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

Myanmar rebel group claims control of town bordering India, Bangladesh

January 15, 2024

An ethnic armed group in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine said it has taken control of a town bordering India and Bangladesh, marking the latest loss for the military government as it battles rebellion in several parts of the country, Reuters reports. Myanmar is in the throes of an insurgency on multiple fronts, where […]Continue Reading

Myanmar Junta Breaks Chinese-Brokered Ceasefire: TNLA

January 14, 2024

Myanmar’s junta has already broken Thursday’s ceasefire in northern Shan State with continuing airstrikes, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said, The Irrawaddy reports. Representatives of the Brotherhood Alliance and the regime met in the Chinese city of Kunming on Wednesday and Thursday. They agreed an immediate ceasefire and to resolve issues through dialogue. Continue Reading

Myanmar junta boss in talks with Thai military chief

January 14, 2024

Myanmar junta boss Min Aung Hlaing and Thailand’s armed forces chief General Songwit Noonpackdee on Friday reportedly discussed online gambling and telecom fraud, especially in Myawaddy on the Thai border, The Irrawaddy reports. A junta website said the online meeting was also attended by Thailand’s Air Chief Marshal Chakorn Tawanjang and Lieutenant General Ye Win […]Continue Reading

Brotherhood Alliance, Myanmar junta agree to ceasefire in Northern Shan

January 12, 2024

The anti-regime ethnic armed alliance that has been waging a war against the Myanmar junta in northern Shan State reached a three-point ceasefire deal with the regime during China-sponsored peace talks on Thursday, sources with knowledge of the meeting told The Irrawaddy, The Irrawaddy reports. Representatives of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), the Arakan […]Continue Reading

Scores of Myanmar junta troops killed in five days of resistance attacks

January 12, 2024

Almost 60 Myanmar junta troops were killed in the last five days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued to attack regime targets across the country, The Irrawaddy reports. The military regime has accelerated its bombardment of civilian targets across northern Shan as it loses ground to the rebel armies and […]Continue Reading

Over 400 defeated Myanmar junta soldiers flee to India

January 12, 2024

More than 400 Myanmar junta troops have fled over the border to India in two months to escape resistance attacks and have been promptly flown back to the regime, according to India’s army chief General Manoj Pande, The Irrawaddy reports. Chin resistance forces and the Arakan Army (AA) have seized several junta posts near the […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta kills 57 civilians Since January 1

January 10, 2024

The Irrawaddy has recorded that 57 civilians, including 18 children, were killed and 119 wounded by Myanmar’s junta in the first week of 2024, The Irrawaddy reports. Airstrikes and shelling targeting schools, hospitals and playgrounds have stepped up since Operation 1027 was launched in northern Shan State on October 27. The junta has lost control […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army steps up war against junta in Myanmar’s Rakhine state with attack on naval base

January 10, 2024

Myanmar’s junta faced a second day of attacks on its main naval base in the south of Rakhine State on Tuesday after the Arakan Army – which announced Monday it was escalating attacks on junta troops in coordination with allies in the western state – seized junta outposts in two northern townships of the western […]Continue Reading