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The junta said deserters would not be punished for minor crimes, highlighting the military's shortage of troops as resistance offensives inflict mounting losses on it.
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The Karen National Liberation Army says it is attacking junta positions in Mone town, Kyaukkyi Township.
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Kawlin in Sagaing Region is rapidly rebooting its health, justice and education services following almost three years under military rule.
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The junta's Central Bank of Myanmar can no longer afford to offer fuel importers its official exchange rate of 2,100 kyats per dollar.
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Dozens of residents have been detained in the two weeks since the Arakan Army opened a new front in the nationwide resistance offensive, locals say.
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Is the downfall of the junta really imminent? Four factors must be taken into account when making a realistic assessment of the situation.
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The shot and charred bodies of the civilians were found after Kya Paing Village was raided by regime soldiers and allied militia groups on Saturday, locals said.
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Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said Bangkok was monitoring the situation after fighting flared near the border and called on all parties to cease hostilities.
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Monday, December 4, 2023
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/04/2023
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/02/2023
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The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army is now focused on removing the junta from territory near the border with China, but its objective is to free Myanmar from military rule.
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More than 600 civil society groups issue joint statement calling on the regional bloc to respect the will of Myanmar citizens and hold the junta to account for its atrocities.
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For the first time ever, the Myanmar military is under attack in 12 of the country's 14 states and regions. Has it finally met its match? Part 1 of a two-part series.
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Also this week, the junta boss played up relations with Beijing just a week after anti-China rallies, and five major claims about Operation 1027 were debunked as lies.
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Friday, December 1, 2023
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/01/2023
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Despite a heavier presence of troops in the country's commercial capital, urban guerrilla groups are testing the junta's strength and warning residents to steer clear of regime targets.
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Than Tun, chair of the New National Democratic Party, was shot dead by two men outside his Thingangyun Township house in Yangon.
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The Karenni capital's remaining residents said regime air strikes and shelling were intensifying, and reported a huge blast at a junta arms depot.
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Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing tells his cabinet that he and Myanmar are being betrayed and undermined by ethnic armed groups, foreign drone whizzes, bank staff, laziness and a former general.
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The National Unity Government says more than 44 billion kyats were seized by resistance forces from private banks in Kawlin when the Sagaing Region town fell last month.
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The Karen National Liberation Army and its resistance allies face airstrikes after attacking regime positions in the key Karen State trade town near the Thai border.
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Panic rises as blockades and unharvested fields spark shortages of fuel and food as well as safety warnings from the Arakan Army.
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The Irrawaddy's latest roundup covers incidents in Shan State and Yangon, Bago, Mandalay and Sagaing regions over the past four days.
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Vietnamese charity Blue Dragon said victims lured to work in scam compounds in Shan State must sell organs if they fail to meet quotas.
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