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ARSA commander arrested in Bangladesh with rifle, ammunition supplied by Myanmar military
Source: Narinjara News
The arrested commander, identified as Nurul Islam, was apprehended on the night of 19 September, said the APBn. An arms expert confirmed that the weapon seized was not a G-3 rifle, as previously reported by the Bangladeshi media outlets, but an M-11 rifle, procured by the military junta.
Narinjara News
Family Friend Helps Myanmar Junta Boss Buy Arms From Israel
Source: Irrawaddy
Tun Min Latt, a wealthy Myanmar tycoon in his mid 50s, is close to Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and landed on the United States’ sanctions list in 2023 for supplying the regime with weapons.
Aung Zaw
Myanmar students in Thailand must renew passports at home, junta says
Source: Radio Free Asia
The new restriction comes amid the junta’s recent enactment of a draft to shore up troop shortages amid losses to rebel armies that oppose the military’s Feb. 1, 2021, coup d’etat.
RFA Burmese
Amid Rumors Myanmar Junta Plans to Hang More Opponents, Int’l Community Must Act
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar people this week have been gripped by a rumor that the junta is preparing to hang five anti-regime activists who have been sentenced to death.
Hpone Myat
PNLO patron Khun Okkar resigns, sides with pro-regime militia
Source: Myanmar Now
Colonel Khun Okkar, the long-time patron of the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation (PNLO), said he has left the group and will instead work with the pro-junta Pa-O National Organisation (PNO).
Saw Reh
China spent millions on this new trade route – then a war got in the way
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation
The ambitious plan aims to connect China’s landlocked south-west to the Indian Ocean via Myanmar. But the corridor has become a battleground between Myanmar rebels and the country’s army.
Laura Bicker
We must not lose sight of Myanmar
Source: Bangkok Post
As the country with the longest land border with Myanmar, Thailand is already feeling the spill-over effects. Prior to the Tatmadaw’s seizure of power, Thailand had already been sheltering over 90,000 refugees from Myanmar.
Sihasak Phuangketkeow
Five Social Aid Workers Arrested in Thanbyuzayat Town, Mon State
Source: Burma News International
Junta soldiers arrested five members of the Paing Shin Mae (PSM) Social Aid Group, including its chairperson, in Thanbyuzayat Town, Mon State on 18 September 2024.
Than Lwin Times
Nearly 13,000 residents flee artillery shelling by Myanmar junta ships along Chindwin River in Kani Township
Source: Mizzima
As a result of the military’s actions, around 13,000 residents from various villages along the river, including Shan Myaung, Nyaungvinwun, Mingone, Daze Gyaung, Ngar Phyat, Pan Seng, Motedaw, Chaing, Min-Oh, and Ai Taung have evacuated to escape the conflict.
Mizzima
Sagaing Resistance Seizes Pro-Myanmar Junta Village near NW Command
Source: Irrawaddy
Sagaing Region resistance groups say they seized a pro-junta Chaung-U Township village near the headquarters of the junta’s Northwest Military Command on Thursday.
Irrawaddy
Junta and militia launch joint attack on RCSS base in Mongping, Shan State
Source: Burma News International
RCSS spokesperson Major Sai Kham San said that approximately 100 junta soldiers and militia members attacked the RCSS base in Yanghkam Village Tract, located in Mongping Township of Kengtung (Kyaingtong) District, resulting in intense gun clashes
Shan Herald Agency for News
Junta’s Threats of Hazardous Airstrikes and Flood Disasters – Issue 153
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor / Burma News International
The Bi-Weekly News Review by Burma News International (BNI)-Myanmar Peace Monitor (MPM) documents the data and events related to the lives lost and devastated during the floods, alongside the airstrike threats posed by the military council led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
Bi-Weekly News Review | Myanmar Peace Monitor
Joint Statement of Ethnic Resistance Organizations and Councils Representing States/Nationalities on the Establishment of a Future Federal Democratic Union (Burma)
Source: KNU Supreme Headquarters
Ethnic resistance organizations and councils representing states/nationalities have conducted multiple rounds of preliminary coordination meetings to build a future federal democratic union.
Joint Statement
National Unity Government vows to continue resistance despite loss of Brotherhood Alliance member
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
“At this moment, we have no comment [about the MNDAA statement]. The NUG is continuously engaging and collaborating with all revolutionary forces to work together for the long-term,” Kyaw Zaw, the NUG spokesperson, told DVB.
English Editor | Democratic Voice of Burma
Myanmar Junta Counteroffensives Failing Across Country: Analysts
Source: Irrawaddy
The junta has launched three major military operations in the past six months to retake territory lost to Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) and allied resistance groups in Karen, northern Shan, and Karenni states and Mandalay Region.
Analysis | Hein Htoo Zan
Myanmar boxing champ sells title belt to raise money for flood victims
Source: Radio Free Asia
Tun Tun Min will donate US$10,000 to help those affected by Typhoon Yagi.
RFA Burmese
A new generation in Myanmar risks their lives for change
Source: Radio Free Asia
Published on Sept. 18, 2024, 11:16 a.m.
“There is no justification for threatening unarmed people with weapons,” the 25-year-old told Radio Free Asia. “We couldn’t tolerate it any longer, which is why we came here, resolute in our decision to take up arms and fight.”
Aye A. Mon with photos and video by Chan Aung for RFA Burmese
Filling the Gap in Support for Kawthoolei Teachers’ Annual Subsidy for the 2024-2025 Academic Year
Source: Karen National Union (KNU) Supreme Headquarters
11,231 Karen community teachers are preparing for the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Unfortunately, we are facing a funding shortfall that could leave many teachers without the stipends they and their families rely on.
Urgent Call | Karen Teacher Working Group; Karen Education and Culture Department
Flood Crisis Offers Chance of Redemption for UN Agencies in Myanmar
Source: Irrawaddy
Since the military coup in February 2021, the UN agencies have seriously failed to assist the Myanmar people, who have been systematically targeted and terrorized by the military.
Igor Blazevic
FM Maris confirms Thailand to host “ASEAN Troika Plus” on Myanmar
Source: Thai PBS World
“Thailand will continue to be proactive in engaging key countries, especially ASEAN, in dialogue on Myanmar,” Maris said at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry to discuss priorities of the Paetongtarn government’s foreign policy.
Thai PBS World
MNDAA Refuses to Work With Myanmar’s Civilian Government
Source: Irrawaddy
The armed group said it would not collaborate with any international organization that opposed China and would make no attempt to create a breakaway state.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar guerrillas arrested in bid to attack air base, group says
Source: Radio Free Asia
The two fighters were preparing to fire rockets at the Hmawbi Air Base, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the main city of Yangon, on Sunday when they were captured, the group called Dark Shadow said.
RFA Burmese
Civilians killed in attack on wedding in Mingin
Source: Myanmar Witness
The airstrike reportedly occurred while people were gathering at the building hosting the wedding ceremony and another nearby building where food was being served, killing up to 30 people and wounding around 60.
Investigation Report | Myanmar Witness
Myanmar Junta Taps China for Drone Tech After Losing Territory to Ethnic Armies
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar junta Defense Minister General Tin Aung San has sought cooperation with high-tech drone manufacturers in China as his regime escalates airstrikes on territories lost to ethnic armies.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar diaspora protests at Chinese Embassy in Washington
Source: Voice of America
The protest on Saturday, part of a global campaign, called on China to withdraw its support for Myanmar’s military junta and respect the will of the people, who have been fighting for democracy since the February 2021 coup.
Nyein Chan Aye