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    • NewsJunta troops seen in Yangon on February 1, 2024 (Photo: AFP)
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahSeptember 16, 2025

      Myanmar junta troops shoot, detain two KIO officials in Myitkyina

      The incident occurred amid heightened tension in the Kachin State capital as fighting in neighbouring Waingmaw Township intensifies

    • NewsJunta forces near the Tank Battalion 5014 base
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahSeptember 15, 2025

      Myanmar military recaptures crucial bases in Bhamo

      In Kachin State, the military scored its latest successes since launching a nationwide counteroffensive earlier this year, having reintroduced a mandatory service law in 2024 and boosted its manpower through conscription

    • NewsAn aerial view of Mandalay’s Obo Prison, notorious for the deaths and abuse of political prisoners. (Photo: Myanmar Now)
      Maung Shwe WahSeptember 12, 2025

      Inside Myanmar’s notorious Obo Prison

      Behind the walls of Mandalay’s most feared jail, political prisoners face orchestrated beatings, medical neglect, and death by design

    • NewsThe women killed in the August 31 airstrike in Yesagyo Township were cremated the same evening (Photo: Info Committee Yesagyo)
      Maung Shwe WahAung ZaySeptember 2, 2025

      Elderly civilians among five killed by junta airstrike in confluence area

      Due to its proximity to two major rivers and to both Sagaing and Mandalay regions, the confluence area (Yaelekyun) in Yesagyo Township is strategically important and a frequent target of indiscriminate attacks by junta forces

    • NewsImages released by military-affiliated outlets show junta troops at Artillery Battalion 366. (Photo: Social Media)
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahAugust 13, 2025

      Junta assault pushes Kachin resistance to withdraw from key Bhamo sites

      Myanmar’s military launched air, artillery, and ground attacks on Artillery Battalion 366 and Bhamo Airport, pushing KIA fighters from positions near the China border

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