September 1
The Karen National Union (KNU) has reaffirmed its commitment to implementing commitments to prevent sexual violence and eliminate gender discrimination.
Source: DVB
September 2
The military junta spokesman, General Zaw Min Tun, said that the military leader’s visit to China was successful in discussing the election with international recognition.
Source: DVB
Rohingya activists said that during a discussion on the situation of Rohingya refugees held in Cox’s Bazar, they discussed in detail the safe return of Rohingya refugees and the need to take action in international courts against the Myanmar military’s violent actions.
Source: DVB
The current situation in Myanmar is reminiscent of the atrocities committed by the military against the Rohingya in 2017, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
Source: DVB
September 3
Min Aung Hlaing and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un met at a military parade in Beijing, China, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.
Source: DVB
The UK-based Myanmar Rohingya Organization (BROUK) has requested an Argentine court to issue an arrest warrant for the leader of the Arakan Army (AA), General Tun Myat Naing.
Source: DVB
September 4
Imprisoned State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s heart condition is worsening and she is unable to see a cardiologist, her son says.
Source: DVB
The military is not allowed to campaign for the upcoming election in towns controlled by the United Wa State Army (UWSA). The Election Commission has announced constituencies that include not only UWSA-controlled areas, but also areas controlled by other ethnic armed groups and areas occupied by revolutionary forces.
Source: DVB
September 5
The Commander-in-Chief of the Arakan Army (AA), General Htun Myat Naing, and Kim Eric (b) Htein Lin, son of public figure and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, met online, Kim Eric said on his social networking page Facebook.
Source: DVB
The Republic of Korea and the World Food Programme (WFP) have announced that they will jointly implement the REACH (Responding With Emergency Assistance For Conflict-Affected Households) program to help Myanmar’s record-high hunger levels. Under the program, Korea’s $10 million in funding will provide emergency assistance to around 300,000 families affected by the conflict and earthquake, as well as 24,000 pregnant and lactating mothers and children with malnutrition prevention and treatment assistance.
Source: DVB
September 7
The Karen National Union (KNU) central government has announced that the state-level offensive has been blocked for more than 500 days, which is a sign of military victory, and that the morale of the military and the revolutionary forces is now different.
Source: DVB
September 8
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against nine individuals and entities of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) linked to the increasing number of online money laundering operations in Myawaddy, Karen State, on the Myanmar-Thailand border.
Source: Myanmar Now
After arriving in Thailand, the monk leader of the Pyu Saw Htee armed group, Pauk Pen Taw, met with Toon Ratchapakdi, a Thai nationalist known as the Mustache, and made threats against some Burmese in Thailand.
Source: Myanmar Now
September 9
The Election Commission has announced that it has revoked the registration of four political parties, including the National Democratic Force (NDF), due to insufficient number of party offices and party members.
Source: DVB
The military commission is using Chinese company Geedge Networks’ internet surveillance equipment and services at 13 telecommunications companies to monitor domestic internet users, according to a report by activist group Justice For Myanmar (JFM).
Source: Myanmar Now
September 10
Nicholas Khunjan, head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar (IIMM), said that if crimes are ignored and not punished, perpetrators will be emboldened to commit further atrocities.
Source: DVB
The US government has issued a travel advisory for US citizens to avoid all travel to six countries, including Myanmar. Myanmar is also among the six countries that are included in the advisory, which includes Afghanistan, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran and Russia. The advisory is due to the risk of false detention and security threats to US citizens in these countries.
Source: DVB
September 11
The National Unity Government (NUG) Defense Minister U Yi Mon said that the military has taken advantage of the support it has received from some authoritarian countries to launch some offensives.
Source: DVB
Dr. Aye Maung, chairman of the Arakan Army Front (AFP), who was sentenced to prison in 2019 for treason and disqualification from parliament and declared ineligible to contest future elections by the Union Election Commission, was pardoned after the military took power in 2021. The military leader then announced that he would be pardoned so that he could participate in the upcoming elections.
Source: DVB
Sweden has decided to suspend development assistance to Myanmar in order to prioritize the Ukraine issue, the Swedish Foreign Ministry has announced.
Source: DVB
Ooredoo Myanmar, which has changed ownership, will officially change its name to U9 starting September 20th, Ooredoo Myanmar announced. Jonathan Kyaw Thaung, a descendant of U Kyaw Thaung, who supported the military commission in one way or another, and the son of U Moe Kyaw Thaung (who is known for being an arms broker for the military), has become the owner of the Ooredoo telecommunications company.
Source: DVB
September 12
The military leader urged the relevant regional and state chief ministers to take the lead in ensuring the success of the general election.
Source: DVB
The military leader told ministries to quickly implement a direct payment system in Chinese yuan and Myanmar kyat instead of US dollars, to facilitate Chinese businessmen’s investment in the yuan.
Source: DVB
The military bombed the Pyinnya Pan Khin Private School in Thayet Tabin Village, Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State at around 1 am, killing 18 people, most of them high school students, and injuring around 20.
Source: Myanmar Now
September 14
The regime’s Election Commission has announced that elections will not be held in 56 townships nationwide. Of these included 17 townships controlled by ethnic armed groups in Shan State, including the TNLA, the United Wa State Army (UWSA), and the Kokang National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA).
Source: Myanmar Now
September 15
On the International Day of Democracy, organizations including the Global Federation of Unions (GUFs) have jointly declared that the upcoming military-led election in Myanmar is leading to a permanent dictatorship and condemned the sham election.
Source: DVB
September 16
Ministers and local business leaders led by Military Commission Prime Minister Nyo Saw attended the China-ASEAN Expo and Economic Forum in Nanning.
Source: Myanmar Now
September 17
An aerial bombardment of a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) military training academy in Shweku Township, Kachin State, killed at least 20 trainees and injured many more.
Source: Myanmar Now
The Nation, a Thai news outlet, reported that the air force chiefs met in Nay Pyi Taw to further strengthen friendship and cooperation between the air forces of Thailand and Myanmar.
Source: DVB
September 18
The National Unity Government (NUG) has announced that it will take action against all military commissions and subordinate organizations transformed from military councils in accordance with the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Source: DVB
The military council has reportedly asked the East Timorese government not to allow the National Unity Government (NUG) to open an office in the country, in support of the group during the meeting with country representatives in Naypyitaw.
Source: DVB
September 19
The Sun Malaysia newspaper reported, citing a ministry statement, that Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamed Hassan’s visit to Myanmar has been postponed.
Source: DVB
September 20
The National Unity Government (NUG) has announced the final capture of Bham Mauk town in Katha district, Sagaing region. The offensive began on September 15 and was completed six days later.
Source: Myanmar Now
The BNA editor-in-chief said that he is concerned that 31-year-old Mamudra, a reporter for the Rakhine-based Border News Agency (BNA), was taken from his home in Maungdaw by AA intelligence agents, claiming to have questions, and has not been released to date.
Source: Myanmar Now
A military-run newspaper reported that two young men, including Ko Yan Naing Kyi Win, a member of the Shwe Pyi Thar Strike Committee who was agitating to boycott the general election, were arrested in Hlaing Tharyar Township, on the other side of Yangon.
Source: Myanmar Now
September 22
Civil society organizations have been invited to observe the election, but so far, no organization has formally applied to the military council’s election commission.
Source: DVB
September 23
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has been attacking an Arakan Army (AA) camp near Inn Chaung village in Maungdaw Township since September 16, and the AA is counterattacking with full force, resulting in intense fighting.
Source: DVB
September 24
The military council has opened cases under the Election Law against KNU leaders, including the chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU), who said they would not accept the upcoming elections.
Source: DVB
September 25
Min Aung Hlaing promised to hand over state responsibilities after the upcoming elections are held during a meeting with Russian President Putin at the Kremlin in Russia.
Source: DVB
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the US Treasury Department announced that it has imposed sanctions on Yangon-based Royal Shune Lei and three executives for purchasing military equipment from North Korea for the military.
Source: Myanmar Now
The military commission has restricted the conversion of undocumented Burmese citizens from their Certificate of Identity (CI) to a Worker’s Passport (PJ Passport) to the requirement that they reside only in Thailand.
Source: Myanmar Now
September 26
The Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) and the Ministry of Science and Technology under the Military Council have signed an agreement to cooperate in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the Military Council Press Service reported.
Source: DVB
September 27
The National League for Democracy (NLD) has announced that the party will exist as long as the people exist, no matter how much the dictators try to attack and destroy them. The statement, released in a statement marking the 37th anniversary of the party’s founding, said that any talks without the participation of NLD Chairwoman Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in resolving Myanmar’s political problems would not be successful.
Source: DVB
