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Youth Express Pride and Respect for Their Peers in the Revolution
Source: Independent Mon News Agency
“We have immense pride and respect for the young people who are armed and resisting the military dictatorship. If we don’t resist now, future generations will continue to suffer.
Independent Mon News Agency
MNDAA seizes junta’s 147th Light Infantry Battalion in Hsipaw, Shan State
Source: Burma News International
The Kokang ethnic armed group, MNDAA, captured the base of LIB-147, under the junta’s Northeastern Regional Command, at around 4:00 p.m. on August 13.
Shan Herald Agency for News
25 Burmese workers returned by Thai authority arrested by junta and forced into compulsory military service
Source: Human Rights Foundation of Monland
They selected and arrested 25 young and middle-aged men. Then, they released the others, including women,” said an anonymous source.
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Junta Controls Fewer Than 100 of Myanmar’s 350 Towns: NUG
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s military regime currently controls fewer than 100 of the 350 towns in the country, according to Defense Minister U Yee Mon of the civilian National Unity Government (NUG).
Irrawaddy
Inside The Hidden Frontline of Myanmar’s Revolution
Source: Irrawaddy
Five months after being arrested at his first protest against the Feb. 1, 2021 coup, Thaik Tun Oo led another inside Mandalay Central Prison, also called Obo Prison due to its proximity to the rail station of the same name in Myanmar’s second-largest city.
Vincent MacIsaac
KIO calls for ethnic unity on Kachin Martyr’s Day
Source: Kachin News Group
In a statement to mark Kachin Martyrs’ Day on 10 August 2024, the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) Central Committee called on different ethnic groups to not fight against each other.
Kachin News Group
AA fighters raids Maungdaw, rescues thousands of trapped residents
Source: Nrainjara News
The Arakan Army (AA) fighters have launched a raid on Maungdaw town in Arakan State and are rescuing tens of thousands of local Arakanese, Muslims and Hindus, who were trapped inside, said some of the rescued individuals.
Naung Min Thu
Myanmar Junta Amplifies Nationalist, Anti-China Sentiment After Loss of Northeastern Command
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s military regime has cranked up nationalist rhetoric and anti-China sentiment in response to the historic loss of Northeastern Command in northern Shan State earlier this month.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance Calls on Northeast Command Chief to Surrender
Source: Irrawaddy
The ethnic Brotherhood Alliance has called on Northeastern Command chief Brigadier-General Soe Hlaing to surrender along with his forces, sources told The Irrawaddy.
Irrawaddy
Junta aligned militia forcibly recruiting in Chipwi District, Kachin State
Source: Burma News International
The junta-aligned local Chipwi-Pang War militia group is increasing its forcible recruitment of young people in Chipwi and Pang War towns, located in northeastern Kachin State’s Chipwi District.
Kachin News Group
Asean mulls Troika Plus meet date
Source: Bangkok Post
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday that the Asean Troika Plus meeting to help resolve the Myanmar crisis might be held after this year’s Asean Summit.
Poramet Tangsathaporn
Myanmar junta launches “Operation Sea Urchin” in Yangon to recruit men for military service
Source: Mizzima
“The main purpose of this operation is to facilitate the recruitment of men eligible for military service under the Conscription Law. It has started in two townships in Yangon,” the source said.
Mizzima
Chin revolutionary forces capture last junta camp in Thantlang, battle rages on
Source: Irrawaddy
The Chin revolutionary forces attacked and captured the junta’s last military camp in Thantlang, Chin State, but intense fighting and airstrikes continue in the area.
Irrawaddy
Mongla Army Founder Dies of Lung Cancer
Source: Irrawaddy
Ethnically Han, Sai Lin (also spelled Sai Leun) and also known as Lin Mingxian, was born on the Chinese island of Hainan. During the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, he moved to what is now Myanmar through Yunnan Province and joined the Communist Party of Burma (CPB).
Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s junta loses first regional command base since 2021 coup
Source: Voice of America
Lashio anchors one of 14 regional commands across the country and is the first to fall to resistance groups since the military seized power from a democratically elected government in February 2021, setting off a bloody civil war.
Zsombor Peter
ZORO meeting addresses conflict between Chin revolutionary groups
Source: Burma News International
The Chinland Council backed anti-junta Chinland Government met with the Zo Reunification Organization (ZORO) in India to discuss the conflict between the two groups and the Chin Brotherhood Alliance
Khonumthung News
Myanmar’s Junta Has Tightened Its Conscription Noose at Airports
Source: Irrawaddy
The regime has toughened checks on young people attempting to leave Myanmar by flight to prevent them from evading mandatory conscription, blocking scores of job seekers and tourists from boarding their flights.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar junta orders its workers to pay it part of their Thai wages
Source: Radio Free Asia
Those who don’t comply are at risk of losing their jobs and legal status in the kingdom.
Kiana Duncan for RFA
Myanmar Military Has Only Grown More Brutal Since 1988
Source: Irrawaddy
It would be fair to say that committing crimes against humanity against its own people is the only thing that the Myanmar army excels at. They vividly showed their brutality during decades of war in the country’s ethnic regions by killing and torturing people there.
Irrawaddy
Kayan National University Opens to Provide Higher Education and International Learning Opportunities
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
The Kayan National University, managed by the Kayan National Education Committee, officially opened on August 6th, in a ceremony held in location within a Kayan region.
CJ / Kantarawaddy Times
Thailand Pledges to Help Myanmar Junta With Controversial Poll Plan
Source: Irrawaddy
Thai ambassador Mongkol Visitstump met with the chair of the junta’s election body, Ko Ko, in Naypyitaw on Tuesday to ask how Thailand could help with the planned poll.
Irrawaddy
Karenni resistance forces seize junta’s Yaykyaw military base in Bawlakhe District
Source: Burma News International
The Karenni resistance coalition announced on August 8 that they had captured the Yaykyaw military base, strategically located between Bawlakhe and Mae Salong towns in Bawlakhe District, Karenni (Kayah) State.
Kantarawaddy Times
True Freedom Can Only Be Achieved When Everyone is Liberated
Source: Independent Mon News Agency
Partial liberation alone cannot ensure the freedom of all; true freedom can only be achieved when everyone is liberated, according to a statement
Independent Mon News Agency
Chinese Special Envoy in Myanmar for Junta Talks
Source: Irrawaddy
The regime and the Brotherhood Alliance of the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and Ta’ang National Liberation Army were scheduled to meet recently in the southern Chinese city of Kunming in China-brokered talks.
Irrawaddy
SAC revenge airstrikes in Hsenwi kill 13 civilians, injure 24, damage over 40 buildings in July 2024
Source: Shan Human Rights Foundation
The most deadly was in the afternoon of July 18, when a 500 pound bomb was dropped on the town market, killing twenty civilians and injuring ten. Some of the bodies were blown to pieces.
Situation Update | the Shan Human Rights Foundation