Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/03/2025

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Dec 03, 2025 06:16 pm Min Aung Hlaing Hails 'Technological Superiority' as Junta Leans on Drones, Airpower The coup leader told DSA graduates that modern technology—not manpower—now determines victory, as Chinese drones and Russian systems bolster the junta's battlefield push. read on website

Dec 03, 2025 06:11 pm Toddler and Family Killed as Myanmar Junta Ramps Up Election Bombing Campaign Airstrike in Sagaing Region also injured children and adults as the regime intensifies indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas in the run up to this month's vote.   read on website

Dec 03, 2025 06:09 pm KNU 'Can't Guarantee Safety' of 900 Foreigners at Seized Scam Compound Nearly 1,000 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, are refusing to be evacuated to Thailand as regime forces step up attacks on Min Let Pan, the armed group said. read on website

Dec 03, 2025 05:31 pm Two Units Under Myanmar's NUG Accused of Unlawful Detention, Killings  Evidence surfaces of severe abuse by People's Defense Forces in Karenni State and Magwe. read on website

Dec 03, 2025 04:11 pm 'The Money Is Really Tempting': A Young Myanmar Scammer Speaks Out Lack of opportunity drives tens of thousands of young Myanmar people into the scam centers on the Thai border—and  greed keeps them there. The Irrwaddy spoke to one former worker. read on website

Dec 03, 2025 04:00 pm What Prospects for Myanmar's 'Election Scam'? This week, our editors discuss what the junta's rigged election will achieve, and whether the U.S. is likely to intervene in Myanmar and bring about a transition to genuine democracy. read on website

Dec 03, 2025 03:51 pm Opium Poppy Farming Hits 10-Year High In War-Torn Myanmar The UN warned in a new report that rising poppy cultivation and shifting heroin routes could expand Myanmar's role in the global drug trade. read on website

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