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Burma
Chiang Mai University has inked an MoA with Spring University Myanmar, which was set up last year for students who don’t want to study under the junta’s education system.
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Analysis
The regime claims the groups are being formed at the request of local people for their own protection, but many listed as members had no knowledge of their inclusion.
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Guest Column
Through brutality and ineptitude, the junta leader has turned the Tatmadaw into a personal army that is reviled by the people.
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Editorial
The same military that killed student activist Ma Win Maw Oo in 1988 hanged her contemporary, Ko Jimmy, in July. Today’s anti-junta resistance has inherited their spirit.
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Burma
The Russian-made Mi-35 helicopter attacked women transplanting paddy in Tabayin, Sagaing Region for no reason; thousands of villagers fled their homes after the attack.
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Junta Watch
Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing changed his tune on his recent Russia visit, and the regime parroted Beijing’s line on a controversial US visit to Taiwan.
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Burma
Hunger strikes have begun in Obo Prison, Mandalay, to honor the four executed pro-democracy activists.
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Burma
The National Unity Government says it will sell off illegally acquired property if it takes power.
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Burma
The charred remains of the three, including an ex-commander of CDF-Zotung, were found in Matupi. They had gone to check on a group of villagers detained by junta forces.
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Burma
The dictator has revived ancient beliefs in the auspicious properties of white elephants and rubies; to Myanmar people, it is just another sign that he is unfit to rule.
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Burma
Toru Kubota was detained while allegedly covering an anti-regime protest in Yangon.
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Burma
The Kachin Independence Army and its allies have been trying to seize control of a key road in Kachin State.
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Burma
Around 60 young children trapped in the raid were freed after being held by regime soldiers.
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Burma
The Cobra Column says large numbers of regime troops were routed on the strategically important Myawaddy-Waw Lay road.
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Burma
The National Unity Government says the soldiers were killed in 5,337 clashes across the country from June 1, 2021, to June 30 this year.