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An independent, bilingual Myanmar news agency delivering insightful stories.
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Myanmar Now and Prachatai uncover chilling details about the steady stream of bodies flowing along the Thai-Myanmar border, near some of the world’s most notorious scam centres Read more: https://t.co/z9KqflvDtW
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More than 500 people have fled villages along the Sittaung River amid renewed fighting between junta troops and KNU-allied resistance forces Read more: https://t.co/sLMPSTmX2h
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More than 500 people have fled villages along the Sittaung River amid renewed fighting between junta troops and KNU-allied resistance forces
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The KIA says the regime is intensifying its efforts to reclaim territory ahead of elections slated for the end of the year Read more: https://t.co/E6jzY3NO8Z
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As the regime advances on the strategic mining town, residents say they’re desperate to avoid being targeted amid indiscriminate airstrikes on civilian areas Read more: https://t.co/tlZehBYjUH
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Photo essay: Yangon’s port workers struggle to make ends meet amid soaring prices The dock workers in Yangon’s ports often have few options for supporting their families as the cost of living rises besides low-paid, manual labour Photos by Kan Kaung Many people in Myanmar
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The regime is deliberately distorting the truth to cast the KNU as the culprits behind the notorious KK Park in Myawaddy Township Read more: https://t.co/0iQYVi49IO
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A US congressional committee says it is investigating the use of Starlink, which has become Myanmar’s top internet provider in recent months, in the growing online fraud operations Read more: https://t.co/914XjBnNxV
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Cyber scam compounds have remained in the spotlight as governments and watchdog groups step up their scrutiny of the operations Read more: https://t.co/XiDS1bP5nA
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Resistance forces attacked a regime outpost in a village on the east bank of the Sittaung River in Bago Region, resulting in 15 junta fatalities and the capture of two prisoners, according to a resistance statement Read more: https://t.co/j93aAxxzv8
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Resistance forces attacked a regime outpost in a village on the east bank of the Sittaung River in Bago Region, resulting in 15 junta fatalities and the capture of two prisoners, according to a...
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The children, aged four to 12, were playing football when the airstrike hit Read more: https://t.co/0wciN6vFxO
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The children, aged four to 12, were playing football when the airstrike hit
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Regime and resistance forces forces have clashed repeatedly in the area since the start of the month Read more: https://t.co/hAbgqK2koG
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Regime and resistance forces forces have clashed repeatedly in the area since the start of the month
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The funding cuts’ effects may include termination of up to a third of the staff from the Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, including the possible elimination of a team investigating sexual and gender-based crimes https://t.co/8yZpKhEnsv
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The funding cuts’ effects may include termination of up to a third of the staff from the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, including the possible elimination of a team investigating...
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Armed personnel detained Aye Mar Oo in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township while she was travelling to a Buddhist ceremony in her hometown with her husband, Kyaw Myo, who ultimately escaped after they had tortured him and executed his wife Read more: https://t.co/bb7bkwodlL
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Armed personnel detained Aye Mar Oo in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township while she was travelling to a Buddhist ceremony in her hometown with her husband, Kyaw Myo, who ultimately escaped after they...
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Residents say bombs rained down on homes in Pechet village before dawn, catching families inside their homes Read more: https://t.co/N8hMhtIcp3
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Resistance fighters say uncontrolled access to Starlink is compromising security, but people in resistance-controlled who depend on Starlink for communication have questioned whether some restrictions are needed Read more: https://t.co/DCP3dHQYqh
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The military has stepped up aerial attacks on TNLA-held territory, striking civilian areas as it seeks to consolidate control over key trade routes Read more: https://t.co/UsSXDIyL11
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Junta forces have been advancing steadily in Mandalay Region as well as northern Shan State, and appear poised to retake most of the territory previously lost to resistance and anti-junta ethnic armed groups Read more: https://t.co/7aIGQchrbT
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Around half of the town was under the control of regime forces as of Friday morning, sources said Read more: https://t.co/UHmYL85DNC
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AA takes base in Bago Region, battles junta forces near Rakhine-Magway border -------------------------------------------- Forces led by the Arakan Army (AA) captured a junta outpost south of the Taungup-Padaung road in Padaung Township, Bago Region and continued to assault the
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The rescue mission succeeded despite heightened security at the police station following a similar operation carried out last year Read more: https://t.co/OhOYc7bVkY
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