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    • NewsJunta chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, centre, examines a drone at a showroom in Chongqing, China, in November 2024 (Photo: Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing’s Office)
      Maung Shwe WahJune 3, 2025

      Myanmar resistance under pressure as junta’s arsenal of drones grows

      The regime has stepped up its reliance on drones after seeing their opponents use them to devastating effect

    • News[No caption] Credit: (Photo: KZ Photography - Facebook)
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahJune 3, 2025

      Displaced people bearing brunt of floods in Chipwe, Kachin State

      Some 300 families of internally displaced persons (IDPs) were forced to relocate as floodwaters from the N’Mai River rose in Chipwe, Kachin State, a town currently controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

    • NewsThe jade-producing town of Hpakant in Kachin State in 2016 (Photo: Myanmar Now)
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahMay 28, 2025

      Fighting escalates as Myanmar army reaches outskirts of Hpakant

      Some civilians were unable to flee in time and remained trapped as junta troops, having fought their way into Lone Hkin village tract on the eastern edge of Hpakant, fired artillery into the surrounding area

    • NewsExamining the crashed junta helicopter (Photo: Banmaw [Bhamo] Scout Team)
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahMay 23, 2025

      Officer among 18 found dead in junta helicopter downed by Kachin fighters

      After the first helicopter crashed following an attack by Kachin forces near Bhamo, another helicopter was destroyed in a second attack after making an emergency landing near a junta base in Shwegu

    • NewsJunta aircraft that shot down near Nam Hpat Kar village in Kutkai Township in January 2024 (Photo: Myat Pan)
      Min MaungMaung Shwe WahMay 20, 2025

      Kachin fighters bring down junta helicopters near Bhamo

      Having come under fire by Kachin Independence Army (KIA) forces on the ground, one of the aircraft crashed while the other made an emergency landing in a nearby town

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