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5 days ago · Purging Predecessors: Inside the Ruthless Playbook of Myanmar’s Dictators. by Maung Kavi. November 4, 2024. 2k. The recent arrest of former dictator Than Shwe’s son-in-law marks the latest chapter in an old story of insecurity and brutality among the …
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Myanmar Junta Foils Drone Attack on Min Aung Hlaing. by The Irrawaddy. November 6, 2024. 2.1k. The junta boss was leaving for China on Tuesday morning when air defense forces shot down three resistance drones armed with explosives near Naipyitaw International Airport.
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Diarrhea Breaks Out in Sagaing Schools After Floods. by The Irrawaddy. November 7, 2024. 436. Hundreds of schoolkids are ill with diarrhea and flu in resistance-held Myaung Township as local health workers battle to provide medicines.
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Burma 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...
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Myanmar Junta Boss Blames Usual Suspects, Disappoints Supporters in Speech Following Fall of Lashio. by The Irrawaddy. August 7, 2024. 2.4k. 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.
TNLA, PDF Seize Myanmar’s Ruby Hub Mogoke From Junta - The …
Jul 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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Myanmar Junta to Vaccinate School Students Against COVID-19. by The Irrawaddy. October 11, 2021. 13.7k. The regime is pushing to reopen schools after they were closed when the deadly third wave of coronavirus swept the country in July.
Japan Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta
Sep 24, 2024 · Japan has become the latest country to downgrade diplomatic ties with Myanmar’s military regime, with plans to replace its ambassador with a lower-ranked representative. Sources familiar with the matter said the current ambassador, Ichiro Maruyama, will end his term soon and be replaced by a Chargé d’Affaires – a second-ranking diplomat ...
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AA Chief: Arakan Army’s Vision for Myanmar is Federal Union of Ethnic and Bamar Peoples. by The Irrawaddy. September 12, 2024. 3.3k. The key to ending military dictatorship is a unified revolution against the common enemy, not separate ethnic armed struggles, says Tun Myat Naing in part three of our interview.