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Min Aung Hlaing declares junta 'will not yield to demands made from the gun' amid relentless advance of ethnic forces.
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Capture of Western Command in Rakhine State has exposed the regime's military-industrial complex in Magwe and Bago.
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The law grants the regime surveillance powers and makes official its existing crackdown on VPNs, banned websites, online dissent and sharing of anti-regime information.
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Soap actor Xingxing may have been lured to Mae Sot by a bogus casting call and abducted into slavery in an online scam center in Myawaddy, reports suggest.
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While every political prisoner's release is welcome, the junta's "amnesty" must be seen for what it is: cynical manipulation and fraud.
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Another year of defeats for the military regime means it now has full control of just 107 of Myanmar's 330 townships, while others are embattled or have fallen to rebels.
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Four Thai fishermen arrested by junta soldiers last year were not among those released as part of Myanmar's annual amnesty to mark Independence Day.
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Monday, January 6, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/06/2025
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/04/2025
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Also this week, China honored the junta's envoy as it pushed megaprojects in Myanmar, poll preparations got off to a bad start, and the air force delivered a lethal New Year message.
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Friday, January 3, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/03/2025
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This week's Irrawaddy editorial discussion asks what 2025 holds for Myanmar and if it will see the end of Min Aung Hlaing's military regime?
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Assets Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared to the anti-graft agency include 75 watches worth Bt162 million, 217 handbags worth Bt76 million and property in Japan and the UK.
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Regime troops on Wednesday abandoned a heavily reinforced rural police station in Budalin Township after failing to break a siege by local resistance groups.
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Regime airstrikes in five states and regions on New Year's Eve and Jan. 1 left at least 20 people dead and destroyed homes and a clinic, while damaging a Hindu temple.
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Fierce fighting has erupted in Taung Pone Gyi, a vital checkpoint for the regime if it wants to defend its arms production hub in neighboring Bago Region.
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Duwa Lashi La acknowledged shortcomings within the civilian government and invited capable people to join his team.
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Thursday, January 2, 2025
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/02/2025
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The armed revolt against the junta meant it could fully count only 145 of 330 townships in its pre-election census; it estimates a total population of 51.3 million.
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After seizing control of Gwa Township just before the New Year, the ethnic rebel group said it is open to peace talks and pledged to protect Chinese investments.
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