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Practice of siphoning off payments from troops’ mandatory life insurance has worsened since coup amid heavy casualties, defectors say.

At least 20,000 villagers have fled their homes in southern Kantbalu Township as two groups of regime troops raid numerous villages.

This year’s sharp decline in yield of perennial fruits such as durian, rambutan, and mangosteen from Mon State has caused the price to more than double, fruit dealers and growers told Than Lwin Times. The price has increased, and the amount produced of the local perennial fruits has drastically dropped as a result of their inability to produce as regularly as they did last

A fierce battle near Tanyin village in Win Yay Township, Dooplaya District of the Karen National Union (KNU) resulted in the death of six Military Council troops, and the capture of some others by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), a KNU official said. The Military Council has established its troops in Taung Sun, Anan Kwin, Lut Shan, and Takon Taing villages located in

Six Chinese nationals without valid documents were arrested at the checkpoint of the Thanlwin (Salween River) Bridge in Mawlamyine Township in Mon State, according to sources close to the Mon State police. Around noon on May 7th, four Chinese men, two Chinese women, and a Myanmar driver were arrested at the checkpoint operated by the Military Council at the Thanlwin Bridge in

Three PDF fighters were also killed when the junta conducted air strikes on a resistance camp in Mon State.

Analysis in English on Myanmar about Health, Protection and Human Rights and more; published on 10 May 2023 by Insecurity Insight

Three Albino Tiger Column fighters were killed in a regime airstrike on a Karen National Liberation Army camp.

After the Junta’s jets bombed Win Yay Township of Dooplaya District,a KNU- held territory, over 500 people have reportedly fled the area. On May 7, the Military Council bombed Weipathea village, located in Belamu village-tract of Win Yay Township (Ye Township) in Mon State. ""At 11:00 p.m., two bombs were dropped, but only one exploded, resulting in an injury to one villager

Incidents were reported in Sagaing, Mandalay, Mon, Magwe, Bago and Ayeyarwady regions. In one case, junta forces killed and beheaded eight people.