Where’s the Myanmar military amid the flood rescue mission?
WEB5 days ago · Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, …
Commentary | Amid Rumors Myanmar Junta Plans to Hang More …
WEB3 days ago · A A. ---. 477. VIEWS. Myanmar people this week have been gripped by a rumor that the junta is preparing to hang five anti-regime activists who have been sentenced to death. A list of the five, including a woman, who are on death row after being convicted of the 2021 shooting deaths of four police officers, went viral online earlier this week.
Myanmar Junta Counteroffensives Failing Across Country: Analysts
WEB3 days ago · The junta has lost large swathes of territory to EAOs and their allies. In January 2023, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing admitted his regime controlled only 198 of Myanmar’s 330 townships. Then on October 27, the Brotherhood Alliance of three ethnic armies launched Operation 1027, a major offensive that turned the tide of the revolution.
Regime Launches BRICS Bid; Scrambles to Resurrect Poll Plan …
WEB2 days ago · A total of 161,592 people are taking shelter at 425 relief camps, it said. The regime said that 766,586 acres of paddy and other crop fields were flooded, and 129,150 farm animals including cows and buffaloes crucial for farming were killed. A total of 919 schools were submerged, and other schools are being used to shelter flood victims.
Flood Crisis Offers Chance of Redemption for UN Agencies in …
WEB4 days ago · Residents walk through flood waters in Pyinmana, Naypyitaw Region on Sept. 13, 2024. / AFP. UN agencies in Myanmar are facing a test of their principles and resolve. Since the military coup in February 2021, the UN agencies have seriously failed to assist the Myanmar people, who have been systematically targeted and terrorized by the military.
Myanmar Junta Taps China for Drone Tech After Losing Territory …
WEB5 days ago · Myanmar junta Defense Minister General Tin Aung San has sought cooperation with high-tech drone manufacturers in China as his regime escalates airstrikes on territories lost to ethnic armies. Tin Aung San attended the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China from Sept. 12-15 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Admiral …
Family Friend Helps Myanmar Junta Boss Buy Arms From Israel
WEB2 days ago · Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, …
Myanmar’s Civilian Government and Allies Call for UN Yagi Flood …
WEB5 days ago · Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) and allied anti-regime groups have urged the United Nations and international community to provide humanitarian aid to Typhoon Yagi victims. Asia’s most powerful storm this year and the subsequent floods and landslides have left at least 1,000 civilians dead and missing in Mandalay and …
MNDAA Refuses to Work With Myanmar’s Civilian Government
WEB4 days ago · VIEWS. The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) on Thursday said it will not collaborate with the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) militarily or politically. The group said it will not extend its territory or attack Mandalay city and Taunggyi, the capital of southern Shan State. The MNDAA’s ally, the Ta’ang …
Sagaing Resistance Seizes Pro-Myanmar Junta Village near NW …
WEB3 days ago · Sagaing Region resistance groups say they seized a pro-junta Chaung-U Township village near the headquarters of the junta’s Northwest Military Command on Thursday. Chaung-U and Monywa People’s Defense Forces, loyal to the civilian National Unity Government, occupied Kanzee, where regime forces and Pyu Saw Htee militia …