Affairs…
Author: Editor
More than 200 residents from several villages in Tamu Township, Sagaing Region, gathered to protest against forced conscription. Residents of Bokekan, Minthamee and Zeehpyukone villages began protesting on February 15, and on February 16, about 250 villagers from Malu, Zeehpyukone, Aukthaung, Ywathar, Minthamee and Bokekan gathered in Bokekan and marched along the Asia Highway in protest. Locals accused Tamu District Battalions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, overseen by Military Region 1 Administration under the resistance-run National Unity Government (NUG), of conscripting residents through various methods. “The public can no longer tolerate this. Boys are being forcibly drafted against their…
In Chin State, one of the regions with the strongest armed resistance after the coup, nearly 1,200 Chin people have been killed in attacks by the junta. According to the Institute of Chin Affairs (ICA), 1,183 people were killed in Chin State during the junta’s five-year rule, including nearly 500 young people. On January 31, the ICA released a report documenting the deaths and human rights violations suffered by Chin people as a result of the junta’s atrocities during the five-year period from February 1, 2021, to January 31, 2026. “Looking back over the past five years, most of the…
Heavy clashes erupted between a junta reinforcement column advancing toward Falam Town in northern Chin State and the Chin resistance coalition, leaving junta forces with casualties. On January 20, a junta reinforcement column of 200–300 troops set out by trucks along the Kale–Taingen-Falam Highway toward Falam Town. Six days later, on January 26, the resistance coalition ambushed the convoy between Valon and Zawngkawng villages in Falam Township, triggering fierce clashes. “We were waiting for the column near Zawngkawng Village and launched the attack there. It’s likely that it suffered significant casualties, though the exact number is still unknown. The fighting…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) special envoy for the Myanmar crisis, Theresa Lazaro, appointed by the Philippines, the bloc’s rotating chair, held two days of talks with Myanmar resistance groups. Discussions between Lazaro, who is also the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and anti-coup Myanmar resistance groups were held on January 19 and 20 in Tagaytay, the Philippines. “The meeting was convened by the ASEAN rotating chair. First, we discussed how to implement ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus to resolve the Myanmar crisis and how to stop the violence. We also talked about the junta’s airstrikes on civilians, humanitarian assistance, scam…
Nearly two years after taking control of Tonzang Township in northern Chin State, the Tonzang Township Council said it has begun implementing a new city development project. The council is administered by the Chin resistance group Chinland Defence Force–Tonzang (CDF-Tonzang). The council’s chairman, U Thang Suan Mung, told Khonumthung News that around 300 plots of land in the northern part of Tonzang Town have already been mapped out, and preparations are underway to develop a new city area. “Our goal is to rebuild Tonzang into a modern and well-developed city. The current town is built on a steep slope and…
Three organizations assisting Chin refugees in Malaysia met with Australian Senator Dean Smith to discuss the challenges facing Chin refugees in the country. Smith, the Australian Senate’s Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, toured Southeast Asia, visiting Malaysia and Thailand to meet with humanitarian organizations. From January 11 to 13, the three Chin refugee groups presented Smith with the difficulties faced by the refugees and discussed possible avenues for assistance. “The situation on the ground is really tough. We told him that more Chin refugees are being arrested in Malaysia. There were even cases where the junta picked…
The coup junta has sharply criticized Timor-Leste after it accepted a case filed by the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) seeking to indict coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other top junta officers under universal jurisdiction for crimes committed in Chin State. The junta said Timor-Leste’s move violates the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) charter. Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on January 18 condemning the decision. Although it is a coup regime, the junta continues to claim it is Myanmar’s legitimate government. Timor-Leste’s action of coordinating with anti-state resistance groups undermines the basic principles…
Mizoram State-based Mizo Zirlai Pawl, also known as the Mizo Students’ Association (MZP), and the Zo Re-unification Organization (ZORO) staged a protest in the state capital, Aizawl, against the Indian government’s plan to build a fence along the Mizoram–Myanmar border. The two groups held a joint peaceful protest in front of Vanapa Hall in Aizawl at 11:00 a.m. on January 16. “The Indian government is planning to build a wall along the border that will separate brothers from brothers. MZP and ZORO cannot accept this. That is why we, as brothers, are protesting against a plan that will divide us,”…
On the night of January 11, the junta carried out two airstrikes in Falam Township, Chin State, one of which struck Tibual Cottage Hospital, causing extensive damage. At around 9:30 p.m. on January 11, the junta launched intense airstrikes on the villages of Tibual and Sim Dihai, according to Salai Timmy, spokesperson for the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF). “Around 9:30 p.m., airstrikes hit two villages. Sim Dihai didn’t suffer major damage, but in Tibual, the cottage hospital was almost completely destroyed, and a few nearby houses were also damaged. Thankfully, there were no reports of casualties,” he told Khonumthung…