Urban wards in the town of Kyaukme, which anti-regime fighters took over last Friday, came under attack by the junta air force on Sunday as clashes displaced thousands in surrounding townships

The Japanese national was accused of ‘selling rice at higher price with the aim to make economic chaos’

Troop shortages are forcing the regime to rely on civilians and elderly or inexperienced forces to keep an eye on Naypyitaw

With the number of Myanmar refugees in India growing since the coup, the Indian Central Government announced plans to scrap its Free Movement Regime with Myanmar earlier this year

Two Chinese state-owned firms and a Japanese electronics company are among the targets of the measure

Forces led by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army continued to captured junta bases in northern Shan State and Mogok Township, a hub for ruby and gemstone production in Mandalay Region

Doctors Without Borders is suspending its services at 14 clinics in northern Rakhine State due to intensifying violence and blocked roads and waterways, which have disrupted humanitarian access and the transport of medical supplies

The killing last week of Ashin Munindra, abbot of the Win Nimmita monastery in Bago, has strained relations between the regime and Buddhist leaders

Thein Sein, a retired general and Aung San Suu Kyi’s predecessor as leader of Myanmar, is visiting China for the first time since the military seized power more than three years ago

The latest incidents come as critics say the International Committee of the Red Cross is not doing enough to protect the country’s political prisoners

In the two days since announcing the end of a ceasefire with the Myanmar military, the TNLA has captured two dozen junta bases in northern Shan State and nearby areas of Mandalay Region while fighting fiercely to take over two townships

Fierce clashes broke out Wednesday as the Arakan Army (AA) attacked Border Guard Police bases near Maungdaw in the north and infantry battalion bases near Thandwe in the south

The regime’s efforts to hide the truth about the shooting death of a senior monk in Mandalay Region last week reveals much about the way it operates

“Rice buying is starting to feel like smuggling,” one businessman said during a junta crackdown on distributors and sellers of various commodities

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) took over government offices in Nawnghkio, northern Shan State only hours after announcing a resumption of hostilities with junta forces

The attack came as anti-regime groups in neighbouring Shan State announced the resumption of Operation 1027 on Tuesday

The junta has targeted eight companies, including prominent tycoon Zaw Win Shein’s Ayeyar Hinthar Holdings, for alleged improper practices in the import of palm oil

The MNDAA and TNLA, members of the Brotherhood Alliance and parties to a temporary truce with the junta mediated by China, both resumed fighting with the regime forces in northern Shan State this week

A 5-year-old and a Buddhist monk were among the civilians killed in the aerial bombing of a village monastery in Indaw Township, where junta soldiers were guarding them

A military source confirmed that the junta will deploy 5,000 newly trained troops to serve in various commands around the country, but did not say what duties they will perform

Two junta bases are located near the captured airport in Thandwe Township, which the junta relied on to send reinforcements and supplies to the area

The incident marks the first time since the regime seized power more than three years ago that it has acknowledged the unprovoked killing of civilians by its forces

Authorities, who accused the businessmen and wholesalers of selling at prices above the maximum set by the regime, are reportedly holding the detainees in Yangon and Naypyitaw

The monsoon, which began this month, may add to the potentially lethal threats of ethnically targeted violence, restricted movement, and food scarcity already faced by recently displaced civilians from northern Rakhine State

It is the second fatal landslide this month near Pangwa, a militia-controlled area that has seen a rapid growth in unregulated mining since the coup