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Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three amid fight for northern Shan State township
Two ethnic armed groups of the Brotherhood Alliance are leading anti-junta forces in the battle for Hsipaw Township after capturing Kyaukme to the west and northern Shan State’s capital, Lashio, to the east
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Wa army-linked company collaborating with junta to build hydropower dam in northern Shan State, activists say
A network monitoring the Namtu River dam says the project, condemned by locals, will generate electricity likely used to power Chinese investment
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More than 100 northern Shan State villages potentially located in Upper Yeywa dam’s flood zone
Junta authorities announce that the hydropower project—started 15 years ago—will be completed in 2023, and locals say tens of thousands of Hsipaw residents are at risk
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Myanmar army laid landmines along oil, gas pipelines in northern Shan State, rights group says
The junta is increasingly relying on troops and mines to secure its infrastructure, including the pipelines sending fossil fuel from the Rakhine coast to China
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At least six people killed by junta’s armed forces as demonstrators return to the streets
Regime troops fire live ammunition and throw grenades into crowds on day marking the ‘Global Myanmar Spring Revolution’
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