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Junta troops encircled in Lashio reportedly kill family of six with indiscriminate shelling.
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Members of the junta chief's inner circle have been awarded political pensions as citizens struggle with rising inflation.
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Property developers say they will lose customers because banks have suspended lending for home loans, following a junta announcement that they face fines for exceeding a lending cap.
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City residents say patrols have increased as anti-regime advances threaten Mandalay and Pyin Oo Lwin.
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Torrential rains began easing on Tuesday evening, but many wards of Myitkyina remain submerged after the Kachin State capital was hit by the worst flooding in 20 years.
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After forcing Battalion 566 troops to flee along Ngapali Beach, the Arakan Army is focusing its attention on Infantry Battalion 55 at the entrance to Ngapali.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/03/2024
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/02/2024
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"Poorly timed" announcement that the seven lenders face administrative action jolts Myanmar's fragile financial sector.
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The regime says 295 Chinese online scam suspects have been detained in Tachilek on the Thai border as part of its efforts to break fraud gangs.
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With his hands full in Rakhine, Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for Beijing to rein in ethnic armies' resumed offensive in Shan and Mandalay, analysts say.
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Desperately short of troops amid rapid losses elsewhere in the country, the regime may be staring at defeat after collapse of China-brokered ceasefire.
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Rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of young people have fled Myanmar since the junta activated the conscription law in February.
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Maj-Gen Kyi Khaing has been replaced by Maj-Gen Aung Khaing Win, formerly head of the Triangle Region Command.
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Monday, July 1, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/01/2024
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Police tell owners of market stalls that they must sell rice at the reference rate set by the Myanmar Rice Federation and that they are not allowed to shut.
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A lack of rescue workers and vessels is hampering evacuation efforts in the Kachin capital, which has been inundated as the Irrawaddy River continues to rise.
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Ta'ang forces make rapid gains after relaunching resistance offensive in northern Shan State in retaliation for regime 'breaching' China-brokered truce.
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It said Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews' report "severely harms the interests of Myanmar civilians and the relationship between Myanmar and other countries".
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Chin Brotherhood claims control of entire strategic town but locals worry about potential conflict with rival resistance group.
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Shooting by junta troops along Mogoke-Mandalay Road and tight checks on vehicles by anti-regime forces meant many drivers were unable to escape Mogoke in Mandalay Region.
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Tokyo has demanded the release of Aeon Orange director Hiroshi Kasamatsu, whom the junta accused of "selling rice at higher price…to make economic chaos".
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