A military source said Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and former president U Win Myint had been moved from prison to house arrest for health reasons amid hot weather.
The attack in Pyin Oo Lwin on Sunday evening also injures three cadets from the regime’s Defense Services Academy—Myanmar's equivalent of West Point.
The NUG ignored claims its police sexually abused female inmates, and one officer was threatened after accusing her superior officer, an Irrawaddy investigation shows.
Archaeologists warn UNESCO World Heritage Site at risk as heavy machinery is used to excavate ancient reservoirs.
Arakan Army leader Major General Tun Myat Naing says neighboring countries are allowing the regime to remain in power.
Conscription nightmare arrives as parents witness their children being drafted in first batch of recruits.
Karen State counteroffensive to deflect attention from the fall of Myawaddy could trigger a cross-border humanitarian crisis of epic scale.
Junta officials, local executives and counterparts from Eurasian economic union discuss business opportunities in Naypyitaw as war rages around them.
The base in Namtyar Village played an important role in the regime’s security operation for the jade town and earned it a lot of money, the ethnic army said.
A KNU spokesman said the Karen ethnic armed group captured the base of the last regime battalion defending the town late Wednesday night.
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