In an address marking the 74th Kayah State Day on Thursday, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing stated that Myanmar’s instability resulted from “foreign powers” and “domestic traitors” such as ethnic resistance active in Kayah State, according to Irrawaddy News in a report published over the past three hours. The Karen National Union reported nearly 300 junta troops, including an operations commander, killed during 1,113 clashes in KNU Brigade 5 territory throughout 2025, as stated by BNI Online in a post within the reporting window. PDF Myingyan District Battalion 3 announced it arrested Sein Lwin, husband of Pyu Saw Htee militia leader Thida Yu Mon, and seized narcotics from him on Wednesday while he drove from Myingyan to Bagan, per Irrawaddy News. The Kachin Independence Army reported renewed clashes with junta forces in Bhamo, Kachin State, on January 14 that featured airstrikes and heavy artillery, according to BNI Online. Citizens across Myanmar stated that fear, surveillance, and intimidation drove them to vote in the regime’s poll, helping secure a mandate for military rule, as reported by Irrawaddy News over the past three hours. The Union Election Commission stated that People’s Pioneer Party chief and ex-regime minister Daw Thet Thet Khine violated the constitution and political party registration law, per Irrawaddy News. The Arakan Independence Force destroyed a State Administration Council mortar position using its own bomb, according to an X post by Azad_161 within the three-hour period.
