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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
The United States has said the military regime in Myanmar must end its violence, release all those unjustly and arbitrarily detained, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and recognize the people’s desire to return to the path of progress and inclusive democracy, reports AP. “We stand in solidarity with the people of Burma (Myanmar) in their resolve […]Continue Reading
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an ethnic armed organization that is fighting the military regime, claimed to have shot down a military chopper, killing six military personnel, in Kachin State, northern Myanmar on Wednesday morning, reports The Irrawaddy. Colonel Naw Bu, spokesperson for the ethnic revolutionary group, told The Irrawaddy on Thursday the KIA’s frontline Continue Reading