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While the groups have entered into discussions to resolve the issue, families of the deceased soldiers call for more transparency and punishment for those responsible myanmar-now.org/en/news/sspp...
SSPP troops shoot dead two TNLA soldiers in Kyaukme dispute
While the groups have entered into discussions to resolve the issue, families of the deceased soldiers call for more transparency and punishment for those responsible
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While Monde Selection has cut all ties and revoked awards given to Myanmar military-owned alcohol companies, it is now facing an investigation over possible EU sanction breaches due to its previous relationship myanmar-now.org/en/news/belg...
Belgian company faces legal action over Myanmar beer awards
While Monde Selection has cut all ties and revoked awards given to Myanmar military-owned alcohol companies, it is now facing an investigation over possible EU sanction breaches due to its previous…
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Photo Essay: Between battles in central Myanmar As junta forces push towards oil-producing areas of Magway Region’s Myaing Township, photographs from near the frontline document the resistance fighters trying to hold them back myanmar-now.org/en/news/phot...
Photo Essay: Between battles in central Myanmar
As junta forces push towards oil-producing areas of Magway Region’s Myaing Township, photographs from near the frontline document the resistance fighters trying to hold them back
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The airstrike targeted a monastery in rural Chin State, destroying several buildings and leaving many children among the dead and injured myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar junta airstrike in Paletwa kills five and injures 17, including children
The airstrike targeted a monastery in rural Chin State, destroying several buildings and leaving many children among the dead and injured
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Long before Russia became the regime’s most important military partner, Aleksandr Fomin was already cultivating ties with its officer corps, a relationship now extending beyond military support into energy, finance, infrastructure and space cooperation myanmar-now.org/en/news/the-...
The Russian general behind Moscow’s decades-long military courtship of Myanmar
Long before Russia became the regime’s most important military partner, Aleksandr Fomin was already cultivating ties with its officer corps, a relationship now extending beyond military support into…
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Last week’s mass killing of meditators at a monastery in Sagaing’s Myaung Township is just the junta’s latest attack on a religion it professes to defend myanmar-now.org/en/news/how-...
How Myanmar’s regime turned a Buddhist retreat into a scene of death and destruction
Last week’s mass killing of meditators at a monastery in Sagaing’s Myaung Township is just the junta’s latest attack on a religion it professes to defend
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Several monks are among the dead following the early Friday morning attack on a monastery hosting a meditation retreat myanmar-now.org/en/news/as-m...
As many as 20 believed killed in Myanmar junta airstrike on Buddhist monastery
Several monks are among the dead following the early Friday morning attack on a monastery hosting a meditation retreat
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In the dry hills of central Myanmar, resistance fighters are defending oilfields that help fund their war against the military regime myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
The regime has attacked Mone Hla, in Sagaing’s Khin-U Township, repeatedly since seizing power in a 2021 coup myanmar-now.org/en/news/junt...
Junta airstrike kills woman, injures two in birthplace of Myanmar’s top Catholic cleric
The regime has attacked Mone Hla, in Sagaing’s Khin-U Township, repeatedly since seizing power in a 2021 coup
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With most of the state now under its control, the group must now prove that it can meet people’s needs as well as it can fight myanmar-now.org/en/news/rakh...
Rakhine State floods put AA administration to its biggest test yet
With most of the state now under its control, the group must now prove that it can meet people’s needs as well as it can fight
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The regional bloc remains deeply divided over whether to allow Myanmar’s pariah regime to participate fully in its meetings myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar’s future, Mideast fighting hang over ASEAN talks
The regional bloc remains deeply divided over whether to allow Myanmar’s pariah regime to participate fully in its meetings
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The National Unity Government, which is allied with four of the groups that met the envoy on Monday, held separate talks online two days later myanmar-now.org/en/news/ethn...
Ethnic armed groups say ASEAN envoy meeting was not dialogue with Myanmar junta
The National Unity Government, which is allied with four of the groups that met the envoy on Monday, held separate talks online two days later
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Junta airstrikes were reported in some flood-affected areas of the state even as emergency relief efforts were underway, sources said myanmar-now.org/en/news/floo...
Flooding compounds humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State as aid needs grow
Junta airstrikes were reported in some flood-affected areas of the state even as emergency relief efforts were underway, sources said
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Bangkok has been leading an effort to begin normalising the regime’s relations, both bilaterally and through ASEAN myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar junta leader to visit Thailand next month
Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand next month as Bangkok seeks to bring the pariah state back into the diplomatic fold, the Thai foreign minister told AFP…
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Thousands of prisoners captured during Operation 1027 remain in the group’s custody, according to sources myanmar-now.org/en/news/mnda...
MNDAA hands 41 POWs to Myanmar junta in Lashio amid ongoing talks
Thousands of prisoners captured during Operation 1027 remain in the group’s custody, according to sources
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Despite losing control of northern Mandalay Region last year, anti-regime forces remain active there and in areas to the south myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar resistance resumes attacks north of Mandalay as junta expands offensives to the south
Despite losing control of northern Mandalay Region last year, anti-regime forces remain active there and in areas to the south
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Some of the passengers aboard two vessels that have gone missing since departing Rakhine State in late June were reportedly from Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh myanmar-now.org/en/news/over...
Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN
Some of the passengers aboard two vessels that have gone missing since departing Rakhine State in late June were reportedly from Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
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Basic rights remain non-existent in the country, despite the junta’s efforts to rebrand itself as an elected, civilian government myanmar-now.org/en/news/afte...
After 100 days of ‘civilian’ rule, Myanmar remains a bastion of oppression
Basic rights remain non-existent in the country, despite the junta’s efforts to rebrand itself as an elected, civilian government
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Some of the victims were accused of being informants for the military, raising concerns about such killings by resistance forces myanmar-now.org/en/news/five...
Five villagers killed in Myanmar’s Bago Region, sparking calls for investigation
Some of the victims were accused of being informants for the military, raising concerns about such killings by resistance forces
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Rescue workers urge the Arakan Army to do more to enforce transport safety regulations in areas under its control myanmar-now.org/en/news/11-k...
11 killed after passenger boat capsizes in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Rescue workers urge the Arakan Army to do more to enforce transport safety regulations in areas under its control
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The country imports 90 percent of its fuel oil, leaving it highly exposed to closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the US war on Iran myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar inflation hits 25% on US-Iran fuel shock: World Bank
The country imports 90 percent of its fuel oil, leaving it highly exposed to closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the US war on Iran
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The move was not formally announced, but has been confirmed by merchants and Myawaddy residents myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar regime reopens Myawaddy-Mae Sot Friendship Bridge 2
The move was not formally announced, but has been confirmed by merchants and Myawaddy residents
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Anti-junta groups say the fall of the base in Myaing Township has given them freer access to key transport routes in the region myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar resistance forces capture pro-regime militia base in Magway Region
Anti-junta groups say the fall of the base in Myaing Township has given them freer access to key transport routes in the region
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The fall of Tonzang in Chin State and Mawdaung in Tanintharyi Region come as the junta continues to use overwhelming force to retake territory across the country myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar resistance forces lose towns on India, Thai borders
The fall of Tonzang in Chin State and Mawdaung in Tanintharyi Region come as the junta continues to use overwhelming force to retake territory across the country
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The regime forces were reportedly preparing to launch an offensive on a KIA-controlled village when they came under attack myanmar-now.org/en/news/kia-...
KIA drone strike kills Myanmar junta troops near Hpakant
The regime forces were reportedly preparing to launch an offensive on a KIA-controlled village when they came under attack
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The police station was used by the regime as a base of operations for troops carrying out attacks on civilian targets in the area myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar resistance forces capture police station in Sagaing’s Depayin Township
The police station was used by the regime as a base of operations for troops carrying out attacks on civilian targets in the area
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The abbot was taken into regime custody last week for refusing to allow the Shanni Nationalities Army to station troops at his monastery myanmar-now.org/en/news/budd...
Buddhist abbot detained, beaten for defying Myanmar junta ally in Kachin State
The abbot was taken into regime custody last week for refusing to allow the Shanni Nationalities Army to station troops at his monastery
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The group’s involvement in recent attacks on junta troops in Katha Township highlights growing cooperation among resistance forces myanmar-now.org/en/news/aa-j...
AA joins clashes in northern Sagaing, as resistance fights to secure key stronghold
The group’s involvement in recent attacks on junta troops in Katha Township highlights growing cooperation among resistance forces
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Troops under the National Unity Government and the People’s Liberation Army join forces as Myanmar’s military continues its push into neighbouring Chin State myanmar-now.org/en/news/riva...
Rival resistance forces launch joint attacks to repel junta advance in southern Magway
Troops under the National Unity Government and the People’s Liberation Army join forces as Myanmar’s military continues its push into neighbouring Chin State
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The move was seen as a test of the AA’s strength in the township, where it controls most areas outside of the main town myanmar-now.org/en/news/clas...
Clashes flare as Myanmar military attempts to break AA blockade in Kyaukphyu
The move was seen as a test of the AA’s strength in the township, where it controls most areas outside of the main town
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