Myanmar junta enforces compulsory military service law

February 11, 2024

Myanmar’s junta has enforced a law requiring all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 to serve at least two years under military command, it said on Saturday, as it struggles to crush opposition to its 2021 coup, AFP reports. The junta “issued the notification of the effectiveness of People’s Military Service Law starting from […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army says it shot down Myanmar junta helicopter in Chin State

February 8, 2024

Ethnic Rakhine armed group the Arakan Army (AA) on Wednesday confirmed it had shot down a Myanmar junta helicopter during the fierce fighting that raged in Chin State’s Paletwa Township late last year and early this year. The confirmation came several days after the armed group posted a photo of ethnic fighters standing next to […]Continue Reading

Nine UN Security Council members call on junta to end attacks on civilians

February 6, 2024

Nine member states of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) including three permanent members have called on the Myanmar junta to cease its attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure and release all political prisoners including President U Win Myint and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, The Irrawaddy reports. UNSC members the US, the […]Continue Reading

KIA, PDF seize two Myanmar junta outposts in Kachin State within a week

February 6, 2024

Combined forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and People’s Defense Force (PDF) have seized two junta military outposts in Hpakant and Mansi townships in Kachin State in less than a week, the KIA said, The Irrawaddy reports. Forces under Brigade 9 of the KIA, the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organization, and the […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army seizes two Myanmar junta bases

February 6, 2024

The Arakan Army (AA) claims to have seized two Myanmar junta battalion headquarters in Mrauk U and Kyauktaw townships, Rakhine State, The Irrawaddy reports. The AA said it seized the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 378 headquarters on Monday morning after several days of fighting in historic Mrauk U. Last Tuesday, the AA seized the adjacent […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army seizes Tumbru Right Camp in Myanmar clash

February 5, 2024

STAFF REPORTER In a dramatic escalation at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the Arakan Army has overtaken the Tumbru Right Camp, previously under the control of the Myanmar Border Police (BGP). This significant shift in power has led to 71 BGP members fleeing to Bangladesh, while many of the others have either escaped into nearby jungles or […]Continue Reading

Another Myanmar battalion routed in Rakhine as AA eyes state capital

February 4, 2024

The ethnic Arkan Army (AA) seized another Myanmar military battalion base amid an escalating offensive in Rakhine State on Tuesday, The Irrawaddy reports. The AA said it defeated Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 540 after several days of fighting in historic Mrauk-U Township, where it has also besieged bases belonging to LIBs 377 and 778. The […]Continue Reading

Sniper shoots dead Myanmar brigadier-general in helicopter

January 29, 2024

Four members of the Myanmar security services including a brigadier-general were shot dead by sniper fire on Monday as their helicopter prepared to land, a military source told AFP, AFP reports. Brigadier-general Aye Min Naung, his personal security officer and two pilots were shot by a “sniper” as their helicopter prepared to land at eastern […]Continue Reading

More than 80pc of the population of Myanmar’s Karenni State has been displaced by war

January 17, 2024

More than four-fifths of the people who live in Myanmar’s smallest state have fled their homes since the coup, according to the interim government of the resistance stronghold, The Irrawaddy reports. About 350,000 of the 420,000 people who live in Karenni State and an adjacent township in southern Shan State, Pekon, are now internally displaced […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s latest batch of military graduates faces brutal reality on front lines

January 17, 2024

Struggling with a recruitment crisis, desertions and heavy casualties amid daily clashes with resistance forces, Myanmar’s junta has just assigned over 500 fresh graduates from its military academies to battalions, The Irrawaddy reports. Cadets from the 65th intake of Defense Services Academy and 25th intake of Defense Services Technological Academy graduated in December Continue Reading