04/09/2026
Regime touts Nepal aid while obstructing flood relief at home
September 4, 2026
While floodwaters engulf townships across Myanmar and relief routes are blocked by junta checkpoints, the regime has found time to stage a humanitarian gesture abroad.
On Wednesday, regime Social Welfare Minister Than Soe flew to Kathmandu on a Y8 aircraft to donate US$500,000 and 8 tons of beans to flood victims on the Nepal-China border.
Junta media hailed the trip as a compassionate act of “bilateral cooperation,” reporting that Than Soe offered prayers that survivors could swiftly return to normal life.
Back home, however, flood victims in Ayeyarwady, Tanintharyi, Sagaing, Bago, Kachin, Shan, Karen and Mon have received little aid from the regime. In Sagaing, regime checkpoints actively block relief supplies from reaching flood victims. And even as townships in Sagaing, Tanintharyi and Rakhine battle rising waters, the regime continues airstrikes.