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A first-time visitor to Myanmar’s commercial capital finds a city drained of much of its vitality, as conflict takes its invisible toll
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A first-time visitor to Myanmar’s commercial capital finds a city drained of much of its vitality, as conflict takes its invisible toll

The regime’s airstrike in Sagaing Region injured a monk and forced the cancellation of a Paṭṭhāna scripture recitation in what locals say was a targeted attack

The Philippines, the regional bloc’s current chair, has repeatedly requested access to the detained leader of the country’s deposed government

Myanmar’s military is regaining control of key roads across the country, disrupting connections between resistance-held territories and making it harder for anti-junta forces to move fighters, weapons, and supplies, according to resistance officials and sources interviewed by Myanmar Now. The gains include sections of highways leading towards the borders with China, India, and Thailand, as …

More than 10,000 locals from 19 villages have fled the junta column’s attacks, which have now been ongoing for almost 10 days

Two columns, with a total of around 500 troops, have been almost completely wiped out since the start of a junta offensive earlier this month, resistance sources claim

The junta arrested the religious leaders and sealed off the mosque after it retook Nawnghkio from the TNLA last year

ASEAN envoy Maria Theresa Lazaro’s Myanmar visit comes as military authorities seek a return to regional summits and speculation grows over a possible meeting with detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Resistance forces say BNRA troops who defected to the junta earlier this year were among prisoners captured during recent clashes

Malaysia will seek clarification from Myanmar over reports that hundreds of migrants recently returned to the country are being held in military detention, Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said on Monday. Malaysia in late September sent back around 1,500 Myanmar nationals as it launched a scheme that rights groups say may endanger migrants by returning them …

The Sadaung Moe Kyoe PDF, a group operating outside the NUG’s command structure, cited safety concerns in its decision to disband

A change in Danish law opens a new door for victims of atrocities in Myanmar to seek accountability from the country’s military rulers

Forced into exile, Moe Gyi, the founder of the Moe Myittar Charity Association remains committed to helping others in any way he can

An explosion in central Sittwe killed at least two people amid intensifying fighting for the Rakhine State capital, with conflicting accounts of who is responsible

The regime has been bombing Rakhine State townships almost daily for months in its attempt to fend off the AA, leaving civilians reeling in fear