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China-Backed Illegal Rare Earth Mining Surging in Northern Myanmar A Myanmar military-backed militia in Kachin State is protecting Chinese-run mines that produce coveted rare earth minerals used in hi-tech... [1]

Naypyitaw — The United Wa State Army (UWSA) on Wednesday handed over a drug trafficker it arrested along with 3.5 million methamphetamine pills in the south of the Wa self-administered zone. [2]

Sixteen people were killed and 48 injured when a storage facility for gas and explosives blew up in Man Maw (Mongma) town in Wa Special Region 2 near the Chinese border on March 23, according to the United Wa State Army (UWSA). [3]

Revolutionary allied forces have captured the military junta’s Winwa base in Mindat village along the Dawei–Myeik section of Union Highway No. 8 in Thayetchaung Township, also known as Kasaldoe Township, in Myeik–Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region. [4]

Mizzima Widespread violence and human rights abuses by Myanmar’s Military Council have intensified in Ywangan Township, located in the Danu Self-Administered Zone of southern Shan State, according to a report released by the Shan Human Rights Foundat... [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-08-09 · 65% match

Myanmar Military Grip Slips on Mandalay

China-Backed Illegal Rare Earth Mining Surging in Northern Myanmar A Myanmar military-backed militia in Kachin State is protecting Chinese-run mines that produce coveted rare earth minerals used in hi-tech...

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-05-22 · 41% match

Wa State Hands Drug Suspect and Meth Bust to Myanmar Authorities

Naypyitaw — The United Wa State Army (UWSA) on Wednesday handed over a drug trafficker it arrested along with 3.5 million methamphetamine pills in the south of the Wa self-administered zone.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-03-25 · 40% match

16 Killed, Scores Hurt as Mining Materials Depot Explodes in Wa Region

Sixteen people were killed and 48 injured when a storage facility for gas and explosives blew up in Man Maw (Mongma) town in Wa Special Region 2 near the Chinese border on March 23, according to the United Wa State Army (UWSA).

[4] MM monnews.org · 2026-03-13 · 38% match

Revolutionary Allied Forces Capture Military Junta’s Winwa Base in Thayetchaung

Revolutionary allied forces have captured the military junta’s Winwa base in Mindat village along the Dawei–Myeik section of Union Highway No. 8 in Thayetchaung Township, also known as Kasaldoe Township, in Myeik–Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-27 · 38% match

Myanmar junta atrocities surge in Danu region of Shan State

Mizzima Widespread violence and human rights abuses by Myanmar’s Military Council have intensified in Ywangan Township, located in the Danu Self-Administered Zone of southern Shan State, according to a report released by the Shan Human Rights Foundat

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-27 · 37% match

Myanmar junta fires heavy weapons day and night to deter AA advance toward Sittwe

Mizzima The Myanmar junta has been firing heavy weapons and small arms continuously since 22 November in an attempt to intimidate and prevent the Arakan Army (AA) from advancing into Sittwe, Rakhine State, residents told Mizzima.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-10 · 37% match

Spring Revolution Daily News for 10 December 2024

The National Unity Government (NUG) · In the western part of Madayar Township under the control of the military junta in Mandalay Region, Mdy PDF re-seized Ywar Thit Village, Wunsu Village and Teinbinsaut Village.

[8] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-12-16 · 36% match

Defence forces capture Mawluu Town in Sagaing Region

Mizzima Defence forces captured Mawluu Town in Indaw Township, Sagaing Region on 13 December, according to the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front North, (ABSDF – North), one of the groups involved in the attack. At 2:30 a.m.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-10-19 · 35% match

Four women injured in airstrike on Namtu town in northern Shan State

Mizzima Four women were injured after the Myanmar junta launched an airstrike on Namtu town in northern Shan State, an area controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), at 8:28 am on 17 October, according to a statement from the ethnic a

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-04-01 · 36% match

Myanmar junta recruits first draft of 260 men in Tanintharyi Region for military service

On March 25th, some of those who had been called up for military service from the Irrawaddy Division / Photo: THA Mizzima The Myanmar junta intends to enlist 260 men in the first batch for military service in the Tanintharyi Region, with training exp

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