Surrounded Myanmar junta troops shell civilians, blow bridges in Lashio

January 4, 2024

Myanmar junta troops in the northern Shan State capital of Lashio are bombarding surrounding villages and communities daily after being surrounded by ethnic armies and allied resistance groups, The Irrawaddy reports. Junta forces have also destroyed bridges linking Lashio with other towns in the state. Military units based in Lashio town have been shelling nearby […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta loses town, dozens of troops in five days of Resistance attacks

January 3, 2024

The Myanmar junta lost one more town and over two dozen troops in 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, reports The Irrawaddy. Incidents were reported in Shan, Chin and Rakhine states and Mandalay and Sagaing regions. The […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army vows to oust Myanmar junta from South Chin State this week

January 3, 2024

The Arakan Army (AA) has vowed to eradicate Myanmar junta troops from Paletwa within this week after capturing another outpost in the southern Chin State township, reports The Irrawaddy. AA forces overran the Kha Maung Wa outpost on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the Brotherhood Alliance of three powerful ethnic armies. “There are […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s ‘watermelons’: Soldier on the outside, rebel inside

January 3, 2024

For about two years, says 24-year-old Yan, a former Myanmar police officer, he risked his life pretending to serve the military junta while secretly spying for the armed resistance. “I freed myself from unfair orders,” he told Reuters from a room in a town near the Myanmar border where he said he was taking refuge […]Continue Reading

KNU ‘ready to work with China, Bangkok’ to rid Thai border of crime

January 2, 2024

Myanmar’s oldest ethnic armed organization, the Karen National Union (KNU), said it is ready to cooperate with neighboring China and Thailand to effectively combat “notorious and rampant” crime, including online scam operations, along the Myanmar-Thai border, reports The Irrawaddy. In his New Year’s message to the people, KNU spokesman Padoh Saw Taw Nee said: “If […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s civilian govt vows to safeguard Chinese investments

January 2, 2024

Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government (NUG) has vowed to safeguard Chinese economic investments and enterprises, as tensions continue to rise on the countries’ border, reports The Irrawaddy. Weeks of clashes on the Myanmar-China border have prompted Beijing to intervene as peace broker between the Myanmar military regime and the Brotherhood Alliance of three Continue Reading

Myanmar junta threatens nonstop bombing of towns seized by ethnic groups

January 2, 2024

A junta general threatened to carry out continuous bombing raids on towns seized by revolutionary groups in ethnic states, during last month’s meeting with representatives of an ethnic military alliance in China’s Kunming, reports The Irrawaddy. The Brotherhood Alliance, which is made up of the Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) […]Continue Reading

Indonesian navy pushes back Rohingya refugee boat off Aceh

December 29, 2023

The Indonesian navy has pushed back a boat carrying Rohingya refugees as it approached the coast of Aceh amid resentment among some residents about a sudden increase in boat arrivals, Al Jazeera reports. The military said the coastguard first detected the wooden vessel entering Indonesian waters on Wednesday, before the navy ship KRI Bontang-907 located […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta loses troops, bases, one more town in five days of resistance attacks

December 25, 2023

The Myanmar junta lost another town and more bases as well as nearly a dozen troops in the past five days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued their attacks on regime targets across the country, The Irrawaddy reports. Incidents were reported in Shan and Rakhine states and Sagaing, Mandalay and […]Continue Reading

Deadly junta shelling forces mass exodus from Myanmar’s historic Mrauk-U, Rakhine

December 25, 2023

Tens of thousands of people have fled Mrauk-U, the ancient capital of Rakhine, after indiscriminate junta shelling killed at least three people and seriously injured a five-year-old girl on Sunday, local residents and volunteers said, The Irrawaddy reports. The 700-year-old town has been under relentless junta bombardment since the Arakan Army launched predawn attacks on Continue Reading