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In the two years since Myanmar’s military seized power from the country’s elected lawmakers it has waged a war of terror against its citizens – members of the Civil Disobedience Movement, artists, poets, actors, politicians, health workers, student leaders, public servants, workers, and journalists. The military-appointed State Administration Council amended laws to punish anyone critical of its illegal coup or…

From the time of the coup -February 1 st 2021 – January 25, 2023, the Military Council bombarded civilian communities, urban areas where the People’s Defense Forces (PDF/LDF) operated, and areas controlled by Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (ERO) for 258 days, according to the BNI-MPM statement. The report also stated that in the Military Council’s airstrikes, the most targeted attacks were…

The president of KNU said, “The resistance revolution is not something that will be done by the strength of one person. Moreover, it is not something that must be done by the ethnic group alone. We must all work together. In order to strengthen and succeed in our efforts, we must fight together with other ethnic groups who are uproot…

On the morning of January 27th, the People’s Defense Forces in Thandaung attacked the Military Council’s Leik Tho-based encampment, killing a battalion commander. After that incident, the Military Council fired artillery at the city area in retaliation. “At the moment, almost everyone in the entire town had to flee. The number of people remaining in the city’s neighborhoods is very…

This Karen (DKBA) group is aligned against the coup regime, and works within the umbrella of the KNU which no longer supports the NCA. However the other DKBA faction that broke away from the KNU, has become an important ally of the Tatmadaw’s anti- KNU military operations. The high school in Kyein Chaung village, where local youths from various townships…

“ At around 2 am a jet fighter dropped bombs. Buildings were hit. But no one was injured. Bombs have been dropped repeatedly, so no one stays in the workplace anymore,” a source close to the mining industry told KIC on January 25. The Makatha lead mining site is located just north of Payathonzu (Three Pagoda Pass) township in Dooplaya…

Deputy commander Saw Shar gave this answer to KIC’s question about the NUG Ministry of Défense’s provision of weapons, at the advanced training graduation ceremony of People’s Defense Forces (Black Leopard column) from southern military region’s sub-region No.3, on January 24th. “In terms of armament, we are still working hard to meet the target for the entire southern region. We…

“ 545/546 Battalions in Kyondoe, the BGFs who provided security at the Kyondoe bonfire festival, the troops from the Kawkareik-based 97th Division and who stationed at Lower Bo Te, Taung Thone Lone (Three Mountains), and Chaung Thaung school fear all the time that the revolutionary forces will attack them with bombs attached to their drones. Many of their troops have…

A resident of Payathonzu (Three Pagodas Pass) related the events, “The General Administration Department, the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population, the Military Security Affairs and the City Development Committee offices were all burnt down. I can still see the smoke until this morning. Artillery and gunfire were heard throughout the night. It is known that there are some injuries.…

DKBA No. 2 tactical command center is under the leadership of Colonel Saw A Wan, whose house was toppled in the bombing. The village clinic hit by the bomb had been providing free healthcare to the people of Dooplaya district since the time of the Covid pandemic, villagers said. Although it is well -known that the DKBA is a Karen…