More Myanmar junta bases fall in Shan fighting: MNDAA

November 12, 2023

On Friday night it said it seized four Kokang outposts and another four positions near Xi Yuin Ji village between Laukkai and Chin Shwe Haw on Saturday morning, The Irrawaddy reports. MNDAA said that on Saturday morning it fired a rocket into the military’s northeastern headquarters in Lashio. The Brotherhood Alliance claims to have taken […]Continue Reading

Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility

November 12, 2023

A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed during clashes between the military and an insurgent group, both sides said, in another setback for a junta facing the biggest challenge to its rule since a coup in 2021. The jet went down over Kayah State in eastern Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, on Saturday during fighting […]Continue Reading

Myanmar military regime says northern fighting could break country apart

November 9, 2023

Myint Swe, appointed as Myanmar’s president after the coup, has warned this month’s gains by an alliance of ethnic armed groups in areas bordering China risk breaking the country apart, in the military regime’s first acknowledgement of the challenge it is facing, Al Jazeera reports. The Three Brotherhood Alliance, a powerful ethnic armed grouping, launched […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta vows to hit back as rebels capture outposts, towns

November 5, 2023

Myanmar’s junta chief today vowed to strike back after an alliance of ethnic minority groups seized towns and blocked trade routes to China in the biggest coordinated offensive against the military since it seized power in a coup, Global New Light of Myanmar reports.      Fighting has raged for a week across a wide […]Continue Reading

Over 60 Myanmar junta troops killed in five days of resistance attacks

October 23, 2023

At least 66 Myanmar junta troops were killed in the last 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 Shan, Karen and Mon states and Mandalay, Magwe, Sagaing and Bago regions. The Irrawaddy has […]Continue Reading

US condemns Myanmar refugee camp strike, calls it ‘military attack’

October 11, 2023

The United States on Tuesday condemned what it called a reported ‘military attack’ in Myanmar on a refugee camp that led to the killing of several civilians, Reuters reports. THE TAKE At least 29 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in an artillery strike on a refugee camp near the border with […]Continue Reading

Post-Coup Myanmar: 29 killed in army strike on camp for displaced

October 11, 2023

Twenty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP on Tuesday. Myanmar’s junta has been accused of carrying out multiple bloody attacks on civilian targets as it struggles to quell resistance […]Continue Reading

Myanmar Supreme Court rejects jailed Suu Kyi appeals

October 8, 2023

The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports, Reuters reports. Suu Kyi, in detention since the military toppled her government in a 2021 coup, faces 27 years in prison. She is appealing dozens of convictions for crimes […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s cash-strapped junta hikes taxes, utilities despite surging inflation

October 2, 2023

Myanmar’s cash-starved military regime is again preying on householders and businesses in a desperate bid to prop up its coffers, The Irrawaddy reports. In its latest moves, the regime has increased utility bills while announcing that license fees for jade and gems dealers will be hiked sixfold next year. The state-owned Myanmar Gems Enterprise issued […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army searches Western Myanmar for Muslim ‘criminal gangs’

September 30, 2023

The ethnic Rakhine armed group, the Arakan Army (AA), has been searching Muslim villages near the Bangladesh border in Rakhine State, searching for Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) alleged criminals, The Irrawaddy reports. Large numbers of AA troops have been searching at least nine Muslim villages in northern Buthidaung Township since last week, said residents. […]Continue Reading