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Entire Villages Forced to Flee as Myanmar Military Escalates Artillery Attacks in Nyaung Shwe

Source: Shan Herald Agency for News

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 11:54 a.m.

The situation is especially dire in the Inle region, where waterways are the main mode of travel. The military and PNA have imposed strict restrictions on movement, banning the use of boats for evacuation.

Shan Herald Agency for News

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Captured Junta Officer Says Demoralized Myanmar Military Will Lose ‘Everywhere’

Source: Irrawaddy

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 9:39 a.m.

In a video released by a local Burmese-language media outlet on Feb. 11, Lt-Col Kyaw Kyaw Thet stated, “Our military has poor training, and the troops have low fighting spirit and weak combat skills. They also lack strong morale. 

Hein Htoo Zan | Irrawaddy

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Trump’s Aid Cuts Could Devastate Myanmar More Than Anyone Expects

Source: FULCRUM

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 9:17 a.m.

The Trump Administration’s decision to terminate foreign aid has crippling effects on the humanitarian landscape in Myanmar.

Su Mon Thazin Aung, Visiting Fellow with the Myanmar Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

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Voices of concern from displaced people over the 90-day suspension of health services at IDP camps on the Thai-Myanmar border

Source: Burma News Internationl / Myanmar Peace Monitor

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 9:13 a.m.

Following the suspension, this has created significant challenges, particularly for the elderly, those with chronic illnesses, and pregnant women. Below is a summary of the health difficulties and concerns currently faced by the people in Karenni IDP Camp-1.

Kantarawaddy Times

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Survivors of the military’s crimes need pyschosocial support

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 9:12 a.m.

Aid workers assisting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Myanmar told DVB that survivors of massacres need psychosocial support for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

English Editor

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Water Shortage Crisis Hits Khoe Lyar So (Bue Khu) IDP Camp as Summer Approaches; Urgent Assistance Needed

Source: Burma News International

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 9:06 a.m.

Families are forced to travel long distances on foot to reach available water sources, raising concerns over safety and security.

Kantarawaddy Times

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Five Killed as Junta Bombs Myanmar’s Rebel-Held Ruby Hub

Source: Irrawaddy

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 8:09 a.m.

The Myanmar junta launched a lethal airstrike near a ruby mine in Mandalay’s Mogoke Township, which is under the control of  the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), early on Monday morning

Hein Htoo Zan

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Junta Shuts Down All Routes In and Out of Sittwe, Regulates Boats and Sampans

Source: Burma News International

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 8:02 a.m.

A woman living in Sittwe informed Narinjara News that since commands have been given to shoot at boats and sampans trying to leave, people in the city are stranded and struggling, having no means of escape other than by air.

Narinjara News

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New Thai rule gives Myanmar junta greater power to block workers: activists

Source: Radio Free Asia

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 7:47 a.m.

New rule requiring junta approval for migrant workers raises fears of people being forced back to military conscription and persecution.

Kiana Duncan for RFA

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The Military, Money, and Myanmar: Breaking the Nexus by Sean Turnell

Source: Special Advisory Council for Myanmar

Published on Feb. 11, 2025, 7:27 a.m.

This SAC-M briefing paper, written by esteemed economist Sean Turnell, outlines why the Myanmar military’s stranglehold on Myanmar’s economy must be broken and how it can be done

Briefing Paper | Sean Turnell

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