The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force says Karenni State’s police headquarters has fallen and resistance groups are fighting to seize 10 remaining junta strongholds.  

Military personnel are reportedly selling black-market fuel in Naypyitaw as gas and diesel shortages worsen.

The Kuki National Organization says its forces overran a large Tamu Township in Sagaing Region on Sunday.

Beijing said it would «continue to provide support and facilitation» for the warring parties to hold peace talks.

Regime propaganda goes into overdrive after pistol-toting Min Aung Hlaing visits region’s safest town to meet injured soldiers and give cash, food and other aid to internally displaced people.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Shan, Karenni and Rakhine states and Sagaing and Tanintharyi regions.

As the junta’s last base in Kutkai Township intensifies its shelling of civilian targets, roadblocks prevent residents of the villages from fleeing for safety – or accessing life-saving healthcare.

Saw Chit Thu and two others linked to a massive gambling project in Karen State were sanctioned over allegations of human trafficking, forced labor and other rights violations.

The decision was made at a meeting between Than Swe – the junta’s deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister – and his Thai counterpart in Beijing on Thursday.

The coordinated resistance attacks launched by the Brotherhood Alliance in northern Shan State on Oct. 27 now encompass fives states and four regions of Myanmar.

Also this week, army deserters got an amnesty, China was begged to intervene in Shan State, the coup leader sought to lift troop morale, and more.

Tens of thousands have abandoned their homes in Mone as shells and bombs rain down on residential areas, the Karen National Union says.     

Min Aung Hlaing was trying to distract attention from a string of military defeats by handing out 147 medals for gallantry on Thursday, including to officers who lost their lives against the resistance.

Decision to allow the market to set the exchange rate for the greenback and other foreign currencies leaves fuel importers at the mercy of wildly fluctuating rates, businesspeople say.

A Chin National Organization spokesperson said the four men were tortured and stabbed to death by junta troops sent to retake the strategic town seized by resistance forces last month.

Junta forces deploy airstrikes to defend key base under siege from resistance 1027 offensive in northern Shan State. 

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Shan and Rakhine states and Mandalay, Magwe, Sagaing and Tanintharyi regions.

Around 20 percent of residents remain in Kawkareik town, Karen State, near the Thai border as resistance forces fight to seize the trade hub.  

Countries must act now to ground junta jets and helicopter gunships that are attacking villages, schools, hospitals, and camps, says special rapporteur.

Regime foreign minister visits Beijing for first talks with his Chinese counterpart since the ethnic alliance seized control of territory along the Myanmar-China border.

The battle for Loikaw sparked an exodus last month, but many of those who fled gun fire, airstrikes and shelling had to leave pets behind. Volunteers are caring for them – where they can.

Deepening currency crisis threatens imports of food and fuel, say economists and local businesses.  

Around 400 officials have defected to civilian township administrations, according to the parallel National Unity Government.

According to the Burmese Women’s Union, nearly 40 women were killed in shelling, air strikes and other types of attacks last month alone.

The armed group says it has overrun the Traunaing camp in Paletwa Township, Chin State, after 21 days of fighting.

Justice for Myanmar has called on Greater Mekong Subregion members to shun Myanmar junta’s December 15 conference in Naypyitaw.

Regime troops have carried out at least 11 massacres while pounding communities across six states and regions since the start of the resistance offensive on October 27, the parallel civilian government says. 

The two sides discussed military and law enforcement ties and signed MoUs on bilateral cooperation and information security, junta media said.

The rebel army says chemical bombs have twice been dropped on its forces in Paletwa Township, Chin State, since Sunday.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup covers incidents in Rakhine, Kachin, Shan and Karenni (Kayah) states and Magwe and Sagaing regions.

Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army targets regime’s hilltop base near Laukkaing Town as it prepares to take the capital of Kokang zone near the border with China. 

The rebel army says chemical bombs have twice been dropped on its forces in Paletwa Township, Chin State, since Sunday.

Regime troops and Pyu Saw Htee allies attacked a Monywa Township village on Saturday in response to a series of resistance strikes around the regional capital.  

Junta blockade has also caused severe fuel shortages, while restrictions on movement are preventing charities from delivering aid, residents say.

He trotted out the military’s old ‘three national causes’ rhetoric in a bid to persuade the public the junta is all that stands in the way of national disintegration.