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Members of PDF Kalay. Photo: The Irrawaddy
May 23, 2022
Myanmar resistance groups claim they have delivered a heavy casualty toll on Military Council troops so far in May, with help from the National Unity...
May 23, 2022
Thailand has extradited military personnel and porters who fled to Thailand during a raid on the Thae Baw Bo camp, the border sources said. Eleven...
May 23, 2022
Nearly 5,000 locals have fled the fighting between the junta armed forces and the Local People’s Defense Forces on the eastern side of Phekone Inn on...
May 23, 2022
Civilians displaced by recent fighting in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region are in urgent need of medicines, according to humanitarian workers. Malaria...
May 23, 2022
The Mon National Education Committee (MNEC) is set to open Mon National College this academic year, the Mon education community told Than Lwin Times...
May 23, 2022
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), one of Burma’s most powerful ethnic armed organisations (EAO), designated the People’s Militia Forces (...
May 20, 2022
Commodity prices have skyrocketed in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, which borders Arakan State, after months-long restrictions on the supply of food...
May 20, 2022
Peace talks with ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) that have been proposed by junta chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing will continue until a...
May 20, 2022
Myanmar junta spokesman Major-General Zaw Min Tun has challenged the Arakan Army (AA), saying the armed group’s recent statements seem intended to...
May 20, 2022
Local residents reported that regime forces attacked Saung Num Gae on Monday, setting fire to more than 40 houses in the village in Pekon (Phaikhun)...
This handout photo taken on April 6, 2022 and released on April 7 by the Myanmar Military Information Team shows Australian ambassador Andrea Faulkner (L) meeting with Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw. Photo: AFP
May 20, 2022
Myanmar's junta on Thursday threatened to downgrade diplomatic ties with Australia after it said Canberra would not replace its recently-departed...
May 20, 2022
The leader of the Arakan Army (AA), urged ethnic Rakhine people to not use products manufactured or distributed by the military owned Myanma Economic...