Hundreds of civilians displaced from Khampat Town and the Kanan village tract, who fled to Kale Town in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing Region, are facing worsening healthcare crises and severe livelihood hardships. Many are falling ill as they adapt to drastic weather changes amid the ongoing monsoon season. Both Khampat and Kanan are located in Tamu Township, near the India-Myanmar border. Since June 7, Myanmar’s military junta has launched aggressive offensives along the strategic Kale–Tamu Road, forcing residents from Khampat and approximately 50 surrounding villages to abandon their homes. More than a month after the initial escalation, the vast majority of…
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Thousands of residents displaced from downtown Tonzang and surrounding villages in northern Chin State remain unable to return home more than a month later, sparking urgent needs for humanitarian assistance, including medicines and basic food supplies. Civilians from Tonzang’s urban wards, adjacent villages, and communities east of the township bordering Kalay, Tamu, and Khampat have been displaced since May, facing severe hardships, an official from the resistance-run Tonzang People’s Administration told Khonumthung News. “People from downtown Tonzang and the surrounding villages are still displaced and facing extremely grim conditions,” the official said. “Displaced populations across the township desperately need livelihoods,…
Intense urban clashes in downtown Thantlang, Chin State, have entered a new phase as junta forces have allegedly begun deploying chemical-laced munitions alongside suicide drones, according to the Chinland Defence Force–Thantlang (CDF-Thantlang). Fighting has raged uninterrupted in Thantlang for over 20 days, from June 10 through the morning of July 1. A CDF-Thantlang spokesperson said junta troops have suffered setbacks in ground operations, while resistance forces have gained the upper hand, prompting the regime to resort to these unconventional tactics. “The junta has started using chemical-laced bombs. On the ground, we have been stronger in direct clashes. Because of that,…
Resistance forces from Chin State, Arakan (Rakhine) State, and Magway Region are jointly resisting a major junta offensive targeting the southern Chin State towns of Mindat and Kanpetlet. The offensive is being countered by a coalition comprising the Chin People’s Union/Chin People’s Army (CPU/CPA), the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), and resistance forces under the Magway Federal Unit. Since mid-May, the alliance has successfully held back junta columns—reportedly numbering in the thousands—for more than a month despite sustained assaults. In a statement, the ULA/AA said the junta has committed large numbers of troops in an attempt to break through…
Despite the junta’s announcement that it has regained complete control of Khampat Town in Sagaing Region, located along the India-Myanmar border trade route linking Kale and Tamu, fierce fighting is still ongoing in parts of the town, according to resistance frontline sources in the area. Junta troops have stormed and occupied Wards 2, 3, and 4 with large numbers of forces. However, clashes continue in Ward 1, which remains the main stronghold of resistance forces, particularly around the police station, the former junta military camp, and the Immigration Department office. A military analyst from Tamu Town in Sagaing Region said…
The Zomi Revolutionary Army–Eastern Command (ZRA-EC), a Chin State-based armed group aligned with Myanmar’s military junta, executed a young man from Tedim Township after accusing him of involvement in the killing of one of its members. According to the ZRA-EC, U Paung Ngai Man, a National Worker of the group, was beaten to death on June 9 while returning from Tungzang Village to his home in Thuitan Village. In a statement released by the ZRA-EC, the group said it conducted an investigation into the killing and identified Kap Lian Man, son of U Kin Za Khup from Thuitan Village, as…
The junta has been carrying out offensives against the towns of Mindat and Kanpetlet in southern Chin State, with intensified airstrikes on Mindat in recent days causing widespread damage. On the morning of June 8, the junta carried out airstrikes across Mindat Township. Between 10:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., 2 fighter jets conducted 3 bombing runs on the eastern side of Mindat Town, dropping a total of 6 bombs. At the same time, a Y-12 utility aircraft carried out 9 bombing runs, dropping 4 to 5 grenades per run, for a total of more than 40 munitions. Earlier that day,…
The newly formed Khumi ethnic armed group, People Front/Khumi National Congress Party (KPF/KNCP), has conscripted about 40 young men and women from three villages in Paletwa in southern Chin State, according to Paletwa Township residents. Armed men reportedly entered Tharyarkone, Kyaukpalin, and Sattalaingwa villages along Uthalin Creek around midnight on June 2 and took away young people, including minors. “Around midnight on June 2, KPF/KNCP fighters raided three villages, going house to house to round up young men. They also recorded details of the youths living there. Those not taken this time were told they would be included in future…
The Indian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urged visiting coup leader Min Aung Hlaing to prioritize completing the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) and the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway. Indian media reported that Modi raised the issues during a May 30–June 3 visit to India by a Myanmar junta delegation led by Min Aung Hlaing. According to junta-controlled state media, Modi said that further improvements in transport connectivity between the two countries would benefit both sides, and the two agreed to work closely to complete the projects. The KMMTTP, implemented with Indian investments, is a strategic project linking…
After recapturing towns in northern Chin State, the junta announced plans to rapidly rebuild hospitals, schools, administrative offices, and religious buildings that it had previously destroyed. Building materials for reconstruction efforts have begun arriving in northern Chin State, with priority given to repairing hospitals and schools, according to coup leader Min Aung Hlaing, who made the remarks during a cabinet meeting on May 26. Min Aung Hlaing also said that markets and office buildings destroyed by junta forces should be rebuilt, and instructed other state and regional administrations to assist in Chin State’s recovery efforts. The junta delivered 10 tons…