The Irrawaddy - Covering Burma and Southeast Asia
Dec 17, 2010 · Covering Myanmar and Southeast Asia News, especially politics, ethnic issues and others shaping Myanmar today.
Myanmar Junta Bolsters Defenses on Rakhine-Ayeyarwady Border
3 days ago · The military regime is hastily fortifying an artillery battalion on a road linking southern Rakhine State with Ayeyarwady Region as the Arakan Army (AA) advances on the state border. The two sides have clashed fiercely in Gwa Township on the state border, with the AA seizing two junta checkpoints on ...
Myanmar Junta’s Desperation Diplomacy in 2024
2 days ago · As of 2024, Myanmar has diplomatic ties with 126 countries and missions in 37 countries. However, the junta’s top brass, including its boss Min Aung Hlaing, can only travel to a handful of countries. Among them are fellow ASEAN members like Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, as well as its two giant ...
Relatively Peaceful Ayeyarwady Faces War as Myanmar Junta …
2 days ago · Relatively peaceful Ayeyarwady Region faces Arakan Army (AA) advances from adjacent Gwa Township in southern Rakhine State as wealthier residents plan a move to Yangon. Myanmar’s junta is ramping up defenses in Ngathaingchaung and Yekyi townships in Ayeyarwady to dissuade the AA from crossing the ...
AA Takes Complete Control of Myanmar-Bangladesh Border After …
Dec 9, 2024 · The Arakan Army (AA) has taken complete control of Myanmar’s 270-kilometer-long border with Bangladesh after seizing Maungdaw Township on Sunday. The ethnic army reported it captured the junta’s last remaining border stronghold, Border Guard Police Battalion No. 5, located outside Maungdaw town ...
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Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region.
World Bank Warns of Worsening Economic Crisis for Junta-Ruled …
Dec 12, 2024 · The World Bank has confirmed Myanmar’s deepening economic crisis, sharply cutting its GDP forecast for the military-ruled country to a 1 percent contraction for this fiscal year ending March 2025. In its latest Myanmar Economic Monitor report, the bank urged immediate and coordinated efforts to ...
Myanmar Junta Swells Arrest Log for Online Criticism
Dec 5, 2024 · The Myanmar junta has arrested more than 1,800 people for expressing opposition to its rule and supporting the resistance movement online since it announced a crackdown nearly three years ago. Independent research group Data for Myanmar said in a recent report that from February 2022 to October 2024 ...
Burma - The Irrawaddy
Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region.
Myanmar Junta Braces for Resistance Attack on Myawaddy
Oct 22, 2024 · Videos captured by residents show airplanes dropping objects on parachutes. A Myawaddy resident close to Karen anti-regime resistance groups told The Irrawaddy that the junta has stealthily deployed a total of up to 1,000 troops to the border town.