Myanmar junta chief calls for political solution with ethnic groups

December 7, 2023

Myanmar’s junta chief has called on ethnic armed groups battling the military across the country to find a political solution, state media reported on December 5, AFP reports. The junta is reeling from coordinated offensives near the borders with China, India and Thailand, in what analysts say is the biggest threat to its rule since […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta continues to lose troops, bases in 5 days of resistance attacks

December 7, 2023

The Myanmar junta lost more bases and dozens more troops over the past five days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) stepped up attacks on regime targets across the country, The Irrawaddy reports. Incidents were reported in Rakhine, Kachin, Shan and Karenni (Kayah) states and Magwe and Sagaing regions. The […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s Yangon hit by fuel shortage

December 7, 2023

Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon is facing a fuel shortage, residents and junta-controlled media said Wednesday, with hundreds of vehicles queueing up at dawn in the hope of securing petrol, AFP reports. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said the shortage had begun on Tuesday and was “due to delays in oil delivery from […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army declares seizure of major Myanmar junta base

December 7, 2023

The Arakan Army (AA) claims to have seized a large Myanmar junta base at Traunaing in Paletwa Township, Chin State, after 21 days of attacks, The Irrawaddy reports. The AA is also attempting to seize the major Hnonebuu base in the township since November 14. The armed group, which is based in neighboring Rakhine State, […]Continue Reading

UN warns 2 boats adrift with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue

December 5, 2023

The UN refugee agency on Monday sounded the alarm for about 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift in the Andaman Sea, reports The Associated Press. The UNHCR is worried that all aboard could die without efforts to rescue them, said Babar Baloch, the agency’s […]Continue Reading

Full civilian rule restored in first large town seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG

December 5, 2023

The first district-level town captured by Myanmar resistance forces began operating under a full-strength civilian administration on Sunday, according to the parallel National Unity Government (NUG), reports The Irrawaddy. Kawlin in Sagaing Region is under full civilian control, less than a month after the People’s Defense Force (PDF) and armed ethnic allies seized the Continue Reading

About 70 Myanmar junta troops killed in three days of resistance attacks

November 24, 2023

Around 70 Myanmar junta troops were killed in the last three days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued to attack regime targets across the country, reports The Irrawaddy. The Myanmar junta has been accused of using banned chemical weapons in its operations to retake bases from EAOs in northern […]Continue Reading

Myanmar convoy burns on China’s border as its envoy meets for talks

November 24, 2023

A convoy of trucks bringing goods into Myanmar from China has gone up in flames in what state media reported on Friday was an insurgent attack, compounding surging insecurity that has raised concern in neighbouring China, Reuters reports. The fire in the town of Muse came as China’s ambassador to Myanmar met top officials in […]Continue Reading

Over 280,000 Displaced in Expanding Myanmar Clashes: UN

November 23, 2023

more than 286,000 people in Myanmar have been displaced so far by recent fighting between the junta and ethnic groups, the UN said Wednesday, describing it as the biggest escalation since the 2021 coup, AFP reports. “Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that intense fighting between ethnic armed organizations and the Myanmar armed forces continues and […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army continues to battle junta troops in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

November 22, 2023

Clashes between the Arakan Army (AA) and the junta’s military continued to break out on Wednesday in northern Rakhine State and in the southernmost tip of Chin State, according to residents and the AA, reports The Irrawaddy. Intense. clashes occurred in Chin State’s Paletwa Township as the AA continued attacks on two junta tactical deployment […]Continue Reading