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WEBSep 26, 2024 · by Hein Htoo Zan. September 20, 2024. 15.4k. Three major operations to retake territory from ethnic armies and their allies are being hampered by troop shortages, experts say. Load More. Covering Myanmar and Southeast Asia News, especially politics, ethnic issues and others shaping Myanmar today.
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WEBOver 50,000 Face ‘Starvation’ in Sittwe After Massacre, Eviction by Myanmar Junta. by The Irrawaddy. September 26, 2024. 2.2k. Civilians evicted from villages around Rakhine State’s capital are enduring ‘severe hardship’ in overcrowded camps, with claims they are being used as human shields.
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WEBMyanmar Junta Receives Six More Chinese Warplanes Amid Deadly Airstrikes on Civilians. by The Irrawaddy. September 30, 2024. 7.5k. At least 180 people, including dozens of children, have been killed in regime bombings since a meeting last month between Min Aung Hlaing and China’s foreign minister.
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WEBBurma Beer Production Rises to 27.5M Gallons. by The Irrawaddy. May 19, 2014. 7.1k. Burma’s beer production continues to rise and local brewers produced 27.5 million gallons of beer in the last fiscal year, which lasted from April 2013 to March 2014, Eleven Media...
TNLA, PDF Seize Myanmar’s Ruby Hub Mogoke From Junta - The …
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Mogoke, 189 km north of Myanmar’s second-biggest city Mandalay, has become the third town seized by PDFs and ethnic rebel armies during Phase 2 of their successful anti-regime offensive Operation 1027. “We completely seized the last remaining strategic military base and another junta base at Phaung Taw Oo pagoda.
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WEBMyanmar Junta Boss Blames Usual Suspects, Disappoints Supporters in Speech Following Fall of Lashio. by The Irrawaddy. August 7, 2024. 2.3k. In a 25-minute address after the fall of the North Eastern Command, he pointed the finger at the NLD, ethnic armed groups and, implicitly, China, for the country’s woes.
Arakan Army Penetrates Myanmar Junta Naval Base in Rakhine State
WEBAug 30, 2024 · The Arakan Army (AA) says its troops have penetrated Maung Shwe Lay Naval Base, the junta’s last remaining stronghold in Thandwe Township, Rakhine State. “Fighting is raging around Maung Shwe Lay and Kwin Wyne naval bases,” AA spokesman Khaing Thukha told The Irrawaddy. He said the two bases, located near the world-famous Ngapali Beach ...
Agreement Moves Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu Port Project a Step …
WEBSep 20, 2021 · The Kyaukphyu SEZ is a backbone project under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), which is itself a part of China’s ambitious BRI. The project also includes plans to construct an industrial zone with facilities for textile and garment manufacturing, construction materials processing, food processing, pharmaceuticals, electronics, marine supplies and services, and research.
Shwe Kokko: How Myanmar’s Crime Hub is Destabilizing the Region
WEBFeb 27, 2023 · In the city of Shwe Kokko, Karen State opposite Thailand’s Mae Sot, Chinese triad gangs and criminals are exploiting the turmoil following the military takeover to expand their criminal activities. Shwe Kokko, just north of Mae Sot, is notorious as a criminal hub for online gambling, scamming and trafficking. The …