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“If they take control of the Ayeyarwady region, they could cut off almost all maritime exits”

Rescued from cyberscam compounds in Karen (Kayin) State, people of several nationalities recounted how they were forced into defrauding victims and punished brutally when they failed to meet targets

“We can suppose they are trying to make life harder for the people during the revolution to sow discord between them and the resistance fighters,” a Karenni resistance member said

After junta troops set fires in a village near Shwebo, Sagaing Region, resistance groups said they found the bodies of four men apparently burned alive in a torched building

Having fully occupied all territory between Paletwa and Maungdaw townships, the AA now controls Myanmar’s entire 168-mile border with Bangladesh and continues to press in on the army’s regional command headquarters in Rakhine State’s Ann Township

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) said 5,757 people were known to have been killed or wounded by landmines in the world in 2023, and that there were at least 1,003 victims—and possibly hundreds more—in Myanmar

The regime troops, accompanied by members of the junta-allied Pa-O National Army (PNA), frequently clash with resistance forces in and near Pekhon Township, Southern Shan State, but their motive for the mass arrest of civilians is unclear

Volunteers delivering food to displaced people’s camps in Karenni State saw a chance to provide another essential service: football training to help the children in the camps stay active and inspire a much-needed sense of hope

Rakhine State’s largest and most powerful ethnic armed organisation said members of three Rohingya militias were collaborating with the Myanmar military in the ongoing fight for control of the state’s Maungdaw Township

Russia has been one of the Myanmar junta’s staunchest international allies since the 2021 military coup, with Myanmar generals in turn supporting Russian foreign policy including the war in Ukraine