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The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing, Mandalay, Magwe, Bago and Tanintharyi regions and Chin and Shan states.

The Ta'ang National Liberation Army says its troops have surrounded approximately 200 regime soldiers in northern Shan State after the regime's surprise attack.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Karen and Chin states and Sagaing, Magwe and Mandalay regions.

Clashes in northern Shan State between the Myanmar military and the ethnic Kokang Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army have intensified in recent weeks.

The Karen National Union says its forces have seized a regime outpost near the Thai border during three coordinated raids.

Regime troops have been fighting fierce battles with the ethnic Kokang Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army despite proclaiming a ceasefire in March.

Catholics in Thailand supply aid to people hiding in the jungles of Myanmar to escape military airstrikes.

Over 14 million people, roughly a quarter of the countrys population, are in need of humanitarian assistance

The 15-year-old reporter deleted the data from her phone and packed up her guitar as she set out to meet a guerrilla fighter in Myanmar. The instrument was mostly a decoy, there to disguise her work as a journalist. She cleared the data from her phone to protect her sources in the event of an arrest.

The Southeast Asian nation has seen a relentless crackdown on free expression, with a small literary magazine emerging as one of the few remaining independent media outlets.