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Mizzima Revolutionary fighters from the Minbu District People’s Defense Force (PDF) Battalion 6 seized and destroyed the Mong Taung village police station on 16 January, 2026, in a swift 15-minute operation. [1]
PATTAYA, Thailand – As Songkran festivities lit up Pattaya last week, police and local authorities deployed a massive force to m (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]
US President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging immigration crackdown has increasingly led to violent encounters involving migrants as well as American citizens, a trend brought into sharp focus by the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigrat... [3]
Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the talk of the town of last week—the detention of the police appointment-general who allegedly demanded sex from female officers in exchange for promotions. [4]
Every dictatorship believes it needs a secret police force in order to survive in power, and the more brutal, the more effective. (confirmed by 3 sources) [5]
NAYPYITAW—The Myanmar Police Force reshuffled a number of high-ranking officers, including a spokesperson, in the last week of September, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Sept. 26. [6]
Myanmar’s military regime is planning to axe six units from the Myanmar Police Force and transfer the personnel from the axed units to other police departments, according to striking police officers. [7]
RANGOON — The Karen National Union (KNU) is refusing government orders to disband its police force, a Karen leader says. [8]
Mizzima Revolutionary fighters from the Minbu District People’s Defense Force (PDF) Battalion 6 seized and destroyed the Mong Taung village police station on 16 January, 2026, in a swift 15-minute operation.
PATTAYA, Thailand – As Songkran festivities lit up Pattaya last week, police and local authorities deployed a massive force to m
US President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging immigration crackdown has increasingly led to violent encounters involving migrants as well as American citizens, a trend brought into sharp focus by the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigrat
Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the talk of the town of last week—the detention of the police appointment-general who allegedly demanded sex from female officers in exchange for promotions.
Every dictatorship believes it needs a secret police force in order to survive in power, and the more brutal, the more effective.
NAYPYITAW—The Myanmar Police Force reshuffled a number of high-ranking officers, including a spokesperson, in the last week of September, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Sept. 26.
Myanmar’s military regime is planning to axe six units from the Myanmar Police Force and transfer the personnel from the axed units to other police departments, according to striking police officers.
RANGOON — The Karen National Union (KNU) is refusing government orders to disband its police force, a Karen leader says.
Striking police officers in Kayah State have formed a police force which will work together with anti-regime groups to fight military rule. It is the first such shadow police force to be formed in Myanmar since the junta’s February 1 coup.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday that it is conducting a four-day training seminar that will teach the Burma Police Force about “international policing standards and the exercise of police powers.” In the first suc