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Diplomacy Is Wasted on Myanmar’s Junta

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Guest Column

By Naing Khit

While foreign capitals uselessly call for peace, the regime’s atrocities worsen by the day, only serving to justify the National Unity Government’s call to arms.

UN Envoy Joins Her Predecessors in Myanmar’s ‘Graveyard of Diplomats’

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Analysis

By The Irrawaddy

The soon-to-be departing Christine Schraner Burgener has admitted for the first time that the junta has no interest in talking or a peaceful solution to Myanmar’s crisis.

Myanmar’s Shadow Government Prepares Evidence of Junta War Crimes

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The National Unity Government is preparing to submit a report to the United Nations this month.

Myanmar Junta Kills At Least 12 Civilians Over Weekend

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Two Magwe Region villagers were reportedly killed after resistance fighters blew up a military-owned telecoms mast.

Junta Troops Killed in Civilian Attacks Across Myanmar

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The regime has lost two bases to the Karen National Union and 22 teenage volunteers were killed in a regime raid in Magwe Region.

Junta Troops Killed Across Myanmar as Resistance Steps up Operations

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

After Tuesday’s declaration of war against the regime by the National Unity Government, civilian volunteers have launched numerous attacks.

China Invites National League for Democracy to Summit for Asian Political Parties

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The NLD and the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party will attend the online forum being organized by the Communist Party of China.

Myanmar Junta Reports Increasing Attacks by Resistance

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The regime has admitted that soldiers are increasingly under fire from civilian volunteers.

Myanmar Resistance Responds to NUG’s Declaration of War on Junta

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

A series of attacks on regime forces followed the shadow, civilian National Unity Government’s call for civilians to fight to end military rule.

Myanmar Junta Detains Rights Activist, Family, Including Toddler

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability member Ko Kyaw Minn Htut had joined the pro-democracy movement.

New Regime, Same Old Drug Myths in Myanmar

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

Reports that the junta’s crackdown on political foes has diverted resources from drug interdiction recycle old fallacies about the narcotics trade in Myanmar.

Myanmar Shadow Govt Claims 580 Junta Troops Killed Last Month

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The regime faced the heaviest resistance in Sagaing and Yangon regions during August, according to the civilian shadow government.

Myanmar Junta Steps Up Arrests of Striking Civil Servants

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The civil disobedience movement is preventing the regime from operating properly.

Hong Kong Energy Firm Ditches Two Myanmar Projects

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

VPower has said it is not renewing power projects in Mandalay Region and Rakhine State at a key port in China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Myanmar Ceasefire Agreement is Void: KNU Concerned Group

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

KNU Concerned Group leader Naw Zipporah Sein says the group has abandoned the National Ceasefire Agreement and wants to see the junta defeated.