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.
Industrial zones have been told to secure their own fuel as the junta can no longer afford to subsidize imports.
The battlefield tactics and level of coordination being displayed by its adversaries are unlike anything the military has encountered before. Part 2 of a two-part series.
The KNLA and PDFs pushed all junta forces out of Mone after fierce clashes, it said. The town is strategically located on roads leading to Naypyitaw and the Thai border.
The Karen National Liberation Army says it is attacking junta positions in Mone town, Kyaukkyi Township.
The junta said deserters would not be punished for minor crimes, highlighting the military’s shortage of troops as resistance offensives inflict mounting losses on it.
The shot and charred bodies of the civilians were found after Kya Paing Village was raided by regime soldiers and allied militia groups on Saturday, locals said.
Is the downfall of the junta really imminent? Four factors must be taken into account when making a realistic assessment of the situation.
Dozens of residents have been detained in the two weeks since the Arakan Army opened a new front in the nationwide resistance offensive, locals say.
The junta’s Central Bank of Myanmar can no longer afford to offer fuel importers its official exchange rate of 2,100 kyats per dollar.
Kawlin in Sagaing Region is rapidly rebooting its health, justice and education services following almost three years under military rule.
Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said Bangkok was monitoring the situation after fighting flared near the border and called on all parties to cease hostilities.
More than 600 civil society groups issue joint statement calling on the regional bloc to respect the will of Myanmar citizens and hold the junta to account for its atrocities.
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army is now focused on removing the junta from territory near the border with China, but its objective is to free Myanmar from military rule.
For the first time ever, the Myanmar military is under attack in 12 of the country’s 14 states and regions. Has it finally met its match? Part 1 of a two-part series.
Also this week, the junta boss played up relations with Beijing just a week after anti-China rallies, and five major claims about Operation 1027 were debunked as lies.
