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Linn HtinJune 17, 2023

Dozens of junta troops killed in two weeks of fighting in Pekhon Township

Resistance forces also suffered a number of casualties during recent clashes in and around the towns of Pekhon and Moebye

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Esther JSeptember 13, 2022

After days of fighting, Karenni resistance alliance claims to have ‘nearly wiped out’ junta column

Around 60 Myanmar army soldiers are killed during four days of fighting along the Shan-Karenni border, the KNDF and PDF say

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Esther JAugust 12, 2022

Ethnic Kayan leader shot dead in southern Shan State

Francisco, also known as Saya Ko, was killed near his home in Pekhon Township on Thursday, local sources said

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Esther JAugust 8, 2022

Man killed by Myanmar army shelling during wife’s funeral

The victim died just hours after his wife when his village in southern Shan State’s Pekhon Township came under fire on Friday

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Esther JMay 25, 2022

Military offensive in southern Shan State taking heavy toll on resistance forces

After nearly two weeks of fighting, anti-junta forces in Pekhon Township say they are ‘exhausted and running out of weapons’

Pekhon

Dozens of junta troops killed in two weeks of fighting in Pekhon Township

After days of fighting, Karenni resistance alliance claims to have ‘nearly wiped out’ junta column

Ethnic Kayan leader shot dead in southern Shan State

Man killed by Myanmar army shelling during wife’s funeral

Military offensive in southern Shan State taking heavy toll on resistance forces

‘The sense of safety and security for Myanmar women is declining by the day’ – An advocate for abuse survivors speaks out

Argentina’s arrest warrants and Myanmar’s reckoning with justice

‘Treat Them as Humans’: Inside Myanmar’s resistance POW prisons

‘To light the way for others, we must be willing to risk getting burned’: resistance leader

Myanmar military drone strike kills civilian, escalates tensions in key port town

Exclusive: Myanmar junta invites Russia to extract gems, minerals in active conflict areas

Indian MPs’ calls for Myanmar border regions to join India greeted with scepticism, rejection

Myanmar troops under armed attack flee across border: Thai military

War of words: Myanmar migrants face disinformation in Thailand

Myanmar’s factories cling to life as power shortages persist

Bought Out or Seized: Mandalay farmers face impossible choices amid land grab

Myanmar junta partners with Chinese firm to build natural gas terminal despite Rakhine State conflict

Myanmar garment makers forced to exchange export earnings at junta-imposed rate

International payment services suspended for Myanmar users

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