Section Archive

Dozens of Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Five Days of Resistance Attacks

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War Against the Junta

By The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Tanintharyi, Bago, Mandalay and Sagaing regions and Kayah and Karen states.

Cyclone Mocha Death Toll Rises to 81 in Myanmar

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Burma

By AFP

Many devastated villages and Rohingya refugee camps in northern Rakhine are still waiting for assistance; over 100 people are still missing in one village alone.

Myanmar Death Toll Mounts After Cyclone Mocha

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Burma

By NORA

Rohingya camps near Sittwe in Rakhine State are reporting heavy death tolls as the flooding washed away tents.

Cyclone Mocha Destroys Hundreds of Homes in Myanmar’s Chin State

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Burma

By Hein Htoo Zan

Hundreds of people left homeless by the storm are taking refuge at shelters in the state capital Hakha; two Chin Defense Force bases were also destroyed.

Sagaing Region Resistance Groups Report Heavy Fighting With Myanmar Junta Troops

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Resistance groups say they are ambushing around 120 troops who have been raiding Kani Township villages since last week.

Myanmar Crony Promoting Electric Vehicles Despite Ongoing Power Blackouts

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Junta Crony

By The Irrawaddy ​​​​​

Daw Khine Zaw, sister-in-law of arch-crony U Tay Za, has close links with both the former and current military regime.

Myanmar Military Commanders Pocketing Dead Soldiers’ Insurance: Sources

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Practice of siphoning off payments from troops’ mandatory life insurance has worsened since coup amid heavy casualties, defectors say.

Myanmar Regime Searches for People Who Photographed Flooded Bagan Temples

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The photos and associated comments online regarding flooded temples at the UNESCO World Heritage Site have reportedly upset regime officials in Mandalay’s Nyaung-U.

Cyclone Mocha Death Toll Rises to 29 in Myanmar

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Burma

By AFP

Dozens of residents of a Rohingya village in northern Rakhine, and at least five people in the state capital Sittwe, were killed; hundreds of homes were damaged.

Rituals and Yadaya: Myanmar Junta Leader’s Superstition Knows No Bounds

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Accompanied by two notorious monks, Min Aung Hlaing consecrated a replica of India’s Bodha Gaya in Kengtung in his latest superstitious bid to extend his rule.

Cyclone Mocha Destroys Thousands of Homes Across Western Myanmar

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Residents across Rakhine State say most buildings have been damaged by Mocha with serious flooding being reported in Magwe and Sagaing regions.

Eight Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Myawaddy Clashes: Cobra Column

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Burma

By Hein Htoo Zan

Regime reportedly suffers heavy casualties after attacking resistance forces under the Karen National Liberation Army. 

Myanmar Junta Troops Force 16,000 to Flee Amid Cyclone Mocha

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Displaced villagers in two Sagaing townships in urgent need of food and medicine as floods cut transport routes.

Alleged Myanmar Migrant Rape Victim Demands Justice in Thailand

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

A 16-year-old migrant worker in Tak Province says her employer locked her away and raped her for seven months.  

Cyclone Mocha Leaves Parts of Myanmar’s Ancient City Bagan Flooded

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Heavy rainfall caused Min Nan Thu Creek to overflow, inundating parts of the archaeological zone at the World Heritage Site, local residents said.