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Min Aung Hlaing’s call for talks is seen as a desperate attempt to reduce attacks from ethnic armed organizations while the regime battles the people's defense forces.
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Interview
Chin National Army spokesperson tells The Irrawaddy that it is crucial that resistance groups nationwide collaborate to force the regime to fight on many fronts.
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Burma
The Kachin Independence Army has marked the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Panglong Agreement by demanding the National Unity Government revive its federal vision.
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Guest Column
Ethnic education systems can be a model for a just and inclusive federal union in Myanmar.
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Burma
Among other atrocities, the military regime has killed at least 1,499 civilians and over 11,800 more have been arrested to date.
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Guest Column
Hun Sen will not shy away from enhancing dialogue with Myanmar from the first day.
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Specials
The Irrawaddy looks at the individuals, groups and forces that shaped the course of events in one of the most tumultuous years in Myanmar’s modern history.
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Burma
Unverified claims of ambushes across the country suggest the regime continues to lose soldiers.
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Burma
People's Defense Forces reported killing large numbers of regime soldiers across Myanmar.
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Burma
Attacks across the country have targeted regime troops and their supply lines.
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Burma
The civilian People's Defense Forces claim to have killed more than 50 regime soldiers, although the death toll cannot be verified.
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Burma
Soon after independence, half of Myanmar was occupied by rebel forces and ethnic armed organizations fighting the then government.
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Burma
The People's Defense Forces in Shan State say it destroyed a power cable supplying the military and left landmines around the site which killed around seven soldiers.
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Burma
At least seven regime soldiers reportedly killed in all-day battle between Kayah ethnic armed group and the Myanmar military.