Myanmar Regime Mainly Bombing Residential Areas: Lashio Civilian
WEB3 days ago · 439. VIEWS. Myanmar regime airstrikes have targeted Lashio since August 30, killing six civilians and injuring 77 others and damaging houses, schools, markets and shops in the northern Shan State capital. The military’s Northeastern Command in the city fell to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance (MNDAA) in early August.
Myanmar Resistance Groups Kill Scores of Junta Soldiers in …
WEB3 days ago · Anti-regime groups ambushed a junta column raiding villages in Sagaing Region’s Budalin Township on Monday, killing scores of soldiers and capturing 40 others, according to a resistance group that took part in the ambush. Combined forces of local People’s Defense Force (PDF) groups and a resistance group called 96 Soldiers …
Myanmar Junta Receives Six More Chinese Warplanes Amid …
WEB5 days ago · 1.6k. VIEWS. Six more FTC-2000G midrange fighter jets purchased from China arrived in Myanmar in August, amid the junta’s escalating aerial bombardment of towns lost to ethnic armies, The Irrawaddy has learnt. The warplanes were among a batch ordered in 2020, but delivery and pilot training were delayed due to the COVID-19 …
The Iron Fist Behind Myanmar Junta’s Bogus Peace Offer
WEB3 days ago · On Sept. 26, the Myanmar junta’s information team issued an offer to armed resistance groups “to resolve political issues by political means”. The offer featured three points. First, the military regime claimed its February 2021 coup aligned with the 2008 Constitution because the National League for Democracy government it ousted had ...
KIA Says It Controls Rare-Earth Mining Hub Chipwi in Myanmar’s …
WEB4 days ago · The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Kachin People’s Defense Forces (KPDFs) and allied resistance forces have gained control of Kachin State’s Chipwi town, a rare-earth mining hub that was formerly under the control of a junta-allied militia group.. The KIA and joint resistance forces started attacking Chipwi on Sunday morning and by the …
UN Chief Guterres, Do You Have the Courage to Save Lives in …
WEB4 days ago · Three years ago, a week after the coup in Myanmar, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged that the United Nations would do everything it could to unite the international community and create conditions for the military coup in Myanmar to be reversed. He told a news conference it is “absolutely essential” to carry out the Security ...
In Flood-Torn Myanmar, Junta Spends 200 Times More on Military …
WEB4 days ago · VIEWS. Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has allocated just US$ 14.3 million (30 billion kyats) of the national budget for victims of what he called “the most devastating flood in 50 years” – almost 200 times less than the $2.7 billion (5.6 trillion kyats) in regime military spending last year. Nine of Myanmar’s 15 states and regions ...
Myanmar Junta Begins Census Amid Boycott Calls
WEB3 days ago · YANGON — Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged people to boycott. The junta is pressing ahead with the census even though it has lost control of large areas of the country to armed groups opposed to its rule.
‘MNDAA Coerced by China’
WEB5 days ago · Ethnic armed grouping says it will continue Operation 1027 offensive until goal of ousting the junta is achieved. The anti-regime resistance will continue to move forward with or without the MNDAA, Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd told The Irrawaddy in an interview.
More Than 20 Political Prisoners Killed This Year: Rights Group
WEB3 days ago · More than 20 political prisoners have been killed by Myanmar’s junta this year, according to the Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM). Around 10 political prisoners were tortured to death this year, Ko Thaik Tun Oo of the PPNM told The Irrawaddy. Around 12 political prisoners died due to insufficient medical care in Daik-U, Kyaikmaraw ...