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The National Unity Government's health ministry says international action is required to stop war crimes against the health sector.
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Anti-regime armed groups across the country report influx of recruits after mandatory military service law was enforced in February.
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The Arakan Army is battling the junta's border guard police in southern Maungdaw Township after taking complete control over the township's north last month, residents say.
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Fleeing locals said 10 residents have been killed and over 200 homes destroyed in Thandwe's Singaung Village since regime forces began shelling and bombing it on Tuesday.
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Foreign ambassadors and senior figures in the National League for Democracy were among those who attended the funeral in Yangon for U Tin Oo, who died Saturday aged 97.
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Thursday, June 6, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 06/06/2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 06/05/2024
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Intensifying crackdown on informal 'hundi' system could dramatically shrink the flow of money migrant workers send back to Myanmar.
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National Unity Government President Duwa Lashi La says international sanctions are ineffective against the regime.
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A literary biography of Burma's first prime minister is a timely reminder that the country's democratic path has long been forged from behind bars.
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Crackdown on border scams and tax fraud is taking heavy toll on gems trade, say merchants.
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Three primary school students were killed and another 25 were injured after a third-grade student stepped on a bomb while tidying up a school compound at lunchtime on the second day of the new school year.
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Australian economist Sean Turnell said the junta was printing money to finance its budget deficits, which are growing due to record military spending.
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Four months after the Arakan Army seized Pauktaw in Rakhine State, its residents remain camped on the outskirts, fearing more junta heavy artillery attacks on the town.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 06/04/2024
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The armed group has updated the death toll for the Byian Phyu village massacre near the Rakhine State capital and the junta denied the mass killings.
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Monday's arrests follow reports that Myanmar has become one of Thailand's most lucrative markets for selling condos since the 2021 coup.
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Karenni Nationalities Defense Force commander Khu Reedu tells The Irrawaddy that the regime depends on divisions among its opponents.
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Rakhine residents report the ethnic armed group is engaging junta troops near the gateway to the country's famed Ngapali beach resort.
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Arrests, corruption, false receipts—the crisis in the gold and currency markets bears all the hallmarks of the junta's inability to manage the economy, insiders say.
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While detractors see a strongman who stokes sectarian strife, supporters revere his unashamed promotion of Hindu interests and play up his modest roots.
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In the deadliest junta aerial attack this year, at least 27 wedding-goers were killed and over 30 injured in Mingin Township's Mataw Village, locals and a PDF group said.
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As sorrow grips Myanmar, detained leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was prevented from sending personal words of condolence to mark the passing of her National League for Democracy co-founder U Tin Oo.
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The Arakan Army also said a number of women were raped, with two dead and one still missing after junta troops raided Byian Phyu near the Rakhine State capital last week.
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Regime forces are reportedly detaining civilians around Sittwe as the Arakan Army encircles the state capital.
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