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A junta soldier receives water after being captured by Chin resistance forces in mid-January (Myanmar Now)

Myanmar NowFebruary 2, 2024

Chin resistance forces capture Myanmar army deserters in Paletwa

It was unclear if the 15 regime soldiers, who included three junior officers, were planning to flee across the border into India

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CDF-Mara troops seen during training in early 2022 (Chinland Defence Force- Mara)

Myanmar NowJanuary 19, 2024

Ethnic Chin Mara defence force accuses another resistance group of detaining its members

The CDF-Mara chapter says that a local ally of the Arakan Army is holding its officers in Paletwa Township, where all three groups are active

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July 1, 2022

Missing Chin State resistance fighters found dead

The CDF finds the bodies of two of their members murdered after a military withdrawal from a battlesite in Mindat Township

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Nyein SweJune 17, 2022

Thousands displaced by recent clashes in western Myanmar’s Chin State

Nearly half of the estimated 2,500 civilians forced to flee the latest fighting in Kanpetlet Township lack even basic necessities

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February 7, 2022

Junta convoy travelling through Chin comes under repeated attack by CDF

At least 20 soldiers have died in the attacks and numerous others have been injured, the CDF said

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Chin resistance forces capture Myanmar army deserters in Paletwa

Ethnic Chin Mara defence force accuses another resistance group of detaining its members

Missing Chin State resistance fighters found dead

Thousands displaced by recent clashes in western Myanmar’s Chin State

Junta convoy travelling through Chin comes under repeated attack by CDF

Myanmar regime scrambles to deal with loss of border trade hubs

Fire destroys Doctors Without Borders facility in northern Rakhine State

Employees of military-linked companies to be exempted from conscription, sources say

NUG allies urge focus on reform, support for fighting forces, in anniversary messages

Give credit where it’s due: An open letter to Hunterbrook Media

Junta’s conscription plan will only hasten the end of military rule in Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta is up to its old tricks with attempt to play the ‘Suu Kyi card’

Thingyan massacre reveals depths of Myanmar junta’s depravity—and its growing desperation

Myanmar regime scrambles to deal with loss of border trade hubs

Fire destroys Doctors Without Borders facility in northern Rakhine State

Employees of military-linked companies to be exempted from conscription, sources say

NUG allies urge focus on reform, support for fighting forces, in anniversary messages

Karen fighters seize army base near border trade post in Myanmar’s southernmost region

Myanmar regime scrambles to deal with loss of border trade hubs

Myanmar’s economy declines despite junta claims of progress

Myanmar junta detains gold traders for ‘unlicensed transactions’

Foreign commerce falls by more than 11 percent

MNDAA reopens two Myanmar-China border trading points

Thai officials call on Myanmar regime to crack down on fraud, trafficking gangs on Thai-Karen State border

Myanmar military continues to lose ground to anti-junta forces in northern Shan State

Despite escalating violence, Myanmar junta leader says elections will proceed

NUG-founded bank set to sell shares to meet ‘emergency needs’

Myanmar’s junta bears ‘sole responsibility’ for Suu Kyi’s health—NLD

Karenni youth fight for freedom at the cost of their lives and limbs

The mothers of the Magway resistance

A Myanmar artist finds freedom behind bars—by portraying prisoners’ oppression

As Myanmar’s revolution beckons, a new breed of activist photographers heeds the call

The man behind the Myanmar junta’s campaign of terror in Sagaing

Authorities tighten restrictions on passport process for Myanmar nationals in Thailand