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After a junta soldier received a reward of three million kyat for surrendering to the Kachin Independence Army in Hpakant Township, Kachin State on February 2, five more soldiers also gave themselves up to the anti-junta armed group. The six soldiers said their company commander, a captain, had been killed during recent clashes in the township (Photo: KIA)

Min MaungMaung Shwe WahFebruary 4, 2026

Six junta soldiers surrender to KIA amid battles in Hpakant

The soldiers reportedly received monetary rewards for giving themselves up to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) after their company commander was killed in clashes with an alliance of fighters led by the anti-junta armed group

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PDF fighters and others attend the funeral of San Thein, held in his hometown in Sagaing Region on August 28 (Supplied)

Myanmar NowAugust 30, 2024

Commander among 13 PDF troops killed in Mandalay Region clash

The loss of San Thein, the second-in-command of Shwebo District PDF Battalion 18, is seen as a significant blow to the resistance

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Resistance forces pose near the entrance to Natogyi on August 10 (Supplied)

Aung NaingAugust 13, 2024

Myanmar military loses control of five positions southwest of Mandalay

The capture of five outposts, including one used to guard a Chinese-owned pipeline, comes as anti-regime forces expand their operations in Mandalay Region

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People’s Defence Force fighters in Mandalay Region (AFP)

Myanmar NowAugust 12, 2024

Emboldened resistance initiates offensive targeting junta bases in Myanmar heartland

As People’s Defence Force fighters launched an offensive operation in townships southwest of Mandalay, the military regime issued evacuation directives to its departmental staff in the region’s cities

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Satellite imagery of the Tagaung Taung nickel mine and processing plant (Google Earth)

Myanmar NowAugust 2, 2024

Resistance forces take control of China-backed nickel mine in northern Myanmar

The National Unity Government says it will take full responsibility for security at the Tagaung Taung mine, the country’s largest producer of nickel

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Six junta soldiers surrender to KIA amid battles in Hpakant

Commander among 13 PDF troops killed in Mandalay Region clash

Myanmar military loses control of five positions southwest of Mandalay

Emboldened resistance initiates offensive targeting junta bases in Myanmar heartland

Resistance forces take control of China-backed nickel mine in northern Myanmar

The shadowy past—and present—of the Myanmar Times and Frontier

On the road to Namtu

‘Can We Go Home?’: Civilians trapped in Bhamo fighting

Beyond Beijing’s reach, a new resistance alliance takes shape in Myanmar

Five killed in junta airstrike on civilians’ shops in Magway Region

Heavy fighting reported in Hpapun as resistance forces move to take last junta base

Six killed in junta airstrike on Thantlang as bombing intensifies in Chin State

Frontier Myanmar’s new foreign owner engaging with Myanmar military junta officials

Residents protest NUG gold mining ban in Sagaing’s Banmauk

KIA set to fully resume rare earth mining in captured ‘special region’

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three civilians sheltering in Rakhine State monastery

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

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