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Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in another raid in Tabayin. [108] These attacks occurred in Central Myanmar, also known as Anya, an area that had rarely seen armed violence in recent times. [109] On 2 July, troops assaulted several villages in Sagaing Region and reportedly killed 41 civilians.
The Kachin Independence Army's (KIA) offensive in Kachin State, known unofficially as Operation 0307 (after the date it began), is an ongoing military operation against the Tatmadaw military junta of Myanmar which began on 7 March 2024.
Myanmar Now was established by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in 2015 to support in-depth independent journalism, in the lead-up to the 2015 Myanmar general election. [1] The news service officially launched in August of that year. [5]
The UN has expressed concerns about the ongoing "heavy fighting" between the military and armed resistance groups in Myanmar‘s northern region which displaced more than 30,000 people.. The ...
The attack was carried out by Myanmar Army troops which ultimately reports to Min Aung Hlaing, who also heads the military junta, the State Administration Council. Bullets and weaponry used by the Burmese military, including 5.51 mm (0.217 in) and 5.56 mm (0.219 in) bullets, M79 bullets, and heavy weapon shrapnel, and empty bullet boxes, were ...
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Min Aung Hlaing is the first Defence Services Academy (DSA) graduate in Myanmar to lead a military coup as well as the first DSA graduate to become Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. [8] Min Aung Hlaing has been a central figure in Myanmar's political and military trajectory over the last decade.
With the onset of the 2011–2015 Myanmar political reforms, he returned to Yangon in 2012. [3] He freelanced for Al Jazeera and New York Times, and set up a short-lived, self-financed internet news service. [3] In 2015, Swe Win co-founded the news service Myanmar Now, with support from the Thomson Reuters Foundation. [7]