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The leading Mandalay nonviolent resistance group on Friday said a silent strike will be staged on Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, under the slogan “Our Voice, Our Fight, Our Rights” to show public rejection the junta’s planned election. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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A married couple and a seven-year-old neighboring girl were killed and two others wounded in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region on Friday morning when a junta fighter jet bombed Thit Cho Pin Village. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Revolutionary groups that attended a forum in Indonesia recently have denied online rumors that they held talks with Myanmar junta officials during the trip. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/uOXrYmqv6d
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Following online outrage, revolutionary groups clarify that they attended a separate workshop from junta representatives, and no official or unofficial contact took place.
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The U.S House Foreign Affair Committee on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to dismantle transnational criminal syndicates behind online scam operations against Americans.
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Prominent activists Dr. Tayzar San, Ko Nan Lin and Ko Khat Wai Phyo staged a flash mob protest in Mandalay’s Zay Cho Taw bazaar on Wednesday, urging the public to reject the impending election. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The Day the ‘Destroyer of Burma’ Died Myanmar’s first military dictator, former leader Ne Win, died on this day 23 years ago at the age of 93.
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The TNLA is blocking resistance forces from retaking Mongmit after handing the northern Shan town back to junta forces under a China-brokered truce. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #WarAgainstTheJuntaMyanmar https://t.co/cqT7K8cUd1
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The Ta’ang army is blocking resistance forces from retaking the northern Shan town following its China-brokered handover. 
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Advance voting for the Myanmar election closed at the consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Thursday with what anecdotal evidence suggests was a minimal turnout. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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‘Only a pro-military government can survive’ The head of the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party warns that any new government formed after the election needs to get along with the junta military—or risk collapse.
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Each time Russian ships turn up for a joint exercise with the Myanmar Navy, the regime emerges smarter and better equipped to fight the resistance. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/RvINZtbMUJ
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Each time Russian ships turn up for a joint exercise with the Myanmar Navy, the regime emerges smarter and better equipped to fight the resistance.
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Cannabis takes root in Sagaing as Myanmar’s post-coup drug boom expands #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar ------------------- Help The Irrawaddy Report the Truth from Myanmar https://t.co/3StkYCheeR https://t.co/CTZ9wM3FN6
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Farmers abandon traditional crops amid conflict and economic collapse that has also driven opium production to decade-high levels.
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The Mae Sot border checkpoint has been ordered closed for seven days after new fighting between the Myanmar military and Karen fighters. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/6sDxkQr9X6
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The Mae Sot border checkpoint has been ordered closed for seven days after new fighting between the Myanmar military and Karen fighters.
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‘The Myanmar People’s Revolution Will Prevail’ Accepting the 2025 Right Livelihood Award on behalf of Justice for Myanmar, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged the international community to reject the junta’s fake election.
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Nine illegal Myanmar migrant workers—eight men and one woman—were killed when their car plunged into an irrigation canal in Pak Tho District west of Bangkok on Wednesday, according to local media outlets. (Photo: Thai Enquirer) #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged int’l governments to reject the Myanmar junta’s election and cut off the flow of funds, arms and fuel to it, in a speech accepting the 2025 Right Livelihood Award on behalf of Justice for Myanmar in Stockholm. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The latest seizures add to the growing international pressure on sprawling cyber-fraud operations across Southeast Asia. ------------------- Help The Irrawaddy Report the Truth from Myanmar https://t.co/3StkYCheeR https://t.co/f8FsI13CrQ
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The latest seizures add to the growing international pressure on sprawling cyber-fraud operations across Southeast Asia.
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US journalist Collin Mayfield was seriously injured when he stepped on a land mine on Nov. 18 while accompanying a unit of the resistance group PDF-Zoland on an operation near Mount Kennedy in Chin State’s Tedim Township, EastMojo reported. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Resistance Has Been Futile, Myanmar Junta Chief Tells New Cadets Min Aung Hlaing says talk of democracy has only driven young people into the arms of “terrorism,” but the regime’s planned election will put an end to all that.
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Min Aung Hlaing Hails ‘Technological Superiority’ as Junta Leans on Drones, Airpower #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar ------------------- Help The Irrawaddy Report the Truth from Myanmar https://t.co/3StkYCheeR https://t.co/BEBGPV9p6A
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The coup leader told DSA graduates that modern technology—not manpower—now determines victory, as Chinese drones and Russian systems bolster the junta’s battlefield push.
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Junta airstrike in Sagaing Region kills family of five including toddler as regime ramps up attacks ahead of December 28 election. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar ------------------- Help The Irrawaddy Report the Truth from Myanmar https://t.co/3StkYCheeR https://t.co/1Vs6JbKG3l
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Airstrike in Sagaing Region also injured children and adults as the regime intensifies indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas in the run up to this month’s vote.  
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