TANINTHARYI—A 44-year-old farmer lost his left leg yesterday after stepping on a landmine while returning from a rubber plantation in Kan To Village, Tanintharyi Township. The incident occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 17. “It happened on his way home from rubber tapping. His leg was severed, and shrapnel hit his body,” said a […]

The newly formed Tavoyan National United Political Committee (TNUPC) has announced a major effort to consolidate the fragmented local resistance, declaring that Dawei resistance forces will merge to establish a single Dawei ethnic armed organization. The TNUPC released a statement on December 12, explaining that its formation followed systematic research and intensive consultation with local […]

Intense fighting between resistance forces and the Myanmar military junta on the Tanintharyi-Mawtaung road has halted cargo truck movement, leading to severe food and supply shortages in approximately 10 nearby villages. The conflict escalated beginning November 15, following the resistance forces’ capture of the Thai-Myanmar border town of Mawtaung. The military junta is currently reinforcing […]

The Myanmar junta’s Election Commission has announced that elections cannot be held in 83 wards and village tracts in Tanintharyi Region—more than a third of the total areas—due to conflict ahead of its two-phase poll. The First Phase, scheduled for December 28, covers Dawei, Myeik, Bokpyin, and Kawthaung Townships, totaling 136 wards/village tracts. The commission’s […]

The Dawei Airport upgrade project began implementation in November, and upon completion, it has the potential to significantly facilitate takeoff and landing for military aircraft. The work commenced after military leader Min Aung Hlaing mentioned the need to upgrade the Dawei Airport during his trip to Dawei on September 18. There is a plan to […]

Local residents in Mawtaung, on the Thailand-Myanmar border, are forced to harvest their rice under dangerous conditions due to continuous aerial bombing by the military junta, which began after revolutionary forces captured the town. Since the revolutionary forces seized Mawtaung town on November 14, the junta forces have been continuously launching airstrikes on the area […]