Resistance groups in Magwe and Sagaing regions say they retaliated after regime soldiers burned down an entire village.
The resistance says regime forces fire shells at civilian targets every day.
The regime’s spokesperson said that the executions of anti-coup activists Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy must go ahead “for the sake of rule of law”.
Junta troops have escalated their terror campaign of arson attacks, raids and killings in restive Sagaing Region in recent weeks.
In the latest setback to the infrastructure plan, New Delhi has scrapped its contract with a JV that was to build a road through Chin State to the border with...
Three people found dead after regime troops raided and burned Maekone village in Wetlet Township.
Khun Be Du, KNDF leader and an NUG deputy minister, talks to The Irrawaddy about the success of the resistance movement in Kayah State and the prospects for a federal...
Anti-coup activists in the commercial capital face an increased risk of arrest as regime steps up its raids.
Several armed groups that are currently fighting the regime snubbed Min Aung Hlaing’s earlier invite to talks.
One of the victims was a striking teacher who was five months’ pregnant.
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