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Appeal to China: Use Influence on Myanmar’s Junta to End War Crimes Against Civilians
Source: Irrawaddy
The Brotherhood Alliance is urging the Chinese government – a major supplier of weapons to Myanmar’s military – to use its substantial influence on the junta to stop it from bombing civilian targets
Irrawaddy
Junta Brigadier General faces military court for Mogok retreat
Source: Burma News International
Junta Brigadier General Aung Lwin who led the junta troops in their retreat from Mogok Township has been brought before a military court and charged with disobeying orders, according to military sources.
Shan Herald Agency for News
Chinese Gambling Den Causes Disruptions in Karen State, Complaints Hindered
Source: Independent Mon News Agency
Residents in Ward 1 of Payathonzu (Three Pagoda Pass), Kyainseikgyi Township, Karen State, are facing significant disruptions due to a gambling den operated by Chinese nationals.
Independent Mon News Agency
9 ARSA members captured by AA members as they killed 5 civilians
Source: Narinjara News
The AA members launched the clearance operation against the ARSA members on Maungdaw-Kyein Chaung road. Skirmishes occurred at two locations namely Nga Khu Ya and Phar Wut Chaung.
Naung Min Thu, Narinjara News
Myanmar: Mid-year metrics 2024
Source: Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED)
This ACLED infographic provides a snapshot from the first six months of the year of the conflict in Myanmar using insights from ACLED’s Conflict Exposure Calculator, Conflict Alert System (CAST), and Conflict Index.
Infographic | Christina De Paris; Ciro Murillo
Three Myanmar Junta Generals Interrogated by MNDAA in Lashio
Source: Irrawaddy
The MNDAA sources reported the capture of former base commander Major General Soe Tint, regional chief Brigadier General Thant Htin Soe and Military Operations Command 1 chief Brigadier General Myo Min Htwe on Saturday.
Irrawaddy
TNLA Completes Capture of Kyaukme Town in Myanmar’s Northern Shan
Source: Irrawaddy
The ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and allied resistance groups took complete control of Kyaukme town on a vital Myanmar-China trade route in northern Shan State on Tuesday
Irrawaddy
Junta fighter jet deliberately targets market in in Kutkai Town, Shan State
Source: Burma News International
A junta jet fighter jet deliberately targeted and bombed the Myoma (main) Market in the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) controlled Kutkai Town, in northern Shan State, on 5 August 2024
Kachin News Group
The Wa Army’s Actions Through Its Neutral Policy After the Coup – Issue 150
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor
The United Wa State Party has neither publicly rejected nor officially supported the military coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. They have held informal meetings with the military junta as well as talks with ethnic armed resistance forces.
Bi-Weekly News Review | Myanmar Peace Monitor
Sixty-one sanctions placed on regime since 2021 coup
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
The international community has imposed a total of 61 sanctions against Myanmar since the 2021 military coup, according to DVB data. But sanctions have not had a significant impact on the regime in Naypyidaw, a specialist on Myanmar’s economy told DVB.
English Editor | Democratic Voice of Burma
Thailand should end Myanmar junta’s control over migrants: NUG
Source: Radio Free Asia
Myanmar’s shadow government has called on Thailand to exclude Myanmar junta from involvement in administering the affairs of migrant workers in Thailand, saying the regime is unfairly taxing them in order to prolong its grip on power.
RFA Burmese
Top Myanmar army officers seized by rebels, junta says
Source: Radio Free Asia
“We had communication with the senior officers until 6:30 in the evening on Aug. 3, but we’ve been out of contact until now,” junta spokesperson Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun said in a statement.
RFA Burmese
Myanmar Junta Enforces Rule Requiring Migrant Workers to Remit 25% of Pay
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar junta’s Labor Ministry recently began enforcing its remittance rule, which was issued last September, to force expatriate workers in Thailand to remit their foreign currency income back home.
Irrawaddy
NUG representative to India fired for sexual harassment
Source: Burma News International
Salai Isaac Khen (a.k.a Salai Isaac Khin) was removed from his position as a National Unity Government (NUG) diplomatic representative on 1 August 2024, after being found guilty of sexual harassment.
Khonumthung News
SAC orders Lt. Gen. Ni Lin Aung to return to his original military duties
Source: Eleven Media Group
The State Administration Council (SAC) announced Decree No. (45/2024) on August 3 that Lt. Gen. Ni Lin Aung, who served as Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of Police, has returned to his original military duties.
Eleven Media Group
Son of Former Regime’s ‘Ecotourism Minister’ Now Supplies Arms to Current Junta
Source: Irrawaddy
In Myanmar, relationships between elite businessmen and the generals are often cultivated over decades and bequeathed from one generation to another within families whose business empires eventually grow to encompass multiple industries.
Aung Zaw
Former Kachin State Minister released from prison after two years
Source: Mizzima
U Dashi La Sai, the former Kachin State Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation under the National League for Democracy (NLD) government, was released from Myitkyina Prison on 29 July after serving a two-year sentence.
Mizzima
MNDAA Claims Seizure of Myanmar Junta Command Headquarters
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) says it has seized the headquarters of the junta’s Northeastern Command base in Lashio, the capital of northern Shan State, after a month of fighting.
Irrawaddy
Hundreds of Muslim youths flee to Bangladesh after 30 recruited from Maungdaw
Source: Narinjara News
According to local sources, the ARSA and RSO armed groups with the assistance from the military junta were pursuing the youths in Muslim wards and villages under Maungdaw. They are recruiting new members to counter the Arakan Army (AA) offensive.
Naung Min Thu, Narinjara News
Myanmar Regime, PDF Clash Near Mandalay Region’s Madaya Town
Source: Irrawaddy
Regime troops clashed with Mandalay People’s Defense Force (PDF) and other resistance fighters in Madaya Township, Mandalay Region on Wednesday amid junta efforts to reinforce its troops defending Madaya town
Brian Wei
Myanmar Junta Boss Admits Simultaneous Nationwide Election Impossible
Source: Irrawaddy
At an NDSC meeting in January 2023, Min Aung Hlaing said his regime had complete control over only 198 of 330 townships in the country, and that it needed to improve security in 132 townships.
Irrawaddy
TNLA Claims Heavy Myanmar Junta Defeat
Source: Irrawaddy
Over six hours of clashes broke out near Nar Htan and Gaung Yar villages in Muse near the Chinese border on Wednesday when four junta battalions and pro-regime militias attempted to raid TNLA bases, the ethnic minority group said.
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar Junta Leader Reshuffles Cabinet Days After Extending Emergency Rule
Source: Irrawaddy
Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has reshuffled his cabinet, including changes to the key posts of defense minister and home affairs minister, days after extending emergency rule in Myanmar for another six months on Monday.
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar poet turned rebel leader seeks new territory; worries about ‘ephemeral revolutionaries’
Source: Reuters
Poet turned militia leader Maung Saungkha, one of the most prominent figures fighting for democracy in Myanmar, says his armed group plans to start carving out territory in the country’s heartlands to confront the junta more directly.
By Shoon Naing, Poppy Mcpherson
Myanmar junta’s partial pardon of Suu Kyi means ‘absolutely nothing’, says son
Source: Reuters
A partial pardon by Myanmar’s ruling military of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi means “absolutely nothing”, her younger son said on Wednesday, calling on Western governments to do more to step up pressure on the junta.
By Sachin Ravikumar, Ben Makori