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Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 08/09/2024

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Aug 09, 2024 08:15 pm
Myanmar Garrison Town Sees Exodus as Junta Faces Humiliating Loss of Its 'West Point'



The garrison town of Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region is home to the military's top schools, the Defense Service Academy and Defense Service Technological Academy, as well as a host of other military-training institutes.
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Aug 09, 2024 06:33 pm
Mongla Army Founder Dies of Lung Cancer



Sai Lin, the founder of the National Democratic Alliance Army, has died in China aged 76.
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Aug 09, 2024 04:45 pm
Myanmar's Brotherhood Alliance Calls on Northeast Command Chief to Surrender



Brigadier-General Soe Hlaing handed ultimatum to relinquish northern Shan State after resistance seizes command base in Lashio.
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Aug 09, 2024 02:38 pm
China's Geopolitical Maneuvering in Myanmar: A Tale of Influence and Infiltration



Beijing's embrace of the junta's election plan masks a strategy to deepen political and economic interference in neighboring country.
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Aug 09, 2024 01:24 pm
Nearly 50 Former Myanmar Military Officers Recalled to Active Duty



The 48 officers, including a colonel, were recalled in April as part of the junta's efforts to restock its depleted military ranks.
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Aug 09, 2024 12:25 pm
Bangladesh Recovers 34 Bodies of Rohingya Refugees Who Fled Myanmar



A refugee from Rakhine's Maungdaw said Rohingya are fleeing the AA but the ethnic army said junta-backed Muslim insurgents in the town were to blame for the violence.
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Aug 09, 2024 08:27 am
Myanmar military grip slips on Mandalay



This week's Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks about the impact of the fall of Lashio.
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