The National Unity Government says more than 44 billion kyats were seized by resistance forces from private banks in Kawlin when the Sagaing Region town fell last month.

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing tells his cabinet that he and Myanmar are being betrayed and undermined by ethnic armed groups, foreign drone whizzes, bank staff, laziness and a former general. 

The Karenni capital’s remaining residents said regime air strikes and shelling were intensifying, and reported a huge blast at a junta arms depot.

Than Tun, chair of the New National Democratic Party, was shot dead by two men outside his Thingangyun Township house in Yangon.

Despite a heavier presence of troops in the country’s commercial capital, urban guerrilla groups are testing the junta’s strength and warning residents to steer clear of regime targets.

Panic rises as blockades and unharvested fields spark shortages of fuel and food as well as safety warnings from the Arakan Army.

Vietnamese charity Blue Dragon said victims lured to work in scam compounds in Shan State must sell organs if they fail to meet quotas.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup covers incidents in Shan State and Yangon, Bago, Mandalay and Sagaing regions over the past four days.

Surrender of entire battalion in Konkyan Township in northern Shan State on Tuesday was the end of the line for the Myanmar military in the area bordering China, ethnic army says.

The university rector is accused of collaborating with Myanmar’s regime as resistance groups battle to seize the state capital. 

The isolated regime has quickly reversed course a week after junta-backed nationalists staged protests against China’s perceived support for an ethnic military offensive.

Resistance forces say weakened regime ground forces in the Karenni State capital are forced to use airstrikes and shelling.

After fleeing Laukkai Town to save their lives, thousands of IDPs are now sleeping on roads outside Lashio as junta troops block them from entering the town where transport home awaits.

While recognized for helping to open US-China ties, the ex-secretary of state’s legacy of realpolitik, which saw the US support ruthless regimes, is controversial.

The former Thein Sein government official was sentenced to 10 years in prison under incitement laws for spreading ‘wrong information’ on Facebook.

Min Aung Hlaing claimed the experts had helped ethnic armed groups use «drones with advanced technology» to attack military outposts in northern Shan State.

The regime’s propaganda chief has peddled five major false claims as the resistance offensive makes sweeping gains across the country.   

Brotherhood Alliance member says it now has complete control of Kokang’s northernmost section after the junta’s Light Infantry Battalion 125 surrendered to it on Tuesday.

Resistance groups in Taze say they had almost seized the town when regime reinforcements and airstrikes led to a retreat.

Resistance groups say they have united to drive regime troops from another border station in the eastern state.

Resistance groups say they are still fighting to seize the Kayah State capital after weeks of street fighting.

Four villagers killed in two-day bombardment as civilian death toll rises to 30 following renewed fighting between regime troops and Arakan Army.  

Chin forces’ gains in the northwest should serve as a wakeup call for New Delhi and add momentum to US support for Myanmar’s anti-junta resistance.   

Mandalay People’s Defense Force and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army say they have killed around 15 regime troops in Madaya Township.

Parallel civilian government and ethnic armed groups guarantee security and dignity for regime personnel who return to the people’s embrace. 

The Spring Revolution and Operation 1027 have debunked once and for all the notion that the Myanmar military is the guarantor of the country’s integrity and security.

Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army troops are opening roads and pathways through forests for people to flee Kokang’s capital as they prepare to fight for it.

KNDF deputy commander Marwi gives an overview of the offensive as revolutionary fighters advance on regime troops inside the state capital. 

The ‘security exercises’ come amid strained ties between Naypyitaw and Beijing over the regime’s handling of conflict with ethnic forces and scam compounds on the border.

The Brotherhood Alliance is continuing its onslaught against regime bases in northern Shan State and seizing more trade zones and routes to China.

The Ta'ang National Liberation Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army say the regime is repeatedly dropping chemical bombs in northern Shan State.

Parallel civilian government says the revenue will help ongoing resistance offensive to kick junta out of power.  

The United Nations is arranging for small numbers of Rohingya to be resettled in western countries while violence in Rakhine State has blocked plans for repatriation.

Unable to reclaim its lost ground, and with fighting escalating on multiple fronts, the regime has been reduced to beefing up defenses in its fortress, Naypyitaw.

The National Unity Govt said it never met ‘any individual, including so-called representatives of the illegitimate military junta… at any place nor at any point in time.’