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Thandaung’s Interfaith Committee’s negotiation with Military Council fails to stop shelling into township
Source: Karen News
The Interfaith Committee of Thandaung Township, Karen State, has been in talks with the Military Council since March, but these religious leaders appeals have failed to stop the shelling of the township, locals said.
Karen News
Russia Uses Myanmar Pipeline to Transport oil to China
Source: Irrawaddy
Russia has shipped three million barrels of crude oil, over 100,000 barrels per day, to China via a Myanmar pipeline since February, according to Energy Intelligence
Hein Htoo Zan
Myanmar Regime Forces Kill Sagaing Resistance Commander
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar junta soldiers killed a PDF commander and his assistant on Wednesday in the resistance stronghold of Sagaing Region, according to local sources.
Nora
Nearly 100 Junta Soldiers Killed During Clashes In Nawngkio Township
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
On 22 April around 3 a.m., the Mandalay PDF attacked the IB-147 military base and seized it after junta soldiers abandoned their base.
Shan Herald Agency for News
Illegal gold mining up ten-fold in Kachin state since Myanmar coup
Source: Radio Free Asia
The number of gold mining rigs on the Ayarwaddy River in Kachin’s Myitkyina township jumped to more than 1,000 in 2021 and more than 800 in 2022 from just over 70 in 2020, according to a report released Sunday by the Kachin State Accountability Resource Governance group.
RFA Burmese
Myanmar Junta Sends More Troops to Bago After Losing Bases to Resistance
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar military regime is reinforcing its positions in Bago Region’s Kyaukkyi Township after the recent loss of two of its bases there to resistance forces, according to local residents.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar Regime Forces Under Increasing Attack From Resistance Drones
Source: Irrawaddy
In early April, an entire column of military regime troops totaling over 100 soldiers was killed in a series of clashes that were a result of improved coordination between People’s Defense Force (PDF) fighters and resistance drone units.
Irrawaddy
Ex-Myanmar Leader U Thein Sein’s Meetings With Foreign Dignitaries Raise Eyebrows
Source: Irrawaddy
Former Myanmar president U Thein Sein’s recent meetings with senior Chinese official Peng Xiubin and ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon in Naypyitaw have attracted attention among Myanmar watchers.
Irrawaddy
Japan chides Myanmar after donated ships used by junta
Source: ASAHI SHIMBUN
The Japanese government lodged an official complaint with Myanmar after it confirmed passenger ships it provided to the country through a special developmental assistance program were used for military purposes, according to the Foreign Ministry.
ASAHI SHIMBUN
Myanmar’s Oldest Ethnic Armed Organization Reconvenes Congress to Elect New Leadership
Source: Irrawaddy
he first day of the congress on Monday was attended by all the leaders from KNU’s seven districts and seven brigades. However, since then leaders from KNU Brigade 2 and Brigade 5 have been absent for reasons not yet known, the source said.
Irrawaddy
Locals find mutilated bodies of 5 fellow villagers in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
Source: Radio Free Asia
Villagers have discovered the mutilated, charred bodies of five locals, who were arrested in Indaw township in Myanmar’s northerly Sagaing region a month earlier, according to an official from the Indaw Revolution anti-junta militia.
RFA Burmese
Secretive talks on Myanmar held in India
Source: Bangkok Post
Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including Thailand, China and India, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run country, two sources said.
Reuters
Track 1.5 India meeting delegates call for reduction in Myanmar violence
Source: Mizzima
In the political dialogue realm, meetings that include members other than current government officials are termed Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues.
Mizzima
Iranian Drone Engines In Myanmar: New Threat To The Region?
Source: Iran International
“If arms embargo is not possible, then the UN and international community should seek to provide effective support to the resistance side to help them defend their lives.”
ROBERT BOCIAGA
Ban Ki-moon Urges Myanmar Junta Chief to Stop Violence but Min Aung Hlaing Launches Airstrikes Within 24hrs
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar junta forces bombed a medical clinic and camp for internally displaced persons in southern Shan State less than 24 hours after former United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon urged regime leader Min Aung Hlaing to immediately cease all violence in the country.
Nora
Proposed Inclusive Humanitarian Forum for Myanmar Should Not Include ASEAN
Source: Irrawaddy
It is clear that it has neither the experience nor the capacity to deliver the aid, and most importantly, it includes representatives of the junta and is inevitably going to work with the State Administration Council (SAC).
Paul GREENING
Myanmar Shadow Govt Condemns Ban Ki-moon’s ‘Unethical’ Meeting With Junta Chief
Source: Irrawaddy
The acting president of Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) has condemned former UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s meeting with the Myanmar regime leader as “unethical” and an attempt to “promote a bloody thug on the world stage.”
Irrawaddy
Six Myanmar Junta Jets Respond to Sagaing Resistance Attack
Source: Irrawaddy
More than 100 regime troops have raided villages in western Tigyaing since last week and there was fierce fighting on Monday near Taw Ma village at the base of Mount Min Won.
Irrawaddy
Ban Ki-moon Worships Myanmar Junta Chief’s Buddha Statue During Visit
Source: Irrawaddy
Ban is not the only diplomat to have been forced to bow before the Buddha image with Than Shwe’s face. The former military regime did the same to former UN special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar military beheads man in Sagaing region village
Source: Radio Free Asia
Junta troops tortured a man and cut off his head after raiding a village in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region, locals told RFA. They said troops also burned down 53 houses and a Buddhist event hall in Ta Pa Yin Kwe village on Sunday morning.
RFA Burmese
Rule of law: Myanmar’s junta uses legislation to quash civil society
Source: International Bar Association
Military forces in Myanmar are using legislation to create a tougher operating environment for civil society, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and those providing aid in the country.
Rebecca Root
Junta’s second bombing of Sagaing village meant to destroy evidence, rebels say
Source: Radio Free Asia
“I think they aimed to hide or destroy evidence that they killed innocent civilians in their first airstrike,” he said. “Since they haven’t been able to find either the civilian refugees or the PDF fighters, they bombed the village to set it on fire.”
RFA Burmese
Myanmar struggles to supply power to its largest economic hub
Source: Thai PBS World
To say that Myanmar’s power supply cannot deal with the burgeoning electrical demand would be an understatement. Forget rural areas, Myanmar’s economic hub of Yangon suffers from both scheduled and random blackouts.
Thai PBS World
Violence continues in Myanmar two years into military coup, Five-Point Consensus at deadlock
Source: Channel News Asia
Two years into the coup in Myanmar, the junta still has not implemented an agreed peace plan to resolve the crisis.
Leong Wai Kit, Fabian Koh
Junta squeeze on fuel supply powers growing black market
Source: Frontier Myanmar
The military regime’s rationing of fuel consumption to lower Myanmar’s import bill has fuelled illegal sales, while hoarding by businesses and profiteering by speculators have hiked the price of petrol and other goods.
Frontier