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As the regime responds to Ta'ang National Liberation Army attacks, thousands are trapped in northern Shan State and Mandalay Region.
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Also this week, the regime confessed it had an opium problem, reached out to Iran, and said 'sorry' for killing a senior Buddhist monk.
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Saturday, June 29, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 06/29/2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 06/28/2024
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The boycott of the regime launched on Sunday after the killing of a revered monk is spreading in the resistance strongholds of Saigon and Magwe regions.
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Traders say the junta's controls on imports are causing shortages and surging prices, and that blacklisting importers will only worsen the crisis.
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The Ta'ang National Liberation Army's spokeswoman Nway Yay Oo tells The Irrawaddy that the regime's troops have no will to fight.
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An ethnic Chin group on India's border has cut off the last major supply route to Rakhine and issued an ultimatum to the AA.
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Amid renewed fighting in northern Shan and reports that the US has opened lines of communication with Naypyitaw, his hosts will no doubt be eager to talk with him.
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Patrick Winn's account of Wa drug trafficking and the CIA's shadowy involvement in it lacks seriousness and strains credibility, writes David Scott Mathieson.
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The Thai bank mentioned in a UN report on the weapons trade says it has complied with all laws.
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In heavy rain, Buddhist monks, nuns and residents walked for hours alongside the coffin of Sayadaw Bhaddanta Munindabhivamsa to a cremation ground in Bago.
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On Wednesday the ex-general met China's ambassador and discussed "the situation in Myanmar and cooperation between the two countries," the Chinese embassy said.
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Thursday, June 27, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 06/27/2024
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Killing and coverup triggers protest but also reveals divisions within a Sangha split by years of military rule.
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Ethnic army and PDF allies capture two dozen junta bases in three days of fighting in townships along the road linking Shan State's northern capital to Mandalay Region.
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Large numbers of regime troops are deploying around Madaya town as resistance groups threaten Mandalay city.
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The transfer of arms and related materials to the junta from Thai-registered firms via the formal banking system doubled during the last two fiscal years, the UN said.
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Delhi expresses 'deep concern' over investments including the $484-million Kaladan transport project.
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Refusing state or military funerals for one's predecessors and popular public figures is a time-honored tradition for Myanmar's paranoid and spiteful regime leaders.
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The UN says Myanmar produced 1,080 metric tonnes of opium in 2023, making it the world's biggest producer of the crop used to make heroin.
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