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The strike destroyed a key medical centre and left several others critically injured, local resistance groups say

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December 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Moves to begin collecting face scans, fingerprints, and other data are adding to concerns over the Indian government’s close ties to the Myanmar regime

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December 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Residents say PDO officers arrested three village administrators at gunpoint before one died in custody and the others disappeared

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December 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Conflict, poverty and dwindling livelihoods are driving farmers back to opium, even as insecurity hampers harvests

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December 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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More than 900 foreign nationals—mostly Chinese—remain at the compound more than a week after it was raided, the group says

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December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Residents returned after the airstrikes stopped, but they now face unreliable power, shuttered roads, rising crime and a junta administration struggling to make the city work

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December 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Low-flying paramotor raids hit villages in Sagaing and Mandalay, forcing mass displacement and killing children and entire families

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December 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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The move is the latest disruption of trade between the two countries, as fighting intensifies near their shared border

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December 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Clashes broke out as Myanmar regime troops entered resistance controlled territory on the outskirts of the town

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December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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The attack on a village in Kyauktaw also left ten injured and destroyed several homes, residents say

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December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Electronic-only voting raises risk of traceable ballots, leaving civilians exposed and vulnerable to reprisals

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December 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Regime forces are deploying ground forces, along with artillery barrages and drone strikes, to recapture Bhamo, Waingmaw, and Hpakant townships, where they have announced plans to hold elections in the next two months

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December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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The move comes as junta forces continue an ongoing offensive to reclaim resistance-held areas of Chin State

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November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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The coal-burning power station is reopening despite opposition from local communities concerned about its environmental and quality-of-life impact

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November 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Public demolitions and selective diplomacy obscure a criminal economy from which the military continues to profit

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November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The military touts the release as a gesture ahead of polls, but critics say it’s strategic rather than reform

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November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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The column that was wiped out had carried out hundreds of arson attacks in the township

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November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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A recent raid on a suspected scam compound left at least five civilians dead, sources say—marking a rare and deadly spillover for scam workers trapped inside border cyber-fraud zones

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November 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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In a statement on the amnesty, the regime cited upcoming elections that the international community has condemned as a sham, with the military imprisoning opponents and allegedly committing international crimes in the run-up to the vote

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November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Thai foreign minister warns Myanmar vote lacks legitimacy, urges release of Aung San Suu Kyi

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November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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The raid resulted in a clash between the two armed groups, with more than 2,000 people found at DKBA-run compound in Minletpan, including nearly 400 foreign nationals

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November 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Despite promising to address the provisional departure of two ethnic armed groups from the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), the council’s representatives reportedly have yet to communicate with one of the groups that withdrew

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November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Resistance fighters claimed responsibility for an attack that killed seven junta counterterrorism operatives and Pyu Saw Htee militia members, as well as two women whose identities remain unconfirmed

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November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The bombings are the latest in a series of strikes on Sagaing Region, where junta aircraft have repeatedly targeted populated areas and transport corridors

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November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the decision was made after a review of conditions in the country

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November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM