Moe Oo

The army column was advancing through Khin-U Township from a temporary base in Ye-U, from which it had already carried out offensive operations in nearby towns and villages

Three of the victims were caught while hiding when soldiers arrived nearly two weeks earlier, while the other two were members of the local defence team

Nearly 20 battles have taken place around Nawnghkio in northern Shan State as part of Operation Kanaung, launched by the resistance in July

Two women and a defence team member were also reportedly abducted by the junta column that carried out the raids

During a one week advance in Mogok Township, allied resistance armed groups claim to have seized a military camp, stormed a police station, and intercepted an army convoy

At the time of his arrest in May, Captain Ye Yint Swe was pursuing a master’s degree in medicine at the Defence Services Medical Academy in Yangon

A teenaged guerrilla fighter who narrowly escaped execution recounts how Myanmar army soldiers captured and killed more than 20 members of the resistance

Recent clashes have led to power outages across multiple villages, forcing local civilians to make do with well water, solar energy, and cooking on wood and charcoal fires

Three resistance fighters are shot and detained, and at least three civilians are injured by military artillery fire and landmines in Shwebo and Khin-U townships

In retaliation for attacks by the armed resistance, junta personnel rounded up and killed more than 30 civilian men sheltering in monasteries in a village in Myinmu Township before burning down houses and threatening the surviving villagers with further violence