Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/07/2026

The Irrawaddy — Myanmar Regime’s Karen Border Offensive Spills Over Into Thailand

DAILY BRIEFING Tuesday, July 7, 2026 News Opinion Burmese Donate Phoe Tar Myanmar Regime’s Karen Border Offensive Spills Over Into Thailand Thai authorities lock down Myawaddy’s informal border crossings as civilians on both sides bear brunt of Min Let Pan village onslaught. Continue Reading Maung Kavi Regime Moves to Register Civil Servants as Auxiliary Forces in Northern Shan Leaked directives show police, firefighters and civil servants are being registered as auxiliary forces as the military shifts troops to Chin State and central Myanmar. Continue Reading Ah Htoi ‘Myanmar Women Are Like Shirts’: Inside Kachin’s Chinese-Run Rare Earth Mines Conflict-displaced women struggling for survival face a brutal choice in Myanmar’s rare earth hub: backbreaking labor or sexual exploitation.   Continue Reading The Irrawaddy Fantasies of Reviving the Myitsone Dam Project This week our editors discuss the regime’s baffling efforts to revive the Myitsone Dam project in Kachin State, even though the potential financier, China, seems to have lost interest in it. Continue Reading Support Press Freedom Independent journalism needs your support. Help us hold power to account. Donate Now Facebook · Twitter · Website © 2026 The Irrawaddy · Chiang Mai, Thailand Unsubscribe · Update preferences · Forward to a friend