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A Mil Mi-17 helicopter operated by Myanmar’s military was hit on May 21 during a resupply mission near Bhamo, where intense fighting continues between junta forces and separatist groups. The attack, carried out using a fiber-optic FPV drone armed with a …
Having failed to resolve Myanmar’s worsening electricity crisis since the 2021 coup, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing on Tuesday blamed the suspension of the China-backed Myitsone hydropower project for the country’s deepening power outages. The coup leader told …
The junta faces accusations of dragging its feet over the rebuilding of Muslim and Christian places of worship after the devastating March 28 earthquake in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. So far the Religious Affairs Ministry has permitted only one of nearly …
BENGALURU – Fisherman Nye Nge Soe was returning from a night’s work to his village in Tanintharyi, the southernmost region of Myanmar, when he saw dark figures bobbing among the waves about 50m from the shore. “It was almost 1am. From my boat, I saw a …
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) claims that it destroyed a Myanmar junta transport helicopter, which crash-landed following an ambush in Kachin State. KIA troops bombed the helicopter on a football pitch near Infantry Battalion 56’s headquarters in …
On May 14, 10 members of a local People’s Defense Team (PDT) in Sagaing Region’s Tamu Township went missing from their temporary outpost near the Indian border. Reports later emerged that they had been abducted, tortured and executed by the Assam Rifles, a …
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