Attack on Belin checkpoint injures three including two policemen
Thanlwintimes Belin, 25 August Three persons, including two policemen, were injured in an attack on a junta checkpoint near the old Shwe Than Lwin toll gate on the Yangon-Mawlamyine highway in…
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More than 100 houses set ablaze in Nyaunglaybin battle
Nyaunglaybin, 25 August The junta army burned down more than 100 houses of civilians during three-week fighting in KNU Brigade 3’s Nyaunglaybin District, according to the Karen National Union. Fierce…
No trust on junta’s political goals, say EAO
Nay Pyi Taw, 25 August Leaders of the ethnic armed organizations participating in the Spring Revolution, are not interested in the military council’s political goals of peace, democracy and federalism,…
Taxi drivers in Mon State struggling to make end meet
Mawlamyine, 25 August Taxi drivers in Mon State told Than Lwin Times that the skyrocketing fuel prices and huge decline in customers are making it increasingly difficult for them to…
Two people injured in attack on passenger bus in Ye
Ye, 25 August A passenger bus was attacked on Thanbyuzayet-Ye road near Lainmaw Chan village in Mon State’s Ye Township around 6 a.m. on 24 August, injuring two people, locals…
Notorious BGF officer assassinated in Kyaikto
Kyaikto, 25 August Notorious Lieutenant Win Soe from the Border Guard Force (BGF) was shot dead in Kyaikto township, Mon State, around 7 a.m. on 24 August, the Kyaikto Revolutionary…
“ A new Thai government has been formed, but it is like the old one. As former officials are still in office, their policies on security and border affairs are not expected to change,”
U Aung Thu Nyein, Director of Communications at ISP Myanmar Thai real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin, 60, has become the 30th prime minister of the country after winning enough support…
PDF’s Battalion No. 1102 holds 2nd anniversary of establishment
Mawlamyine, 25 August Ministry of Defence under National Unity Government issued a press release on holding 2nd anniversary of foundation of its No.1102 Battalion of People Defence Force on 22…
BDF soldier defect to PDF
Kawkareik, 25 August A soldier from border guard force defected with his gun and ammunitions to Cobra column-P29907 of People’s Defence Force under No.3 Sub-military command of Southern Region Command…
Anti-dictatorship protest held in Sagaing’s villages
Yinmabin, 25 August Locals in villages of Yinmabin and Salingyi townships in Sagaing region held protest on 24 August against killing people in relation to copper mine. Photo: CJ