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The Kachin Independence Army says it has seized two regime outposts after launching simultaneous attacks in Bhamo and Mansi townships on Wednesday.
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Trapped between heavy-handed junta efforts to safeguard Chinese investments and the advancing Arakan Army, Khaukphyu locals are suffering increasing hardship.
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Ethnic army pledges to send a high-level delegation for peace talks brokered by Beijing.
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The two neighbors will discuss the release of four Thais who were arrested Saturday night after the Myanmar Navy fired on and seized their trawler off the coast of Ranong.
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Opposition lawmakers jumped fences and tussled with security forces at the National Assembly so they could vote to overturn Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration.
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This week's Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks if Myanmar's anti-regime forces can unite against junta boss Min Aung Hlaing.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/04/2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/03/2024
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Bombing of residential areas in northern Shan State has intensified after China backed regime by shutting border crossings and threatening ethnic Brotherhood Alliance.
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Beijing has condemned the call for an ICC arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing, while taking steps to deploy private armies in Myanmar; the West should counter such moves.
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The junta claims "materials related to revolutionary groups" were found on one of the Burmese-crewed Thai fishing trawlers that strayed into Myanmar waters on Saturday.
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Monday, December 2, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/02/2024
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Allied Chin resistance forces launch major push to liberate townships and clear path for assault on state capital, Hakha.
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When Burma's dictator visited Khmer Rouge-controlled Cambodia in 1977, he cunningly exploited power struggles within and between Communist regimes to weaken the Red opposition at home.
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Fierce fighting reported on road linking Karenni and Shan states as regime troops backed by Pa-O militias attack launch pincer attack on strategic town of Moebye.
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Plans for an Orthodox church in Myanmar's commercial capital are a sign of deepening ties between the junta and Vladimir Putin's regime.
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Junta jets bombed a residential ward housing low-income families and a school in the northern Shan State town, damaging or destroying some 20 homes.
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A fisherman died and four were seized along with their boat after Myanmar patrol vessels opened fire on Thai fishing boats in waters near Ranong.
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Saturday, November 30, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 11/30/2024
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This week, the regime faced pressure from a border dispute involving Myanmar's most powerful ethnic army, while kowtowing even further to Beijing.
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