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The junta’s deputy home affairs minister is calling for regional and bilateral cooperation against the rising threat from drone attacks by terrorist groups worldwide while it is facing escalating drone attacks by resistance forces in Myanmar, saying ... [1]

In this special edition, The Irrawaddy looks at the individuals who most influenced the news headlines both locally and internationally throughout the year — from the Rakhine conflict to the murder of prominent Muslim lawyer U Ko Ni to the journalist... [2]

In a pre-election reshuffle of his military leadership, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has appointed his personal aide Major General Moe Myint Swe as chief of the Directorate of Defense Industries (DDI), according to sources in Naypyitaw, the junta’s ad... [3]

From the tragic death of prominent lawyer U Ko Ni to the worst disaster in the country’s aviation history, an H1N1 outbreak, and the latest deadly attacks in Rakhine State, 2017 has been a troubled year for Myanmar. [4]

One of the latest dark-humor observations emerging from Myanmar is a sense of pride in the country being a world leader at least in one metric: opium production. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-09-26 · 100% match

As Resistance Drone Attacks Rise, Myanmar Junta Seeks Regional Help

The junta’s deputy home affairs minister is calling for regional and bilateral cooperation against the rising threat from drone attacks by terrorist groups worldwide while it is facing escalating drone attacks by resistance forces in Myanmar, saying

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-28 · 100% match

Myanmar’s Movers and Shakers – 2017

In this special edition, The Irrawaddy looks at the individuals who most influenced the news headlines both locally and internationally throughout the year — from the Rakhine conflict to the murder of prominent Muslim lawyer U Ko Ni to the journalist

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-09-23 · 100% match

Junta Chief Promotes Personal Aide to Head Myanmar’s Weapons Industry

In a pre-election reshuffle of his military leadership, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has appointed his personal aide Major General Moe Myint Swe as chief of the Directorate of Defense Industries (DDI), according to sources in Naypyitaw, the junta’s ad

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-29 · 100% match

Year in Review: 2017

From the tragic death of prominent lawyer U Ko Ni to the worst disaster in the country’s aviation history, an H1N1 outbreak, and the latest deadly attacks in Rakhine State, 2017 has been a troubled year for Myanmar.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-12-17 · 100% match

The UN and the Long Curse of Opium and Conflict in Myanmar

One of the latest dark-humor observations emerging from Myanmar is a sense of pride in the country being a world leader at least in one metric: opium production.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-12-09 · 100% match

Junta Watch: Resistance Drones Flash Red on Radar as Myanmar’s Wounded Military Retreats

With his army badly afflicted by resistance drone attacks over the past month, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing warned fresh graduates of the Defense Services Academy last Saturday to brace for 21st-century warfare and military s

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-03-17 · 100% match

Where are the Assassins?

Assassins and schemers behind the killing of prominent lawyer U Ko Ni are still at large one-and-a-half months after the crime was committed. Will they be apprehended soon? That’s what we are all waiting for.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-08-11 · 97% match

A Look at Myanmar’s Long History of Political Assassinations

A plot to kill or injure Myanmar’s UN Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun was exposed in the first week of August with the FBI arresting two suspects. Myanmar people drew the conclusion that the military regime was behind the plot.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-02-18 · 87% match

Lawyers Group Slams ‘Light’ Sentence for Ex-Officer Who Aided U Ko Ni Killers

YANGON—The Independent Lawyers’ Association of Myanmar (ILAM) has denounced a Yangon court’s “light” treatment of a former military intelligence captain who had been accused of conspiring to kill prominent lawyer U Ko Ni, only to be sentenced on a le

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-02-27 · 48% match

Who Was Behind U Ko Ni’s Assassination?

The press briefing on the investigation into the assassination of lawyer U Ko Ni has received thumbs-down from many public and political observers.

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