22 March 2025

In order to cause injuries to both peaceable civilians and administrative authorities who are striving to restore the rule of law, extreme terrorists provide financial assistance and instigate destructive activities, such as detonating explosive devices and remote blasting, against public roads, railways, government offices and houses.
Since they are conducting such terrorist acts, on 20 March 2025 at 4:30 PM, a report stated that a man with shrapnel injuries was admitted to the Nyaung-U Township Public Hospital of Magway Region. When security personnel promptly arrived at the hospital for further investigation, it was discovered that the victim was U Than Htike Win (39 years old), a resident of Nyaung Pin Village in Pakokku Township of Magway Region. The incident occurred while the victim was riding his motorcycle to a farm on the outskirts of his village. When he reached an area approximately two furlongs southeast of the village, an explosive device planted by a so-called PDF terrorist faction detonated, resulting in his injuries, it is reported.
 It has been reported that the security personnel are investigating the culprits of the acts of terrorism from the above incident to take effective action in accordance with the law. 

Source: www.moha.gov.mm

Washington

President Trump on Friday announced that the U.S. Air Force is moving ahead with a sixth-generation fighter jet known as the F-47, with Boeing being awarded the contract to manufacture the new aircraft.

"At my direction, the United States Air Force is moving forward with the world's first sixth-generation fighter jet," the president said alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an Oval Office announcement. "Nothing in the world comes even close to it. And it will be known as the F-47."

Boeing and Lockheed Martin had been in competition to build the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, as the U.S. looks to stay ahead of China when it comes to air defense technology.

The president said the F-47 is "the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built," calling it "virtually unseeable" with "unprecedented power" and excellent maneuverability. Mr. Trump said a "an experimental version of the plane has secretly been flying for almost five years, and we're confident that it massively overpowers the capabilities of any other nation."

"America's enemies will never see it coming, hopefully we won't have to use it for that purpose, but you have to have it," Mr. Trump said. "And if it ever happens, they won't know what the hell hit them." 

The president said a new F-47 fleet will be built while he's in office. He told reporters he can't say how much the jets cost "because it would give away to some of the technology." 

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f-47-boeing-contract/

Investigative sources have told NHK that a Japanese man found at a scam center in Myanmar will be extradited in early April. They suspect the 36-year-old of stealing money from a ramen shop in Sapporo, Hokkaido.

Police say they have an arrest warrant for the man, adding that they also plan to ask him about his time at the scam center.

Multiple sources say he was engaged in a Chinese fraud operation in Myanmar. Authorities found him in late February, and he has since been transferred to Thailand.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250322_03/

The European Commission on Wednesday introduced a comprehensive plan to enhance the European Union’s (EU) defense capabilities, aiming to bolster military readiness and reduce reliance on non-EU allies amid uncertainty over future U.S. support for NATO.
“The security architecture that we relied on can no longer be taken for granted. Europe is ready to step up. We must invest in defense, strengthen our capabilities, and take a proactive approach to security,” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement.
At the core of the plan is the White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030, and a defense package providing financial levers to EU member states for boosting investment in defense capabilities. These are part of the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030, the Commission said.
The white paper outlines key priorities, including addressing critical defense gaps identified by EU member states and strengthening Europe’s defense industry through increased joint procurement efforts.

It also emphasizes the need to increase military support for Ukraine and expand the EU-wide defense market by streamlining regulations to improve efficiency and cooperation. Currently, EU nations operate a wide array of different weapons systems, limiting interoperability and efficiency.
The new blueprint was unveiled ahead of a summit of EU government leaders, where European defense remains a top agenda topic.

Source: Xinhua

THE malicious media spread fake information, claiming that security forces torched the village and opened fire using heavy and small weapons in Ngatayaw village, Yesakyo Township, Magway Region, on 19 March, and the villagers had fled their villages.
According to a local security official, such news was invalid. Security forces conducted security measures in Yesakyo Township and did not take any security measures in Ngatayaw village on that day.
Terrorists torched the villages and launched attacks using heavy weapons and drones. Subversive media outlets spread misinformation, covering up their terror acts and misleading the people about security forces. — MNA/KTZH

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

North Korea says it has conducted a test-firing of its latest anti-aircraft missile system with the country's leader Kim Jong Un overseeing the launch.

State-run Korean Central Television reported on Friday that the Missile Administration conducted the test the previous day. It said the missile system has entered full-scale production. It said Kim gave a positive assessment of the test results. Kim reportedly said the country's military will be equipped with another major defense weapon system. A South Korean expert pointed out that North Korea may have received air defense technological and equipment assistance from Russia in return for dispatching troops. Sources related to the South Korean military said on Friday that North Korea launched several missiles from near Onchon in western North Korea toward the Yellow Sea west of the Korean Peninsula at about 9 a.m. on Thursday.

The South Korean military, in coordination with the United States, is reportedly analyzing the missile types and monitoring North Korea's movements.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250321_15/

The European Council, which convened on Thursday, failed to make any practical decisions on more military aid to the Kiev government.

The final statement of the meeting makes no mention of the 40-billion-euro military aid package, proposed by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, or its reduced variant worth five billion euro.

The document was signed by 26 EU member states, because Hungary blocked the adoption of a joint statement. It says that the European Council will return to discussions on the subject during its next meeting, scheduled for late June.

Source: https://tass.com/world/1931527

With the aim of creating an uneducated society by depriving children of their right to education and instilling fear among the public, the NUG, CRPH and their subordinate PDF terrorist groups, which have been designated as terrorist organizations by the government, are carrying out various destructive activities across the country. These include intimidation and coercion of students, teachers and parents abductions and killings and arson and bombing attacks on education facilities. In addition to these acts, PDF terrorists, driven by destructive intent, are vandalizing government efforts to develop the education sector. Their actions include burning textbooks and teaching materials, seizing educational resources by force and distributing threatening letters at schools.
 Since they are committing such terrorist acts, on 19 March 2025 at 7:30 AM, a so-called PDF terrorist faction forcibly stopped the “Thit Sar Oo” passenger coach, which was travelling from Yangon city to Myingyan Town, near Taung Shae Village in Myingyan Township of Mandalay Region. The terrorists then took office and school documents that were being transported from the Taungtha Township Education Commissioner’s Office to the Myingyan Township Education Commissioner’s Office, it is reported.
Security personnel are taking necessary measures to identify and apprehend the terrorists involved in the above-mentioned case, in accordance with security procedures and will take legal action against them, it is reported.

Source: www.moha.gov.mm

MOSCOW, March 21 

Russia's foreign ministry said Thursday that Ukraine had breached a proposed 30-day ceasefire on energy infrastructure by striking a Russian oil depot, according to media reports.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told Russia's Channel One that the United States, which had proposed the ceasefire, was responsible for holding Ukraine accountable for its actions.

Her comments came after a Ukrainian drone attack ignited a fire at an oil depot near the village of Kavkazskaya in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.

A statement released by local authorities on Thursday evening noted that efforts to contain the fire were ongoing.

U.S. President Donald Trump held separate phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this week. According to White House statements, Trump and Putin agreed that "the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire," while Trump and Zelensky "agreed on a partial ceasefire against energy."

The Ukrainian side also accused Russia of violating its pledges. Hours after Putin's phone call with Trump, Zelensky said there had been "hits, specifically on civilian infrastructure," including a hospital in Sumy.

Late on Thursday, Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on Ukraine's Odesa, injuring three people and damaging an apartment building and a shopping center, according to the regional governor. 

Source: https://english.news.cn/20250321/d54ccb0f87494df4935ceb269aca6106/c.html

Britain's defense ministry says up to 250,000 Russian troops have died since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022.

The ministry posted on social media on Thursday that Russian forces have likely sustained about 900,000 casualties, and 200,000 to 250,000 of these have been killed. It says the deaths are Russia's largest losses since the World War Two.

The ministry says Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian military leadership are almost certainly prepared to tolerate high casualty rates so long as this does not negatively affect public or elite support for the war, and those losses can be replaced.

It also says Putin and the leadership highly likely place significantly less value on the lives of ethnic minority Russian citizens from impoverished regions, where military recruitment efforts have been focused.

It adds that Slavic Russians from urban centers such as Moscow have contributed disproportionately fewer service personnel than poorer, ethnic minorities.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250321_10/