Video by Arakan Army highlights testimony of civilians captured by junta troops in Rakhine State who narrowly escaped execution after being used as porters and human shields.
Trade was set to resume at a border town in northern Shan State on Monday, but merchants say the junta continues to block the road to the town, which was seized by an ethnic army.
Sai Aung Hlaing Myint was the first person in Southeast Asia to receive the Henry Dunant Medal after rescuing a soldier from a truck submerged in an icy Irrawaddy River in 1976.
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Video by Arakan Army highlights testimony of civilians captured by junta troops in Rakhine State who narrowly escaped execution after being used as porters and human shields.
The Kachin Independence Army says it fought for a week to topple Infantry Battalion 237 headquarters in Bhamo District.
The country's youth are at extreme risk due to the regime's enactment of the law mandating military service for young people, he said.
The Pa-O National Liberation Army says it has been targeted by the regime since it vowed to liberate the territory in late January. 
The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the many steps the regime has taken over the past month to make mandatory military conscription a reality.
Trade was set to resume at a border town in northern Shan State on Monday, but merchants say the junta continues to block the road to the town, which was seized by an ethnic army.
Sai Aung Hlaing Myint was the first person in Southeast Asia to receive the Henry Dunant Medal after rescuing a soldier from a truck submerged in an icy Irrawaddy River in 1976.
After praying at the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine, he flew to his hometown of Chiang Mai for a three-day trip, drawing crowds at a park and temple.
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