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    • NewsThis photo taken on September 16, 2025 shows people displaced by fighting between Myanmar's military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Bhamo sitting in a shelter on the grounds of a monastery in Mandalay. (Photo: AFP)
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahFebruary 2, 2026

      ‘Can We Go Home?’: Civilians trapped in Bhamo fighting

      As the KIA presses its offensive and the junta relies on airpower and drones, thousands of residents remain displaced in forests and nearby towns across Kachin State

    • 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

    • NewsAn opium field in Namkham Township, northern Shan State in March 2024 (Photo - Myat Pan)
      Maung Shwe WahJanuary 22, 2026

      Anti-junta forces claim destruction of opium fields on Rakhine-Magway border

      Fighters allied with the Arakan Army in Magway Region’s Ngape Township said they were mobilising local farmers to cultivate alternative crops

    • NewsFood courier and former bus driver Kyi Myo Zaw, 54, also known as Kyi Myo Zaw (Photo: Kyi Myo Zaw’s Facebook page)
      Maung Shwe WahNay Min NiJanuary 15, 2026

      Myanmar junta charges detained Yangon food courier with terrorist financing, sedition

      The 54-year-old driver and deliveryman, whom authorities and pro-regime propagandists have accused of sedition and funding terrorists, was reportedly tortured during interrogation and has had difficulty securing legal representation

    • NewsFlames engulf homes in Katha on December 29 as fighting spreads into the urban neighbourhoods (Photo: Supplied)
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahDecember 30, 2025

      Resistance forces enter Katha after clashes spread on junta election day

      The armed resistance seized two military hilltop outposts before advancing into the urban wards of Katha, Sagaing Region, the day after the military regime held elections in the town

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