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    • In-DepthA drone captured footage of the junta forcing civilians to dig graves to bury the dead in Yae Twin Kone, a village tract in eastern Bago Region that the army occupied for three consecutive days, holding the civilian inhabitants hostage (Still image: KNU)
      Saw RehKo HlaingMarch 20, 2026

      The costly resistance operation that saved hundreds of civilian hostages 

      Resistance forces executed a daring rescue in a Bago Region village tract occupied by the military, braving artillery, drones, and bullets to lead civilians held captive by the military to safety

    • NewsThe aftermath of airstrikes that killed at least 22 people near the town of Bhamo in Kachin State on January 22 (Photo: Supplied)
      Maung Shwe WahKo HlaingJanuary 26, 2026

      Myanmar junta’s pre-election airstrikes kill dozens in Kachin State and Sagaing and Magway regions

      The regime’s blitz of attacks targeting civilians in resistance-held areas came days ahead of the final phase of its election on Sunday

    • NewsA detention facility operated by the Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC) is seen in Karenni State in April 2025. The council oversees civilian administration and detention facilities in areas controlled by resistance forces. (Photo: Min Thar / KNDF)
      Saw RehKo HlaingJanuary 23, 2026

      Mass jailbreak in Karenni State sends POWs fleeing into Thailand

      More than 80 prisoners escaped from a resistance-run jail near the Thai border, prompting armed recaptures, cross-border flight and heightened security patrols

    • In-DepthNu Po refugee camp in Tak Province, Thailand (Photos by Aung Naing and Ko Hlaing)
      Aung NaingKo HlaingJanuary 2, 2026

      ‘Our souls are in Myanmar’: Voices from a refugee camp

      With aid to refugee camps on Myanmar’s borders cut off, there are few options left for the inhabitants of Nu Po camp in Thailand’s Tak Province, who are still unable to return home and can no longer resettle in third countries

    • NewsKNU troops check foreign nationals at the Shunda Park scam compound in Minletpan, in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township (Photo: KNU)
      Saw RehKo HlaingDecember 3, 2025

      Hundreds of foreigners refuse to leave scam centre on Thai-Myanmar border: KNU

      More than 900 foreign nationals—mostly Chinese—remain at the compound more than a week after it was raided, the group says

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