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NAY PYI TAW: National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) convened a meeting at Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief Resettlement in Nay Pyi Taw to assess ongoing earthquake response efforts & lay out plans reconstruction. The meeting chaired by Vice-Senior General Soe Win, Chairman of the NDMC, Vice Chairman of State Administration Council, & Deputy Prime Minister. In his address, he reaffirmed govt's commitment to effective & resilient rebuilding in affected regions.

Vice-Senior General Soe Win emphasised construction repair of earthquake-damaged buildings must begin only after proper soil testing is conducted.

Soil conditions are to be reviewed in coordination with technical experts to ensure the safety and sustainability of new buildings. Particular attention will be given to avoiding construction on or near known earthquake fault lines. He reiterated that all structures should be capable withstanding earthquakes of up to magnitude 8 on the Richter scale. Existing buildings must be assessed for structural integrity reinforced as necessary to meet the same standard

Here!. One can see a 30 stories building drop like, but built with sand.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ce8y8yg35g6o

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Myanmar Junta Opposes Timor Leste’s ASEAN Membership.

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Myanmar has officially informed Malaysia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), that it will not support Timor Leste’s accession in October, according to informed sources. Naypyitaw’s official position was recently conveyed to the chair, stating that Timor Leste has failed to adhere to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, as enshrined in the ASEAN Charter. According to the sources, the State Administration Council (SAC) urged Timor Leste to “refrain” from engaging with entities that are explicitly opposed to or in conflict with the positions of ASEAN member states.

These entities include the National Unity Government (NUG), the government in exile, and resistance forces currently fighting the military junta. The letter, signed by Han Win Aung, director-general and alternate Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) leader of ASEAN-Myanmar, reiterated that if the Timor Leste government continues its blatant violation of the non-interference principle in Myanmar’s internal affairs, “we must firmly reject any consideration of granting ASEAN membership to Timor Leste.” At the ASEAN-related summit in May, the bloc’s leaders agreed to admit Timor Leste as the 11th member during the upcoming ASEAN Summit in late October. In a joint statement, the leaders tasked relevant officials with carrying out the procedural steps for Timor Leste’s admission. Myanmar has urged the ASEAN chair and the ASEAN Secretariat to “suspend all related procedural considerations until Timor Leste revises its approach and demonstrates a clear commitment to rectifying its policy towards Myanmar,” according to the letter seen by Thai PBS World.

In May, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim held a video conference with leaders of the National Unity Government, including Prime Minister Mahn Winn Khaing Thann, following his in-person meeting with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Bangkok to discuss humanitarian assistance & peace process in Myanmar. Talks marked the first publicly acknowledged meeting between the NUG & an ASEAN member.

The chair will face a delicate task in welcoming Timor Leste while seeking Myanmar’s support. At the May summit, Myanmar’s representative, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Aung Kyaw Moe, did not comment on the issue of Timor Leste’s membership, they noted.  (Noted: Look like Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim held a ASEAN toothless video conference with leaders of the (WHAT National Unity) Government for f..k. 

what is wrong with Anwar?. 
Upcoming ASEAN Ministerial Meeting July 9-11.

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Myanmar has officially informed Malaysia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), that it will not support Timor Leste’s accession in October, according to informed sources. Naypyitaw’s official position was recently conveyed to the chair, stating that Timor Leste has failed to adhere to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, as enshrined in the ASEAN Charter. According to the sources, the State Administration Council (SAC) urged Timor Leste to “refrain” from engaging with entities that are explicitly opposed to or in conflict with the positions of ASEAN member states.

These entities include the National Unity Government (NUG), the government in exile, and resistance forces currently fighting the military junta. The letter, signed by Han Win Aung, director-general and alternate Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) leader of ASEAN-Myanmar, reiterated that if the Timor Leste government continues its blatant violation of the non-interference principle in Myanmar’s internal affairs, “we must firmly reject any consideration of granting ASEAN membership to Timor Leste.” At the ASEAN-related summit in May, the bloc’s leaders agreed to admit Timor Leste as the 11th member during the upcoming ASEAN Summit in late October. In a joint statement, the leaders tasked relevant officials with carrying out the procedural steps for Timor Leste’s admission. Myanmar has urged the ASEAN chair and the ASEAN Secretariat to “suspend all related procedural considerations until Timor Leste revises its approach and demonstrates a clear commitment to rectifying its policy towards Myanmar,” according to the letter seen by Thai PBS World.

In May, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim held a video conference with leaders of the National Unity Government, including Prime Minister Mahn Winn Khaing Thann, following his in-person meeting with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Bangkok to discuss humanitarian assistance & peace process in Myanmar. Talks marked the first publicly acknowledged meeting between the NUG & an ASEAN member.

The chair will face a delicate task in welcoming Timor Leste while seeking Myanmar’s support. At the May summit, Myanmar’s representative, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Aung Kyaw Moe, did not comment on the issue of Timor Leste’s membership, they noted.  (Noted: Look like Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim held a ASEAN toothless video conference with leaders of the (WHAT National Unity) Government for f..k. 

what is wrong with Anwar?. 
Upcoming ASEAN Ministerial Meeting July 9-11.

No, Myanmar has not been suspended by ASEAN, but its representation has been limited due to the ongoing political crisis. While ASEAN has not expelled or suspended Myanmar, it has barred the junta from high-level meetings, including the ASEAN Summit.

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No, Myanmar has not been suspended by ASEAN, but its representation has been limited due to the ongoing political crisis. While ASEAN has not expelled or suspended Myanmar, it has barred the junta from high-level meetings, including the ASEAN Summit.

Here's a more detailed explanation: No formal suspension:
Despite the crisis, ASEAN has not formally suspended Myanmar's membership. How ASEAN is  a TOOTHLESS Malaysia tiger.

Limited participation:
The bloc has restricted Myanmar's participation in high-level meetings, such as the ASEAN Summit, in response to the junta's failure to implement the Five-Point Consensus, an agreement aimed at resolving the crisis.

No expulsion mechanism:
ASEAN lacks a specific mechanism or provision for expelling a member state.

Focus on engagement:
ASEAN has emphasized engagement with all parties in Myanmar to facilitate dialogue and mediation.

Internal divisions:
ASEAN's handling of Myanmar situation reflects divisions within the organization its approach to balancing engagement with Myanmar junta while avoiding legitimizing the regime. Philippines to chair in 2026: Myanmar was initially slated to be the ASEAN chair in 2026, but this role has been passed to the Philippines due to the ongoing crisis. But now been passed back to Malaysia.

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Maybe. UN shd supply Rebel forces shoot ground air rockets to down those planes....

Not maybe, it real. Junta Jet Downed be Karenni Resistance & Seizes Battalion HQ.

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Not maybe, it real. Junta Jet Downed be Karenni Resistance & Seizes Battalion HQ.

Myanmar Junta Jet Downed as Karenni Resistance Seizes Battalion HQ https://share.google/Rf9f7kuI8wmg92Tf5

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Myanmar Junta Jet Downed as Karenni Resistance Seizes Battalion HQ https://share.google/Rf9f7kuI8wmg92Tf5

The footage shows resistance troops at the crash site shouting, “It happened in Karenni State thanks to Karenni fighters!”


The regime confirmed that one of its fighter jets had gone missing about 130 kilometers southeast of the capital, Naypyitaw, but blamed mechanical failure or extreme weather. It said a search and rescue team would be dispatched to the area.cMaui told The Irrawaddy he believed the downed FTC-2000G was likely the one announced missing. “They attacking us with all kinds of jets, so it could be one of them,” he said. Four fighter jets & 1 transport aircraft took off from Naypyitaw Air Base and Shante Air Base in Meiktila to the southeast, around midnight on Tuesday, according to Enemy Air Route Channel, a military aviation monitoring group. Possible crash site last reported position of warplane. China-made FTC-2000G is valued at US$8.5 mil purchased 6 of jets from China they were delivered in 2 batches to Namhsan Air base northern Shan State in 2022.

Video footage being shared widely appears to show resistance forces seizing Battalion 134 and capturing dozens of regime troops and their family members, along with weapons and ammunition. However, Karenni resistance groups had not officially confirmed the seizure as of press time on Thursday. Engine failure is believed to have caused the loss of at least six other junta aircraft, including fighter jets.

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Footage shows resistance troops at the crash site shouting, “It happened in Karenni State thanks to Karenni fighters!”
Regime confirmed one of its fighter jets had gone missing about 130 km southeast of the capital, Naypyitaw, but blamed mechanical failure or extreme weather. It said a search and rescue team would be dispatched to the area.cMaui told The Irrawaddy he believed the downed FTC-2000G was likely the one announced missing. “They attacking us with all kinds of jets, so it could be one of them,” he said. Four fighter jets & 1 transport aircraft took off from Naypyitaw Air Base and Shante Air Base in Meiktila to the southeast, around midnight on Tuesday, according to Enemy Air Route Channel, a military aviation monitoring group. Possible crash site last reported position of warplane. China-made FTC-2000G is valued at US$8.5 mil purchased 6 of jets from China they were delivered in 2 batches to Namhsan Air base northern Shan State in 2022.

Video footage being shared widely appears to show resistance forces seizing Battalion 134 and capturing dozens of regime troops and their family members, along with weapons and ammunition. However, Karenni resistance groups had not officially confirmed the seizure as of press time on Thursday. Engine failure is believed to have caused the loss of at least six other junta aircraft, including fighter jets.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...on-hq.html

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ftc-2000g ... Guizhou JL-9
https://www.singaporeairshow.com/top-rea...g-fighters

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ftc-2000g ... Guizhou JL-9
https://www.singaporeairshow.com/top-rea...g-fighters

Changi Exhibition Ctr, S'pore:
Myanmar outed as customer for chinese-built FTC-2000G fighters
It has emerged Myanmar is highly likely to be first export customer for this twin-seat FTC-2000G multirole fighter from Chinese company Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation (GAIC).

GAIC revealed on its WeChat acct in 2020 had won its first FTC-2000G sale in late January of that year. At that time, it did not divulge the quantity of aircraft or the customer. Back in 2020, many thought that Cambodia might have been the client, as GAIC only said the customer was an ‘undisclosed Southeast Asian country’.
Further light was shed when The Irrawaddy newspaper in Myanmar claimed published on 18 October: ‘Myanmar Air Force has ordered several FTC-2000G midrange fighter jets from China…logical conclusion Myanmar was in fact the maiden customer, since no other nation is known to have received this type of jet.

1. The Irrawaddy revealed that around eight pilots (experienced on Chinese F-7, A-5 and K-8W platforms), eight technicians and two weapons officers travelled via Kunming in China in June this year to receive training on the FTC-2000G. To GAIC, the first batch of fighters was supposed to have been handed over in early 2021, with all aircraft to be delivered within two years after that. However, China’s Draconian COVID rules forced a serious delay. The same newspaper claimed deal brokered by middleman company Gateways Hong Kong. This same outfit helps Myanmar buy spare parts for F-7 and A-5 aircraft.
   

I'is expected FTC-2000G replaceing antiquated F-7 and A-5 types in Myanmar AirForce. New aircraft likely be based at Namsang Air Base Shan State. FTC-2000G is an upgraded export version of the JL-9 trainer used by the air force  & navy of the People’s Liberation Army. Interestingly, the FTC-2000G is not dissimilar to the JF-17 fighter, of which Myanmar has bought 16 from China. However, Myanmar may opt to use the FTC-2000G as advanced trainer.

The FTC-2000G’s maiden flight occurred on 28 September 2018, although the standard FTC-2000/JL-9 has been around a lot longer than that...

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https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...on-hq.html

Myanmar junta releases 93 child soldiers after UN criticism. Myanmar's military and the armed groups affiliated to it last year recruited 467 boys and 15 girls, including over 370 children used in combat roles. Ruling junta said on Friday (July 4, 2025) already discharged 93 minors from military service, responding to a UN report last month accusing it and its allies of recruiting over 400 children, many in combat roles. A rare admission published in mouthpiece newspaper, the junta conducted verification process last year resulted in discharge of 93 verified minors, who were also provided with financial assistance. To date, only 18 suspected minor cases remain pending verification," a govt-run committee said in statement published in Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.

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Myanmar’s ruling junta on July 5 made a rare call for the armed groups it is fighting to cooperate with it ahead of a slated election, an invitation anti-coup forces swiftly rejected. The unexpected appeal comes as junta continues to suffer major battlefield reverses to ethnic minority armed groups and pro-democracy People’s Defence Forces that rose up to oppose its seizure of power in 2021. “If the armed groups... choose to legally establish themselves within the framework of the law & cooperate hand in hand with the govt... the govt will welcome & accept this,” military said in a statement published by junta media The Global New Light Of Myanmar.

The National Unity Govt – a body dominated by ousted lawmakers working to reverse the coup – said the junta announcement was “a strategy filled with deception aimed at legitimising their power-and to consolidating their sham election and attempting to divide and weaken” its opponents. The military ousted Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected civilian govt in February 2021, triggering mass protests that met a brutal crackdown on the civilians, who then set up the People’s Defence Forces to fight back by ethnic minority armed groups – many of which have fought the military for decades – were reinvigorated, plunging the country into civil war.

Myanmar’s junta chief still said in June that country plans to hold elections in December and January, pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors...

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Speculation grows over where Suu Kyi is being detained. According to a monitor group, she is currently being held in a military facility near the office of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/speculat...-detained/

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Speculation grows over where Suu Kyi is being detained. According to a monitor group, she is currently being held in a military facility near the office of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/speculat...-detained/

More than a year after her transfer from Naypyitaw Prison, the whereabouts of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar’s ousted civilian government, remains a subject of intense speculation. Suu Kyi, who turned 80 last mth, was reportedly relocated in April of last year due to the intense heat in the prison at that time. However, the regime that has held her in its custody since seizing power more than four years ago has never confirmed the move.

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Junta forces burn nearly 200 homes in Bago Region.
Children, pregnant women, & elderly people were among  thousands forced to flee their homes by junta arson attacks.

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Junta forces burn nearly 200 homes in Bago Region.
Children, pregnant women, & elderly people were among  thousands forced to flee their homes by junta arson attacks.

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-...go-region/

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Thousands of refugees flee into India’s Mizoram state after clashes in Myanmar | The Straits Times https://share.google/ffskYBkR1d08XW9Cx

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Myanmar junta bombs IDP camps near Shan-Karenni state border. The airstrikes closely followed clashes in the large, nearby village tract of Moebye, Pekhon Township, which the junta came close to fully recapturing from Karenni resistance fighters the day before.

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Myanmar junta bombs IDP camps near Shan-Karenni state border. The airstrikes closely followed clashes in the large, nearby village tract of Moebye, Pekhon Township, which the junta came close to fully recapturing from Karenni resistance fighters the day before.

People’s camps killed at least 3 civilians including a four-year-old on Monday in southern Shan State’s Pekhon Township, where military has been fighting to expel Karenni resistance fighters, locals said. According to the same sources as well as casualty reports from a human rights organisation operating in the area, there were also 3 people injured in the attack, which took place at around midnight in Monday’s predawn hours.

“A 29-year-old man died on the spot. A four-year-old girl and a 26-year-old woman were critically injured and later died from their injuries,” said Banya Khung Aung, a spokesperson for the Karenni Human Rights Group. 

Three people including a 30-year-old pregnant woman also sustained injuries in the aerial assault. Locals said the deceased were members of the same family, which had been displaced by recent clashes in Moebye, a large, strategically important village tract near the Karenni (Kayah) State border and commonly called a “gateway” between Shan and Karenni states. The two camps targeted in the junta aerial assaults serve as refuges for internally displaced persons (IDPs) between the villages of La Ei and Bi Kin, around 14 miles south of Pekhon and 10 miles west of Moebye, which was recently recaptured by regime forces. “Luckily, one of the bombs failed to detonate,” a Pekhon Township resident said.

Located about six miles northwest of the junta-controlled Karenni State capital, Loikaw, Moebye was taken over by Karenni resistance forces in 2023 and held until it fell back into the Myanmar military’s hands on Sunday, per junta-operated media outlets. Junta forces have deployed large numbers of reinforcements to the Light Infantry Battalion 422 base on the northern outskirts of Moebye and the surrounding area since the beginning of this year.

Despite claims in the regime-run media that the military had fully recaptured Moebye, locals said clashes have continued in the area. Fleeing their homes amid the fighting, thousands of Pekhon Township residents have fled to Demoso Township, Karenni State and nearby areas. Food and shelter for the IDPs are in short supply and badly needed, especially during the monsoon season, to local human rights workers. They have limited transportation options most of the shelters are already crowded with displaced people, the KHRG spokesperson said. Last month, eight people died and more than a dozen were injured when a junta warplane bombed a small-scale mining site in Karenni State’s Hpasawng Township after clashes resumed in the vicinity.

Karenni resistance forces took control of a junta base in Hpasawng Township, some 60 miles south of Pekhon Township, on June 30, and claimed to have shot down a junta warplane in the same township a few days later. Clashes are ongoing in the area.

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Chin Resistance Tensions Boil Over as CNA Seizes Rival’s Myanmar HQ.
Tensions over territory between rival ethnic Chin armed groups have erupted into violence, with the Chin National Army (CNA) reportedly seizing the Chin National Defense Force (CNDF) headquarters on Saturday.

The attack on CNDF’s Camp Rihli came while the group was negotiating to resolve the dispute, CNDF spokesman Salai Timmy Htut told The Irrawaddy.
Military tensions between the Chin Brotherhood and the Chinland Council – led by the CNA’s political wing, the Chin National Front (CNF).

The Chinland Council, formed in late 2023, comprises the CNF/CNA, ousted Chin MPs, and other anti-regime and administrative organizations. The Chin Brotherhood features six groups, including the Chin National Organization and its armed Chin National Defence Force (CNDF). The CNA’s seizure of Camp Rihli is believed to be retaliation for the CNDF’s reported capture of Rikhawdar town in Falam District, near India’s Mizoram border, from CDF-Hualngoram – allies of the CNA. Salai Timmy Htut said CNA troops arrived in large numbers at CNDF headquarters the same day. “We didn’t try stop them because we assumed they had no involvement with the territorial dispute between us and CDF-Hualngoram. After they arrived, our chief of staff negotiated with them. We were preparing to host lunch for them when they seized our headquarters, catching us off guard. Another column of CNA troops is now advancing on Chin Brotherhood-held Falam town,” he told The Irrawaddy.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/chi...ar-hq.html

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At least 23 dead after airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar.

BANGKOK:  junta airstrike bomb Buddhist monastery in central Sagaing region killed at least 23 people who were taking shelter in the compound, separate sources said on Friday (Jul 11). Aerial attack on monastery in Lin Ta Lu village, in Sagaing region’s Sagaing township, injured about 30, of whom 10 were in a critical condition, a  resistance group resistance member - who spoke on condition of anonymity - told The Associated Press 23 civilians, 4 children were killed after a jet fighter dropped a bomb around 1am (2.30am, S'pore time) on a building in village’s monastery where 180 people from nearby villages were taking shelter to avoid fighting in recent weeks. Myanmar’s independent Democratic Voice of Burma online media reported that the death toll could be as high as 30. That could not be immediately confirmed.

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S'pore's RLAF raises S$200,000 for Myanmar - Thailand earthquake victims
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Sagaing region of Myanmar on Mar. 28, 2025.
https://mothership.sg/2025/07/rlaf-myanm...uake-2025/

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Myanmar’s regime is close to retaking rebel-held Nawnghkio, a strategic gateway to northern Shan State, as it moves into the town’s outskirts. The town on the main Mandalay–Lashio–Muse trade route to China serves as a gateway connecting Mandalay and southern and northern Shan State.
Nawnghkio, under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), would be the second town or city lost by the Brotherhood Alliance since the launch of anti-regime Operation 1027.
The alliance, which includes the TNLA, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Arakan Army (AA), seized most of northern Shan State, including the capital, Lashio, since October 2023.

However, under pressure from China, the MNDAA returned Lashio to regime in April. Both TNLA & MNDAA op under significant Chinese influence, as their territories border China, they depend heavily on it for trade &  imports. TNLA is now facing Chinese and junta pressure to return liberated towns. It is enduring frequent regime airstrikes & a major regime offensive to retake Nawnghkio.
After months of fighting, the regime has entered Nawnghkio’s outskirts, a resistance fighter told The Irrawaddy on Monday. Military supporters posted photos of regime troops in the encircled town, where fighting continues. While, the Gote Twin Bridge on the Muse road linking Nawnghkio with another TNLA-held town, Kyaukme, was exploded on Monday. The regime forces have been relying on heavy airpower & artillery.
TNLA spokeswoman Lway Yay Oo told The Irrawaddy on Monday that the armed group was still defending the town. “Our comrades and commanders are responding militarily. We are still holding our positions in Nawnghkio,” said Lway Yay Oo.

Former army captain Zin Yaw, who defected from the military after the 2021 coup, said on Tuesday that the TNLA was unlikely to back down easily, while the regime is expected to use airpower to recapture as many TNLA-held towns as possible ahead of Chinese peace talks in August. After June 2024, the TNLA and resistance allies seized five towns, including Nawnghkio and Mogoke, a ruby town in Mandalay Region. The regime escalated its airstrikes on TNLA-held towns since late April after the armed group rejected the junta’s demands at Chinese peace talks to return the liberated towns. The AA has not faced the same level of Chinese pressure as it seized 14 out of 17 Rakhine State’s townships and Paletwa Township in neighboring Chin State since November 2023. While expanding operations into Magwe, Bago and Ayeyarwady regions, the AA tried to seize Rakhine State capital, Sittwe, and Kyaukphyu Township, where a major Chinese seaport project the terminal of Chinese oil & gas pipelines are located.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...kirts.html

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Myanmar’s regime seized control of Nawnghkio on Tuesday after a months-long offensive, reclaiming the strategic gateway to northern Shan State from the ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). Regime-backed telegram news channels & military supporters celebrated victory, posting photos of junta troops posing in Nawnghkio town landmarks including the police station and market. Many of the town’s buildings have been destroyed by regime airstrikes carried out before ground troops entered the town,” resident said. The Irrawaddy contacted TNLA spokesperson Lway Yay Oo for comment but got no reply.

Nawnghkio lies on the main Mandalay-Lashio-Muse trade route linking Myanmar & China. It also serves as a key gateway connecting Mandalay and southern Shan State to northern Shan – most of which remains under ethnic Brotherhood Alliance control. The Brotherhood Alliance comprises the TNLA & two ethnic allies: the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) from northern Shan State and Arakan Army (AA) from Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The alliance & allies including civilian National Unity Gov lolt (NUG)’s People’s Defense Force (PDF) seized most of northern Shan State, including capital Lashio, after launching Operation 1027 in October 2023.

Nawnghkio & Mogoke, a ruby hub in neighboring Mandalay Region, among 5  towns captured by TNLA-led forces during Phase 2 operation, which began in June 2024. Regime forces fly their flag at township court after recapturing northern Shan State gateway on Tuesday. Kyaw Swar Nawnghkio is 2nd town ceded by the Brotherhood Alliance since launch of Operation 1027. MNDAA returned control of Lashio to the regime in April this year following intense pressure from China. TNLA, however, continues to resist calls from Beijing & junta to hand back its liberated towns, regime intensified airstrikes on TNLA-held towns in late April after the ethnic army rejected demands for their return during peace talks hosted by China in Kunming, Yunnan Province.


A military analyst monitoring the fighting in northern Shan State described the loss of Nawnghkio – from where the Brotherhood Alliance could threaten the junta’s garrison town of Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region – as a major strategic blow to ethnic armed organizations (EAOs).

Control of Nawnghkio also offered the EAOs a staging post to unite with anti-regime groups operating in southern Shan State, he said.

“Now, they [TNLA and allies] no longer threaten Pyin Oo Lwin and they have also lost the opportunity to coordinate with southern resistance forces.”

He added that the regime’s recapture of Nawnghkio was still far from decisive, as reclaiming the rest of northern Shan from the ethnic alliance would require a much larger military counteroffensive.

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Myanmar’s ongoing post-earthquake recovery has unfolded largely ignored by the outside world and amid a relentless civil war, severely complicating relief and reconstruction efforts across the country. 
In late March, a 7.7-magnitude quake struck central Myanmar - devastating regions such as Mandalay, Sagaing, Naypyidaw and Shan State - killing at least 3,700 people and injuring nearly 5,000, with thousands more missing multiple news agencies reported at the time.
Infrastructure damage was catastrophic: over 100 bridges, hundreds of km of roads, hospitals, schools & communications networks were flattened or severely impaired, leaving more than at least 2.5mn tonnes of rubble hindering access to the worst affected areas AP reported.
Compounding the earthquake’s devastation at the time it hit and the subsequent efforts to rebuild is Myanmar’s entrenched civil  war. Since 2021 coup, over 50,000 lives have been lost and approximately 3.3mn people displaced. Even after the quake – some claims state later the same day - airstrikes and artillery offensives by the military continued in rebel‑held territories such as Karenni, Kachin, Sagaing and Shan. And while a fragile, localised ceasefire was declared in quake-affected zones, numerous eyewitness reports and NGOs confirmed in the days following that bombing and ground assaults persisted - sometimes within hours of relief convoys having passed by. Aid delivery in the months since has been slow and uneven. Military blockades, security checkpoints, and restrictions in non-junta areas have slowed humanitarian convoys. In many parts of Sagaing, Mandalay and surrounding townships, survivors remained in leaky tarpaulin tents - exposed to monsoons and disease AP says. All the time, local reports claim decomposed bodies are still being recovered.
International aid responses have been limited and uneven. 

China and India led the most immediate external relief efforts: India’s “Op Brahma” deployed medical units treating over 2,500 patients & delivering hundreds of tonnes of supplies within weeks of the disaster. 
China meanwhile provided initial funding of $10 to 14mn million while under President Donald Trump’s controversial pull-back of USAID, funding lagged badly, leaving UN agencies & NGOs to fill critical gaps. Local civil society and UN efforts show glimmers of hope, however. UN‑Habitat has engaged communities in Mandalay to lead debris clearance, train volunteer engineers, and launch resilience-focused shelter rebuilding sources say. Still, with monsoon rains falling and healthcare crippled, the risk of disease outbreaks and worsening food insecurity looms large.

As a result, four months on, what emerges is a deeply fractured recovery: the earthquake has only exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis across Myanmar - driven by war and weakened institutions. Without a genuine ceasefire & inclusive relief access, reconstruction is unlikely to be equitable or comprehensive. In many areas there will be no reconstruction efforts at all. In others, community-led efforts offer a path forward, but sustained aid, conflict resolution, and stronger governance will be essential if Myanmar is ever to rebuild anything more than its rubble-strewn present.

Local civil society and UN efforts show glimmers of hope, however. UN‑Habitat has engaged communities in Mandalay to lead debris clearance, train volunteer engineers, and launch resilience-focused shelter rebuilding sources say. Still, with monsoon rains falling and healthcare crippled, the risk of disease outbreaks and worsening food insecurity looms large. As a result, four months on, what emerges is a deeply fractured recovery: the earthquake has only exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis across Myanmar - driven by war and weakened institutions. Without a genuine ceasefire and inclusive relief access, reconstruction is unlikely to be equitable or comprehensive. In many areas there will be no reconstruction efforts at all. In others, community-led efforts offer a path forward, but sustained aid, conflict resolution, and stronger governance will be essential if Myanmar is ever to rebuild anything more than its rubble-strewn present.

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Myanmar military claims recapture of strategic town from rebel force
Ta’ang National Liberation Army rebels did not acknowledge the loss of Nawnghkio town to the military, saying they moved to ‘safe locations

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Myanmar military claims recapture of strategic town from rebel force
Ta’ang National Liberation Army rebels did not acknowledge the loss of Nawnghkio town to the military, saying they moved to ‘safe locations

Myanmar military claims recapture of strategic town from rebel force | Military News | Al Jazeera https://share.google/HTbijJqL9fvvXJeCl

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Myanmar Junta Opposes Timor Leste’s ASEAN Membership.

A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China’s Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought to keep for decades in obscurity. 

Now it’s supplying essential minerals to to traders and manufacturers around the world, is China buying from them too?.

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Myanmar junta offers cash rewards to anti-coup defectors.

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta said on July 18 it is offering cash rewards to fighters willing to desert armed groups defying its rule and “return to the legal fold” ahead of a slated election. The South-east Asian country has been consumed by civil war since a 2021 coup, with the embattled junta facing an array of pro-democracy guerillas and ethnic armed rebels. After suffering major battlefield reverses, military has touted elections around end of 2025 as a pathway to peace – plans denounced as a sham by opposition groups int'l monitors. 

State media The Global New Light of Myanmar said on July 18, “individuals who returned to the legal fold with arms & ammunition are being offered specific cash rewards”. The junta mouthpiece did not specify how much cash offering said 14 anti-coup fighters had surrendered since it issued a statement pledging to “welcome” defectors two weeks ago.
“These individuals chose to abandon the path of armed struggle due to their desire to live peacefully within frame work of the law,” the newspaper said.