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Thanbo camp, near the regime's hub at Pyin Oo Lwin, fell to resistance forces this week and is now under attack from land and air.
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The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army has sent the 2,389 regime soldiers who surrendered in Kokang back to the junta.
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Three Beijing representatives visited Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw to ask why a shell – apparently fired by regime forces – landed on a Chinese town.
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Economic, political and regional security challenges await the Srettha administration as Thailand emerges from a decade of military-led government.
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Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing fell short on all fronts in his brief New Year speech.
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Saturday, January 6, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/06/2024
Friday, January 5, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/05/2024
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Surrender of headquarters in Laukkai town brings the Brotherhood Alliance another step closer to its goal of ridding northern Shan State – and Myanmar – of the junta and its military.
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Many of the more than 200 junta troops captured on Wednesday at Shan State outpost after brief battle were medics, firemen and factory workers.
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Popular singer Ko San Lin San was beaten until two wooden sticks broke, according to his family.
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A Taze Township village was targeted while Taze town remains besieged by resistance forces.
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Junta used its helicopters to rescue leaders of online crime syndicates from Laukkai Town after it was attacked by the Brotherhood Alliance, leader of ethnic army says.
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The Irrawaddy's latest roundup of resistance attacks includes incidents in Shan and Rakhine states and Bago, Magwe and Sagaing regions.
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Of nearly 10,000 inmates released, only some 120 were political prisoners, of whom nearly half had nearly finished their sentences.
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Thursday, January 4, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/04/2024
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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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