In this week’s editorial talk, The Irrawaddy’s founding editor-in-chief Aung Zaw and Senior Reporter Saw Yan Naing discuss how China plays a major role in the fighting in northern Burma and among ethnic armed groups there.
Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army troops are opening roads and pathways through forests for people to flee Kokang’s capital as...
Read moreDetailsBrotherhood Alliance member says it now has complete control of Kokang’s northernmost section after the junta’s Light Infantry Battalion 125...
Read moreDetailsPeople’s Defense Force says junta troops told every household in the village to send one member to witness the double...
Read moreDetailsThe junta said deserters would not be punished for minor crimes, highlighting the military’s shortage of troops as resistance offensives...
Read moreDetailsThe junta’s No. 2 has not been seen in public since April 3, sparking rumors that he was either gravely...
Read moreDetailsEthnic armed grouping says it will continue Operation 1027 offensive until goal of ousting the junta is achieved.
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