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Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/28/2026

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Jan 28, 2026 06:41 pm
Iran-Linked 'Ghost Ships' Fueling Myanmar Junta's Deadly Air War: Reports



Reuters and Amnesty probes reveal the sanctions-busting fuel supply behind a bombing campaign that killed more than 2,000 people last year.
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Jan 28, 2026 06:12 pm
Thousands Flee Intense Fighting on Old Yangon–Mandalay Road in Bago



A coordinated resistance offensive has been bogged down around the transport node of Penwegon since the middle of January amid relentless artillery fire from the junta.
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Jan 28, 2026 04:46 pm
Myanmar Junta Replaces Home Minister in Reshuffle Ahead of Post-Poll Regime    



Lt Gen Tun Tun Naung has been reassigned to military duties in an ongoing shakeup seen as shoring up loyalty in the ranks before transition to a nominally civilian government.  
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Jan 28, 2026 03:55 pm
Aung Myo Min Din: From Modest Beginnings to Prominent Hotelier



From tour guide to tycoon, Aung Myo Min Din's rise tracks Myanmar's early 2000s tourism boom—and the military ties, land seizures and controversies that followed.
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Jan 28, 2026 11:08 am
Myanmar Nationalists Protest ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case in Yangon



Nationalist activists and monks rally as Myanmar faces genocide allegations in The Hague over its 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya.
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Mandalay Residents 'Pressured to Vote' in Myanmar Junta's Election
USDP Sweeps Final Phase of Junta Election as Rival Party Leaders Lose Races
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