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WEBby Thar Oo. September 10, 2024. 3.7k. More and more internally displaced people escape the fighting to Yangon, where they face precarious livelihoods, extortion from corrupt Myanmar junta officials and price-gouging from letting agents, writes Thar Oo.
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WEBMyanmar Junta’s ‘Counterattack’ Targets Civilians, Killing 40, Including Children. by The Irrawaddy. September 7, 2024. 2.3k. Warplanes attack a school, bazaar, IDP camp and residential wards across the country after regime boss …
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WEBOur Team. The Irrawaddy has a professional, passionate and skilled team of reporters who provide consistent, high quality news stories on Burma/Myanmar. Over 20 years the Irrawaddy has built up a team of Burmese and ethnic nationality reporters from Burma/Myanmar and areas bordering Thailand. Our staff team is diverse and includes Burmese staff ...
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WEBChina Rejects Criticism It Is Interfering in Myanmar’s Affairs. by The Irrawaddy. September 16, 2024. 1.6k. The statement from the Chinese Embassy triggered a backlash among Myanmar people, who condemned its timing as insensitive, coming …
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WEBBurma Beer Production Rises to 27.5M Gallons. by The Irrawaddy. May 19, 2014. 7.1k. Burma’s beer production continues to rise and local brewers produced 27.5 million gallons of beer in the last fiscal year, which lasted from April 2013 to March 2014, Eleven Media...
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WEBElection Talks in Myanmar Are Touching on Amending The Constitution, Junta Says. by The Irrawaddy. June 21, 2024. 2.6k. Junta peace negotiators and representatives of the political parties working with the junta met to discuss the election coup-maker Min Aung Hlaing said will take place some time next year.
Would a Myanmar Resistance Victory Pave Way for New Country …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · The Myanmar military will win in the end. The conflict is a fight for the heart of the Bamar majority between the Tatmadaw (military) and the National League for Democracy led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the election in 2020. Resistance forces lack unity while the Myanmar military is highly unitary, monolithic, and hierarchical.
Myanmar Junta Surrenders Third Town to TNLA in Northern Shan …
WEBAug 1, 2024 · VIEWS. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) says it has seized complete control of a third town, Mongmit, in northern Shan State following the resumption of Operation 1027 in late June. The junta’s Infantry Battalion 276, Light Infantry Battalion 348, and a tactical command overseen by the Northern Command fell on …
Myanmar’s Civilian Government Aims to Liberate District in …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Combined PDF force in Myingyan District in Mandalay Region launched a coordinated operation on August 10 to liberate the district from the junta. Clashes between People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) under the control of the National Unity Government (NUG) and other resistance forces escalated in Myingyan, a southern district of …
Over 1,000 Civilians Flee to Ayeyarwady as Fighting Nears Gwa …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Over 1,300 civilians from southern Rakhine State’s Gwa Township have fled to neighboring Ayeyarwady Region as fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar military junta troops nears Gwa town, according to local residents and a lawmaker familiar with the situation on the ground. In southern Rakhine State, …
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