Myanmar or Burma

Myanmar’s anti-regime People’s Liberation Army (PLA) claimed responsibility for shooting down a junta fighter jet during the battle for Kan Dauk police station in Pale Township, Sagaing Region on Tuesday.

[The People's Liberation Army (abbr. PLA; Burmese: ပြည်သူ့လွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်မတော်) is a communist rebel group in Myanmar. It is the armed wing of the underground Communist Party of Burma. CPB cadres reentered Myanmar through the country's border with China in March 2021. Five months later in August 2021, the CPB announced that it had rearmed itself and established a new armed wing to wage a people's war against the SAC. - Wikipedia]

Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, who has survived international sanctions and internal armed conflict due to China’s support, expressed his gratitude for Beijing’s help in comments to mark the 75th anniversary of Myanmar-China diplomatic relations on Sunday.

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The ban will fully restrict entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan; Myanmar, also known as Burma; Chad; Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Haiti; Iran; Libya; Somalia; Sudan; and Yemen.

Investigations have revealed that the United Wa State Army and the Mongla-based National Democratic Alliance Army agreed to help cover the costs of rebuilding civil service housing in Myanmar’s capital after the devastating earthquake that struck the country in March.

Bangladesh has recalled its ambassador in Yangon in response to the expulsion of its military attaché by Myanmar’s regime.

Citing diplomatic sources, the Dhaka Post reported that Bangladesh’s foreign affairs ministry instructed Monowar Hossain to return this week.

Bangladesh is communicating with the Arakan Army (AA) that controls 14 out of Rakhine State’s 17 townships, including the entire border with Bangladesh.

Note - this is the first reported involvement of Chinese "security" company in Myanmar's conflict since Junta under Chinese demands hastily passed a security law in February 2025 allowing foreign troops in Myanmar soil under the guise of "security companies".

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing met with officials from the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) on Sunday in an apparent bid to staunch the flow of arms to resistance groups through their eastern Shan State territory.

“There are channels through which weapons and ammunition from ordnance factories in Laos are supplied to armed groups like the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the NDAA,” an ethnic affairs expert said. “The junta boss will have expressed concerns that they reach resistance groups.”

The United League of Arakan (ULA) has banned adults aged up to 45 from leaving Rakhine State while its armed wing, the Arakan Army (AA), is conscripting residents.

[Note: Arakan Army effectively controls all of Arakan and some parts of Chin State - see Myanmar War Map.]

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Immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan, attorneys for the migrants said in court documents filed Tuesday

Tsang Yih Shoe Factory in Hlaing Tharyar Township is one of the largest Adidas footwear suppliers, employing around 6,800 workers. Currently, workers are paid just 5,200 kyats a day, or less than US$1.20 at the market rate.