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Thanlwintimes Junta Seeks Diverse Channels for Recruitment in Middle of Acute Shortage of Soldiers
January 22, 2024. (Than Lwin Times) Facing grievous losses in nationwide battles resulting in severe depletion of troops, the Military Council is employing various tactics to recruit individuals into militia…
KNU-Controlled Areas Witness Surge in War-Displaced Population Now over 700,000
January 22, 2024 Since the 2021 coup the growing intensity of the Junta’s battles with the Karen resistance has spawned and ever- growing displacement of villagers now totaling over 700,000…
NUG’s Acting President Says Chinese Influence in Myanmar’s Internal Affairs
January 18, 2024. (Than Lwin Times) Duwa Lashi La, the acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), emphasized that neighboring China’s foreign policies and attitudes are shaping the ongoing…
Junta Launches Aerial Bombardments on KNU-Occupied Let Khat Taung Hill Military Camp
January 17, 2024. (Than Lwin Times) The Junta’s air- force conducted a bombing raid on the Let Khat Taung hill-based military camp near Myawaddy Township in Karen State, currently under…
Junta Targets Myanmar Expatriates in Europe for New Income Tax Levy
January 13, 2024. (Than Lwin Times) The Myanmar Embassy in London has revealed plans to impose a 2 percent income tax on Myanmar citizens employed in European countries. Previously the…
Escalating Conflict Increases Hardship for Disabled People
January 15, 2024. (Than Lwin Times) The Myanmar Coordination Committee for Equal Rights of People with Disabilities (MCERP) points to how the impacts of armed conflicts since the coup, has…
Pardon Grants Freedom to Nearly 700 Inmates in Mon State, only Few Political Prisoners Released
Mawlamyaing, 5 January The Military Council released over 670 men and women serving sentences in prisons and detention centres in Mon State under a pardon, but only 31 political prisoners…
Military Council Grants Pardon to Over 9000 Prisoners
Mawlamyaing, 4 January The Military Junta has granted a pardon to a total of 9,652 individuals, both men and women who have been incarcerated in prisons and detention centers throughout…
A Military Defector reports- Low Morale and Defections Has Eroded Junta’s Capacity to Recapture 450 Military Bases & Posts Lost in 2023
A Military Defector reports- Low Morale and Defections Has Eroded Junta’s Mawlamyaing, 4 January There is no evidence so far that Junta ‘s declared plan to reclaim all the military…
KNU Urges Comprehensive Collaboration to Forge Political Consensusin 2024
Karen State,3 January The Karen National Union (KNU) has called for a united and collaborative effort to articulate robust and unequivocal political postures, goals, and shared agreements essential for effectively…