The Karen National Union says 29 migrants who were handed back by the Thai authorities and conscripted have escaped to liberated territory.
The key to ending military dictatorship is a unified revolution against the common enemy, not separate ethnic armed struggles, says Tun Myat Naing in part three of our interview.
Heavy rains triggered by Typhoon Yagi inundate dozens of townships across Myanmar, killing at least 11 and trapping people in their homes.
Beijing will provide 5 million yuan worth of equipment to the Myanmar regime’s police under agreements signed in China by the junta’s home affairs minister.
The anti-regime coalition says regime airstrikes have killed captive junta soldiers.
Floods or drought are destroying the crops of farmers in central Myanmar who are already suffering from spiraling costs, junta raids and armed conflict.
Days of rain in the eastern Shan State town have triggered flooding that has knocked out power and telephone lines, with more rain forecast.
The armed group says regime personnel dominated the death toll after the junta launched airstrikes against AA detention centers in Rakhine State.
If the regime’s claims are true, it has drafted 25,000 recruits in the past six months.
Arakan Army chief Major General Tun Myat Naing in the second part of his exclusive interview with The Irrawaddy denies claims of violence against the Rohingya.
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