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Ethnic Brotherhood Alliance forces are thought to be massing for an assault on the northern Shan State capital.
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Mandalay People's Defense Force (PDF) and Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) seize junta outpost after a fierce overnight battle in Shan State near border with Mandalay Region.
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The civilian government's count of 576 as of Monday has already been eclipsed, with two more children killed in junta shelling since then.
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The new realities on the ground demand a bold new imagination that looks beyond the conventional nation-state.
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Rakhine-based Arakan Army says it is on course to eradicate regime troops from Paletwa this week.
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Around 30 civilians are being held by regime forces after a raid on rural Khin-U Township communities.
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China said it will 'take all necessary measures' to protect its citizens after an artillery shell from Myanmar reportedly struck a town over the border, causing injuries.
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It said the chopper, seen crashing in flames into a mountain in two viral videos, was downed by KIA troops in Waingmaw Township on Wednesday; the junta has not commented.
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Thursday, January 4, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/04/2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/03/2024
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Rakhine-based ethnic army seizes another outpost in Paletwa as anti-regime offensive in west of country gains momentum.
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Min Aung Hlaing kept this year's speech brief – just long enough to blame everyone for the disaster he created by seizing power from a democratically elected government almost three years ago.
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Six vendors and shoppers killed in Kawlin, just days after four civilians including two children were slaughtered in bombardment by regime troops.
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The Irrawaddy's latest roundup includes incidents in Shan, Chin and Rakhine states and Mandalay and Sagaing regions.
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Deluded predictions of the junta's impending fall, coupled with an imagined revolutionary unity, have cast the country's future into darkness.
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Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/02/2024
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'Your regions will never be peaceful,' regime negotiator Lt-Gen Min Naing told ethnic armies at China-brokered talks, according to the TNLA's deputy leader.
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The Ta'ang National Liberation Army says it seized Mongngaw town in northern Shan State after three days of fighting.
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After a tough year of violence, people across Myanmar are cautiously optimistic that their lives will improve this year.
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Armed revolutionary groups vow to maintain nationwide 1027 offensive as regime 'enters final days'.
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NUG issues statement amid Beijing's growing concern over fighting between ethnic forces and junta troops on border.
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The ethnic armed group's New Year's vow comes amid concerns that Chinese crime syndicates being pushed out of Shan State will move to the Thai border.
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A 7.5-magnitude quake hit Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day, triggering a meter-high tsunami, toppling buildings and causing a port fire.
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Thailand is stepping into a minefield with moves for joint humanitarian assistance in case of a refugee crisis on its border.
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The fight is far from over, but after the events of 2023 the Myanmar military will never regain its former strength.
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Experts said a popular revolt could never succeed; while there is much work to be done, 2023 will be remembered as the year the people began to prove them wrong.
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