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Myanmar military’s 3-day arson attack forces 10,000 people to flee

Myanmar military’s 3-day arson attack forces 10,000 people to flee

Troops have been burning houses in 13 Sagaing region villages.

Buddhist monk leading deadly pro-junta militias in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

Buddhist monk leading deadly pro-junta militias in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

Warthawa’s ultranationalist agenda has enjoyed new support under military rule.

Pro-democracy militias burn down junta offices in Kayin State

Pro-democracy militias burn down junta offices in Kayin State

The Karen National Liberation army joined forces with local guerillas to fight junta troops.

Myanmar’s junta leader and shadow gov't both praise China at Lunar New Year Festival

Myanmar’s junta leader and shadow gov't both praise China at Lunar New Year Festival

Two sides are in conflict, but both want to curry China’s favor for leverage in UN and stronger trade ties

Intensified fighting drives 10,000 from their homes in Myanmar’s Kayin state

Clashes between the junta and ethnic armed groups escalated on Jan. 23

Reported spyware deal implicates Israeli firm in Myanmar junta’s crimes, critics say

Reported spyware deal implicates Israeli firm in Myanmar junta’s crimes, critics say

Cognyte’s technology has allegedly helped the junta target rebel groups and civilians.

Junta troops in Thabeikkyin township, Mandalay region on Oct. 13, 2022.

Junta troops shoot 4 men in Mandalay region village

2023-01-26

Soldiers burned the bodies and detained a woman and her 2 children.

A Myanmar security officer walks past burned Rohingya houses in Ka Nyin Tan village of suburb Maungdaw, northern Rakhine state of western Myanmar on Sept. 6, 2017.

Complaint filed in Germany alleges atrocity crimes by Myanmar junta

2023-01-25

If accepted, the case would ‘fill gaps’ left by current accountability mechanisms.

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“I had to run through bullets to get footage,” Myanmar photographer Myo Htet Hla Thaw

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Myanmar junta looks to placate ASEAN with prisoner releases

Myanmar junta looks to placate ASEAN with prisoner releases
Junta jets dropped bombs on the home of a Karen ethnic army commander

Junta jets dropped bombs on the home of a Karen ethnic army commander

Raid appears to breach ceasefire between group and military

Members of the Red Eagle People’s Defense Force place mines under the seat of a motorcycle ahead of Saturday’s attack on an administration office in Zee Kone village, Kanbalu township, Sagaing region in a photograph taken on Jan. 19, 2023.

Mine blast kills 2 pro-junta militia members in Sagaing region

A local People’s Defense Force carried out the attack to stop a pre-election census.

Guards stand outside Yangon’s Insein prison on Feb. 12, 2022. A secret court there sentenced six men to life in prison on Jan. 16, 2023.

Prison court sentences 6 men to life for blowing up telecoms towers

Myanmar junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing welcomes Gen. Chalermphon Srisawasdi, commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, to a state dinner at Pristine Mermaid Resort in Ngapali beach, Thandwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.

Myanmar’s junta chief meets Thai counterpart at beach resort to discuss military ties

Arakan Army troops on patrol in Rakhine state.

Junta and Arakan Army swap prisoners in Rakhine state

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Fresh produce comes to market in Yangon

Fresh produce comes to market in Yangon

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Power grab in Myanmar

Power grab in Myanmar