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Kachin Independence Army troops and resistance allies were killed in a predawn regime attack.
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Junta says it is 'too busy building democracy' after ASEAN leaders prevent it from leading the bloc in 2026.
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Lt-General Moe Myint Tun, who oversees economic affairs as the sixth-most powerful regime official, is at risk after his right-hand man was arrested last week.
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The Karen National Union says indiscriminate airstrikes must stop as ASEAN representatives gather in Naypyitaw for an air force summit.
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Junta troops add land-mine traps to their repertoire of arson attacks, indiscriminate shelling and shooting of civilians in Sagaing Region.
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Foreign rescuers flew in to help after the North African country's strongest-ever quake killed at least 2,122 people and injured more than 2,400, wiping out villages.
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The Irrawaddy's latest roundup covers incidents in Sagaing, Magwe and Bago regions and Kachin and Karen states, including the defection of three junta troops.
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The Irrawaddy spoke to Australian economist Sean Turnell, an ex-aide to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who was jailed in 2021-22, on the economic damage wrought by military rule.
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Monday, September 11, 2023
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 09/11/2023
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 09/09/2023
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Political prisoners in Sagaing's Monywa Prison are protesting against the seizure of their possessions during a raid on Friday.
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Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing promoted himself as a humane nature-lover while overseeing a crackdown that has killed 4,000 civilians.
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Friday, September 8, 2023
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 09/08/2023
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Resistance groups in Wetlet Township destroyed the Mandalay-Myitkyina train line in five places.
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The Mandalay native passed away in the US on Sept. 1, leaving important legacies as both a modernist painter and a leading voice in the 8888 anti-dictatorship movement.
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The energy crisis will worsen as long as the junta is in control, expert adds.
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Regime forces ambushed in a double attack by People's Defense Forces in Tanintharyi Region.
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The Karen National Union says about 50 troops at the Papun Township base fled during the attack.
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Victims were reportedly stabbed and shot after regime forces raided their camp in Monywa Township.
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Reporters Without Borders made the call after a junta court jailed photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike for 20 years with hard labor for covering the fallout of Cyclone Mocha.
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The Irrawaddy's latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing, Magwe, Mandalay and Tanintharyi regions and Chin, Shan, Mon and Karen states.
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So far, the heads of the Philippine, Malaysian and Indonesian air forces have said they will not attend the junta-hosted ASEAN Air Chiefs Conference next week.
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