Myawaddy rocked by bombing raids on Monday morning as Thai prime minister poised to visit border zone.
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Karen and Shan states and Sagaing and Mandalay regions.
Fewer than 100 regime troops are estimated to be making a last stand near a bridge that connects Myawaddy with Thailand.
Myanmar junta troops near the Second Friendship Bridge to Thailand are holding out against anti-regime forces.
The bloc’s statement urges "all parties for an immediate cessation of violence" after the recent escalation of conflicts, including in the area of Myawaddy on the Thai border.
The town of Buthidaung in northern Rakhine State has been burned down amid allegations the regime is trying to spark communal violence.
The day after the junta released 3,303 people from prisons in a nationwide conditional amnesty, guards opened fire on a protest in a prison in Kachin State, killing four people...
The junta’s No. 2 has not been seen in public since April 3, sparking rumors that he was either gravely injured in a resistance drone attack or purged by Min...
A splinter group of the New Mon State Party says it has stopped a regime convoy in Kyaikmayaw Township.
Since seizing Myawaddy, KNU/KNLA and PDF forces have remained outside it, leaving security within the town to ‘neutral’ Karen groups, residents said.
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