A Myanmar delegation led by Deputy Minister U Min Zeyar Hlaing of the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications attended the 2nd Global Digital Forum in Moscow from 8 to 10 October 2026, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar (GNLM), published 13 October 2026. GNLM is a state-run newspaper, so its account reflects … Read more
Floods and landslides in Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region, have killed dozens of people, and according to the press reports we could verify, phone and internet disruptions have made it hard for outsiders to even say how bad the damage is. UCA News reported on 2 October 2026, citing a local armed group and local sources, … Read more
On September 20, 2026, Myanmar’s Deputy Minister for Digital Development and Communications, U Thet Win Aung, met mobile operators and internet service providers at the Hanthawaddy Office in Sanchaung Township, Yangon, and said the country is “expected to begin offering 5G services in the near future.” That is the full extent of the new information, … Read more
On 15 September 2026, Norwegian police announced that Telenor ASA, the Norwegian parent of the operator that once ran Telenor Myanmar, has been charged in two separate investigations linked to its Myanmar business. According to the joint press release from Kripos and PST (Norway’s national criminal investigation service and its domestic security service), published on … Read more
This is our weekly column: we pull together the stories we covered over the past week, put one or two of them next to something from our archive, and flag a specific, checkable claim to come back to later. Three stories this time, and they turn out to share a theme neither of them states … Read more