An Institute of Chin Affairs report has documented regime abuses in the state until this month.

The UN’s failure to take action is encouraging the junta to commit more atrocities, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar said.

Move triggers concern that fragile ceasefire in Rakhine could be shattered as tensions grow between ethnic group and regime. 

Attack on Pay Gyi comes after troops killed two civilians in neighboring village before reportedly suffering heavy casualties in clash with resistance forces.

Bangkok also said 13 Thais were wounded and 14 are now believed to have been taken to Gaza as hostages; some 5,000 Thais have requested repatriation.

An estimated 29 people were killed in Monday’s strike on a displacement camp near the Kachin Independence Army headquarters. The junta denies involvement.

The Kachin Independence Army says it has bomb samples from the blast site near its headquarters and believes drones were involved in the attack.

Residents who survived annihilation of IDP camp have lost children, parents, and entire families. They need food and shelter, aid groups say. 

Newly appointed minister continues scrambling for investment into what was—before the coup—one of the most attractive industries for foreign investors.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing and Magwe regions and Shan State.

Moe Myint Tun and Yan Naung Soe were imprisoned and stripped of their military positions for treason and violating economic policy for personal gain, the regime said.

The Irrawaddy’s Investigative Desk looks at the key roles played by the children of the late Aung Thaung in the current regime and its allied businesses.

Victims are in urgent need of food and medicine, say camp volunteers, as more heavy rain is forecast.

Drivers on the route from the Thai border to Yangon fear for their lives as they navigate conflict zones and soldiers demanding bribes at checkpoints every two hours.

The Ta'ang National Liberation Army says it has held talks with the Shan State Progress Party to avoid a repeat of an accidental clash last month.

Death toll expected to rise after bombs obliterated village for internally displaced persons in Kachin State shortly before midnight on Monday.

A Kale Township village is being torched by regime troops who are reportedly searching for food.

The Kachin Independence Army said Monday night’s strike on a camp near Laiza also wounded 56.

On a recent trip to Moscow, the junta’s energy minister signed a raft of agreements and discussed oil infrastructure projects and deeper collaboration on nuclear energy.

‘Bloodstained Gateways’ lists escalating rights abuses it says are paving the way for Chinese investment in Kachin and northern Shan states.

Regime troops suffer ‘heavy casualties’ before calling in reinforcements and helicopter gunship in Kantbalu clash.

Frequent policy changes, red tape, and checkpoints saw the value of trade with Thailand plummet by over a third in the first five months of this year.

Blackouts and lack of rescue equipment delay emergency response, leaving children and elderly stranded in flooded homes.

Pro-junta channels unleash wave of hatred against women: ‘Those bitches must be suppressed.’

Hundreds of villagers flee Kon Kauk village tract in northern Shan State as regime forces regroup.

It said it needs more time to prepare for BIMSTEC; it was not clear if Thailand’s decision to include global pariah Min Aung Hlaing was a factor.

The Indivisible photography exhibition in the Thai city of Chiang Mai aims to raise funds for medics caring for resistance fighters and civilians in Kayah State.

The regime’s Supreme Court has rejected appeals over six corruption convictions for the ailing popular leader.

Indaw Township residents in Sagaing Region are reporting increased regime arrests as resistance groups target troops.

Also this week, pro-junta media became the latest victims of the cash-strapped regime’s tax blitz.

When it comes to disinformation, the military’s campaigns to counter the anti-regime resistance are proving as futile as its efforts on the battlefield.

Civil servants in Yangon and Ayeyarwady regions say they have been told to force young men into militias as the regime runs out of troops.

Fighting has been reported in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, with the Kachin Independence Army attacking junta troops.  

An estimated 1,000 refugees, mainly from central Myanmar, are arriving at the Muse border checkpoint every day. They are seeking jobs in China but cannot get in. 

School, homes destroyed by bombs dropped on IDP camp in Kayah State.