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Myanmar junta captures key town, expanding election writ
AFP, Published on 20/08/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar's junta said Wednesday its troops have captured a battlefield town in the country's east, clawing back rebel-contested territory as it prepares to stage a disputed December election.
Drones playing bigger role in Myanmar conflict
AFP, Published on 09/01/2025
» MOE BYE, Myanmar - A Myanmar military drone tracked a car carrying anti-junta forces as it drove through the contested village of Moe Bye. Moments after it parked near a house, the operator dropped an explosive.
Myanmar's flooding death toll jumps to 74, state media reports
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2024
» Myanmar's flooding death toll rose to 74 as of Friday evening, according to a state media report on Sunday, after heavy rains triggered widespread floods across the war-torn country.
Ragtag Myanmar resistance sees tide turning in forgotten war
The New York TImes, Published on 21/04/2024
» LOIKAW, Myanmar — The night Suu Kyi thought she would die of her wounds on the front lines of a forgotten war, a crescent moon hung overhead. A pendant of the Virgin Mary dangled around her neck. Maybe those augurs saved her. Or maybe, she said, it was not yet time for her to die.
Challenged by uprising, Myanmar junta cracks down harder
The New York TImes, Published on 07/04/2024
» Thousands of innocent people killed. Tens of thousands more pro-democracy protesters locked up. The return of military rule has wreaked havoc in Myanmar in recent years.
Rebel fire and China's ire: Inside Myanmar's anti-junta offensive
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» YANGON - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.
EU sanctions Myanmar minister, arms suppliers as junta claims rebel talks
Reuters, Published on 11/12/2023
» BRUSSELS: Representatives from Myanmar's ruling military have met with three armed rebel groups involved in an ongoing anti-junta offensive, state media reported a junta spokesperson as saying on Monday.
With drones and dawn assault, Myanmar's Chin rebels open new front
Reuters, Published on 17/11/2023
» ZOKHAWTHAR, India - In the pre-dawn darkness on Monday, a 22-year-old Myanmar rebel fighter approached a hill-top military camp in remote Chin State with dozens of comrades for an assault that opened up another front in a mounting nationwide offensive against the junta.
Myanmar junta attacked on new fronts, thousands flee to India
Reuters, Published on 13/11/2023
» Ethnic minority insurgent groups attacked security posts in Myanmar on Monday, residents, rebels and an official said, as fighting erupted on two new fronts, and thousands of people crossed into neighbouring India seeking safety.
Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility
Reuters, Published on 12/11/2023
» A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed during clashes between the military and an insurgent group, both sides said, in another setback for a junta facing the biggest challenge to its rule since a coup in 2021.