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"We are watching you," the Ruili City Security Commission warned the ethnic armed organization, urging it to return to negotiations with the regime.
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conscription shock for older men, more journos punished with jail, and dictator's reassurance rings hollow as resistance advances.
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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 08/31/2024
Friday, August 30, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 08/30/2024
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The regime's Ministry of Electric Power says household and business rates will increase from September 1.
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Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Ma Jia met the junta's defense minister to discuss border security and joint military training.
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Regime troops have reportedly fled their posts at Maung Shwe Lay Naval Base, the last remaining junta stronghold in Thandwe Township.
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The Irrawaddy looks at the various strategies the junta military has devised to replenish its ranks amid battlefield losses, desertions and a lack of volunteer recruits.
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A heavyweight intervention.
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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 08/29/2024
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Sources on the ground said the group and its allies captured the HQs of Artillery Battalions 206 and 406 in Taung Hkam Village, which is a gateway to southern Shan.
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Key strategic hubs of Tigyaing, Indaw and Pinlebu are reportedly on the brink of falling to anti-regime forces.
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Since Saturday, regime troops have been clashing in the area with the KIA, which captured the junta's Light Infantry Battalion 437 headquarters near Bhamo on Aug. 19.
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The Irrawaddy republishes an article from 2012 on the terrible conditions in Myanmar's prisons, and the harsh, often fatal treatment received by political prisoners.
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The aircraft are assembled in France with fuselages made in Italy and engines supplied by Pratt & Whitney Canada.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 08/28/2024
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On Tuesday, a Y-12 transport plane reportedly dropped at least 50 bombs on Hsipaw town and a fighter jet bombed the town, said the Ta'ang National Liberation Army.
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Two journalists were detained in December in Myeik secretly jailed for life and 20 years by a regime court.
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Beijing holds talks with KIA after choking supplies to northern Shan State and warning against flow of weapons.
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Residents have reported clashes between the Arakan Army and junta forces in at least four areas in the strategically vital township since Sunday.
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Two new reports from Fortify Rights and the International Crisis Group come days after the UN accused both the Myanmar junta and the AA of abuses against the Rohingya.
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This week's Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks if the watermelons with the military are ready to spark a mutiny.
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