Despite the threat of arrest and death sentences, several resistance forces in Yangon are continuing to attack Myanmar’s regime forces across the city. Last week the regime sentenced to death former National League for Democracy lawmaker Ko Phyo Zeyar Thaw Read More
By The Irrawaddy 29 January 2022 Where is Maung Maung Kyaw? Since being forced to step down as the air force chief on Jan. 10, General Maung Maung Kyaw has not appeared in public for some three weeks. Despite the Read More
Myanmar’s military is increasingly using its air supremacy to deal with the many new enemies it has made over the past year Nearly a year after seizing power, Myanmar’s coup regime continues to struggle to bring the country under its Read More
Guerrilla forces’ tactical achievements in the war on the junta must be followed by the development of a long-term national strategy, analyst Anthony Davis says Decades of armed resistance to the Myanmar military entered a new phase in April of last Read More
More than 150 COVID-19 cases were reported over the past week in Tamu on the Indian border in Sagaing Region, according to Tamu District medical superintendent Dr. Thura. Myanmar’s military regime on Wednesday imposed a lockdown on Tamu. Swabs from Read More
Myanmar junta forces have arrested over a dozen shop owners who notified customers that their businesses will be closed on February 1, when a nationwide silent strike is planned for the first anniversary of the junta’s coup. Regime troops also Read More
Thu, January 20, 2022, 6:33 AM (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military has arrested three people working for the independent news portal Dawei Watch, an editor at the publication said on Thursday, the latest detentions under a media crackdown that has occurred Read More
Daily clashes between the Chin resistance and the Myanmar army are breaking out in northern Chin State, with local groups reporting dozens of junta casualties Daily clashes have been taking place for more than 10 days in northern Chin State Read More
After witnessing a massacre, Sit Ko Naing Htun set his writerly ambitions aside to join a local militia. Sit Ko Naing Htun was working as a freelance journalist based in Hpakant in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state when the military last Read More
The junta is increasingly relying on troops and mines to secure its infrastructure, including the pipelines sending fossil fuel from the Rakhine coast to China The junta recently placed landmines around oil and gas pipelines running through Hsipaw Township in Read More
