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Two Myanmar junta majors lead defection of 61 soldiers to National Unity Government
Source: Mizzima
On 1 November, Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), the country’s opposition, announced that 61 personnel from junta forces, including two military majors, had defected to join the resistance.
Mizzima
KIA Seizes Town on Chinese Border
Source: Irrawaddy
KIA spokesman Colonel Naw But told The Irrawaddy that its troops took complete control of Phimaw on Saturday after seizing the junta-allied Border Guard Force (BGF) Battalion 1001 headquarters, the militia’s final stronghold on the Chipwi-Phimaw road.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar delegations depart for New Delhi for lecture meeting
Source: NP News
The invitees involve National Democratic Force, People’s Pioneer Party, People’s Party, Arakan Front Party, and Naga Party from the political parties; 7 EAOs group, NSPNC and the CPR.
NP News
Junta airstrikes lay waste to civilian lives in Myanmar’s Karenni State
Source: Voice of America
In a crowded church filled with mourners on September 6, a young high school teacher sat among friends, her face streaked with tears as she gazed at the makeshift shrouds covering the small bodies laid out before her.
Ingyin Naing
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Burma
Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
This report highlights military and political developments within Burma, attacks on religious communities, conditions for various refugee populations
Report | USCIRF
‘Who should we follow?’: Factionalism plagues Pa-O politics
Source: Frontier Myanmar
The PNLO has joined the war against Myanmar’s junta, prompting a minor leadership crisis, but while that was swiftly resolved, a rival Pa-O group has only grown more powerful.
Frontier
Myanmar Brings Old Spooks Out of Retirement to Reach Out to China
Source: Irrawaddy
Two former high ranking military intelligence officials—ex-Brigadier General Thein Swe and ex-Colonel Hla Min, who served under the previous Myanmar regime—met with two Chinese think tanks in Beijing.
Analysis | Irrawaddy
Global Action Can End the Junta’s Violence
Source: Progressive Voice Myanmar
“It’s time for the world to step up and act on the Myanmar people’s calls to end the junta’s violence. How much more brutality must the people of Myanmar endure for the world to take their lives seriously and prove it through concrete action?
Weekly Highlight | Progressive Voice
Major Captured, 15 Killed as Myanmar Junta Outpost Falls in Chin State: CDF
Source: Irrawaddy
Combined Chinland Defense Forces (CDF) attacked the outpost on Monday as part of Operation Rung. Nine weapons, dozens of magazines, and landmines were also seized in the attack, CDF-Hakha said Wednesday.
Irrawaddy
Military Troops Ransack Businesses and Homes in North Gwa Township Villages
Source: Narinjara News
“They don’t care about anyone. They steal openly day and night. People didn’t believe troops robbed houses in Ku Lar Pyin before, but now that looting has happened in Satthwa village, locals are worried and afraid,” a resident said.
Narinjara News
Rumors Indicate Possible Forced Return of Loikaw IDPs in Nyaung Shwe by Next Summer
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
In southern Shan State’s Nyaung Shwe, displaced individuals from Loikaw who fled to the town may be repatriated by the military council as early as next summer.
Kantarawaddy Times
The Creation of New Constituent Units in the Myanmar Context
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
In a fast-evolving landscape, Sai Wansai argues in this commentary that discussions need to intensify now to the challenges of constitutional change and ethno-political reform if inclusive solutions are to be found. Ethnic rights and justice are essential for future peace and stability.
Sai Wansai
Charity Leader Arrested in Junta Raid in Mandalay
Source: Irrawaddy
Around 20 plainclothes junta personnel arrived in civilian cars at the head office of Parahita Min Kaung a.k.a. M-Rescue in Aung Chantha village in Patheingyi Township, sources said. They arrested M-Rescue chairman U Khin Maung Tint and seven others including a 14-year-old child.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar: The World’s Longest-Running Conflict Needs the West
Source: Modern Diplomacy
After analyzing the Burma (Myanmar) war both from abroad and on-site for 20 years, this author’s view is that ending the conflict will require official Western recognition of the National Unity Government (NUG) and limited military support.
Antonio Graceffo
90 Rohingya refugees left stranded on beach in Aceh
Source: BARRON’S
Human traffickers left dozens of Rohingya refugees, including children, stranded on a shoreline in westernmost Indonesia on Thursday, while six dead bodies were found nearby, local officials said.
Agence France Presse
Church in village of Myanmar’s Catholic leader bombed in junta raid
Source: Radio Free Asia
Junta forces damaged a church in the home village of Myanmar’s most prominent Christian, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, one of several religious buildings destroyed in fighting between the military and pro-democracy forces, residents told Radio Free Asia on Thursday.
RFA Burmese
Homalin’s roads and waterways blocked for over a year
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor
Local residents have been forced to depend solely on basic food items and personal goods imported from Banmauk Township, as both the roads and waterways in Homalin Township, in upper Sagaing Region, have been blocked by junta forces and revolutionary groups for over a year
Shanni Voice
The Si Par Incident And Mass Killings Across Myanmar – Issue 156
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor / Burma News International
“Will there be more cases like Budalin just to prop up a madman’s throne?” This question was raised during the photo campaign titled “No More Inhumanity in Myanmar” regarding the brutal killing of six civilians in Si Par village, Budalin Township.
Bi-Weekly News Review
Myanmar Junta Airstrike Kills 14 in Magwe
Source: Irrawaddy
A Myanmar junta airstrike on Chauk Township in Magwe Region killed at least 14 people and injured many more on Sunday, according to the Chauk Revolution Army (CRA).
Hein Htoo Zan
‘Who should we follow?’: Factionalism plagues Pa-O politics
Source: Frontier Myanmar
The PNLO has joined the war against Myanmar’s junta, prompting a minor leadership crisis, but while that was swiftly resolved, a rival Pa-O group has only grown more powerful.
Frontier
UN Envoy Slams ‘Zero-sum Mentality’ In Myanmar Conflict
Source: BARRON’S
Julie Bishop made the comments in her first address to a UN General Assembly committee since being named to the position in April.
Agence France Presse
Myanmar Junta Airstrike Kills 14 in Magwe
Source: Irrawaddy
A Myanmar junta airstrike on Chauk Township in Magwe Region killed at least 14 people and injured many more on Sunday, according to the Chauk Revolution Army (CRA).
Hein Htoo Zan
BPLA expands operations to upper Myanmar, marks progress on anniversary of Operation 1027
Source: Mizzima
The Bamar People’s Liberation Army (BPLA), a revolutionary armed group in Myanmar currently active in Hpapun District in Karen State, and parts of northern Shan State, is set to expand its presence.
Mizzima
Myanmar ethnic alliance says offensive will continue until junta overthrown
Source: Radio Free Asia
On Monday, Lway Yay Oo, the spokesperson for the Ta‘ang National Liberation Army, or TNLA, told RFA Burmese that the operation will continue until Myanmar‘s military regime steps down, calling it the offensive’s “first priority.”
RFA Burmeses
Myanmar opposition: Dialogue impossible, China must rethink junta support
Source: Voice of America
Despite efforts by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to resolve Myanmar’s political and economic crisis, opposition leader Zaw Wai Soe told VOA that dialogue with the military regime is impossible amid ongoing atrocities. The military must have no place in politics,” he said.
Nyein Chan Aye