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The Irrawaddy (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီ; MLCTS: ei: ra wa. ti) is a news website by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG), founded in 1990 [1] by Burmese exiles living in Thailand.
After leaving Myanmar disguised as a monk, Aung Zaw fled to Bangkok where he started the Burma Information Group (BIG). [1] [7] Shortly after, he would start The Irrawaddy. In 2012, the online news magazine was granted access back into Myanmar. Still under government restrictions, he said, "Since we're back in Burma our reports remain very strong.
The Myanmar Times, [33] a Burmese weekly news journal (daily newspaper in English) Premier Eleven Sports Journal [11] Popular News Journal [34] Seven Days News or 7 Days News Journal - private weekly newspaper (Burmese) [1] [35] Seven Days Sports [36] The Voice Weekly (Burmese) [37] Weekly Eleven [11] The Irrawaddy [38] The Yangon Times [39 ...
While the Irrawaddy reports Pekhon has been taken, unlike concurrent reports by Bni Online and KT News, which report fighting in Pekhon. [83] [84] [85] The Frontier Myanmar also reported Pekhon was taken, but already in october. [72] While the Irrawaddy reports major fighting in Mobye for control of the Pekon-Moebye-Loikaw road.
Ayeyarwady Region (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး [ʔèjàwədì táiɰ̃ dèθa̰ dʑí], S'gaw Karen: ထံထၣ်စွ့, Pwo Western Karen: ထံၫထၪကျိၩ့; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division) is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River).
The Irrawaddy River (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီမြစ်, pronounced [ʔèjàwədì mjɪʔ], official romanisation: Ayeyarwady [5] [note 1]) is the largest river in Myanmar. Originating from the confluence of the N'mai and Mali rivers, [ 7 ] it flows from north to south before emptying through the Irrawaddy Delta in the Ayeyarwady Region ...
In 1836, the country's first newspaper, The Maulmain Chronicle, was published [7] followed by The Rangoon Chronicle in 1853, [8] later renamed to The Rangoon Times. King Mindon was an advocate of press freedom and encouraged the creation of Myanmar's first Burmese-language newspaper, Yadanapon Naypyidaw Thadinsa (ရတနာပုံနေပြည်တော်သတင်းစာ) to ...
According to the Myanmar Peace Monitor, the AA had more than 1,500 troops in 2014, [48] including personnel stationed in the Rakhine State near Myanmar's border with Bangladesh. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] [ 41 ] The Irrawaddy stated in September 2015 that the AA had more than 2,500 troops and 10,000 personnel in their civilian wing. [ 51 ]