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    • NewsPrisoners of war captured in Mandalay Region’s Thabeikkyin Township in July 2024 (Photo: Military Region 1)
      Sa Tun AungSeptember 4, 2025

      Five POWs tracked down after internal dispute in resistance allows 11 to escape 

      Detainees had seized an opportunity to break out of a prison camp while National Unity Government (NUG) security forces were responding to a gunfight among resistance fighters last week in Sagaing Region’s Homalin Township

    • NewsMaung Maung Ohn, the junta’s information minister and a former brigadier general, at the Department of Media Development’s anniversary event in 2024. The military established the department to coordinate Facebook comment campaigns (MRTV)
      Sa Tun AungAugust 23, 2025

      Exclusive: Myanmar regime using Facebook comments to spread disinformation

      Leaked documents reveal the junta is stepping up its efforts to use the social media platform for propaganda purposes

    • NewsThe 70th anniversary of Karen Revolution Day is commemorated at KNU headquarters on January 31, 2019 (Photo: AFP)
      Sa Tun AungKo ChoAugust 11, 2025

      Myanmar junta launches airstrikes near KNU headquarters

      The attacks came just days before Karen Martyrs’ Day, and mark an escalation of pressure on the group ahead of the regime’s planned elections

    • NewsThe military has warned that sabotage or disruption of the upcoming elections will carry penalties ranging from three years’ imprisonment to a death sentence
      Sa Tun AungJuly 30, 2025

      New Myanmar junta law makes election interference punishable by death

      The military has warned that sabotage or disruption of the upcoming elections will carry penalties ranging from three years’ imprisonment to a death sentence

    • NewsKIO chair Gen. N'Ban La attending a meeting of ethnic armed organisations in Maijaryang, Kachin State in July 2016. (Photo: AFP)
      Sa Tun AungJuly 9, 2025

      KIO says leader in China for health reasons

      The Kachin Independence Organisation’s spokesperson made the claim amid reports that Gen. N’Ban La was under house arrest by Chinese authorities, who have been pressuring Kachin forces to agree to a ceasefire with the Myanmar junta

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