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Recent Did you know? items

* ... that the Myanmar Photo Archive (example photograph shown) revealed "a side of modern Myanmar that, until very recently, remained hidden in dusty attics"?

* ... that the '''[[Myanmar Photo Archive]]''' ''(example photograph shown)'' revealed "a side of modern Myanmar that, until very recently, remained hidden in dusty attics"?

* ... that the Burmese Buddhist monk Sagyo Thu-Myat successfully lobbied for the recalibration of the Burmese calendar?

* ... that the [[Buddhism in Myanmar|Burmese Buddhist]] monk '''[[Sagyo Thu-Myat]]''' successfully lobbied for the recalibration of the [[Burmese calendar]]?

* ... that one academic described the introduction of femboys to Myanmar as a tactic to achieve an "ideological revolution"?

* ... that one academic described the introduction of '''[[femboy]]s''' to Myanmar as a tactic to achieve an "ideological revolution"?

* ... that Thinzar Shunlei Yi hid in the Burmese jungle for a month and joined a rebel militia following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état?

* ... that '''[[Thinzar Shunlei Yi]]''' hid in the Burmese jungle for a month and joined a rebel militia following the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]]?

* ... that while defending Zaw Myint Maung following his arrest by the Myanmar junta, lawyer Ywet Nu Aung was herself arrested and charged?

* ... that while defending [[Zaw Myint Maung]] following his arrest by the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état|Myanmar junta]], lawyer '''[[Ywet Nu Aung]]''' was herself arrested and charged?

* ... that former Burmese actress Honey Nway Oo turned rebel and took up arms against the military junta following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état?

* ... that former Burmese actress '''[[Honey Nway Oo]]'''  turned rebel and took up arms against the [[State Administration Council|military junta]] following the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]]?

Recent In the news items

11 April 2024 – Myanmar civil war

The Karen National Union, local PDF groups, and other Karenni organizations seize the town of Myawaddy, Kayin State, from the Tatmadaw after three days of fighting. Junta planes subsequently bomb the town, causing more than 1,000 locals to flee into neighbouring Thailand. (CNN) (Radio Free Asia)

:The [[Karen National Union]], local [[People's Defence Force (Myanmar)|PDF]] groups, and other Karenni organizations seize the town of [[Myawaddy]], [[Kayin State]], from the [[Tatmadaw]] after three days of fighting. [[State Administration Council|Junta]] planes subsequently bomb the town, causing more than 1,000 locals to flee into neighbouring [[Thailand]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/asia/myanmar-myawaddy-knu-military-junta-intl-hnk/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/residents-flee-myawaddy-04102024054612.html (Radio Free Asia)]

6 April 2024 – Myanmar civil war, Karen conflict

The Karen National Union captures the town of Myawaddy in Kayin State as hundreds of junta troops surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel forces. (BBC News)

:The [[Karen National Union]] captures the town of [[Myawaddy]] in [[Kayin State]] as hundreds of [[Tatmadaw|junta troops]] surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel forces. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68750528 (BBC News)]

28 March 2024 – Myanmar civil war

Operation 0307

:[[Operation 0307]]

The Kachin Independence Army captures the town of Lweje and its nearby border crossings in Kachin State, Myanmar, after junta forces abandoned their posts and fled across the border into China. (Irrawaddy)

:The [[Kachin Independence Army]] captures the town of [[Lweje]] and its nearby [[border control|border crossings]] in [[Kachin State]], [[Myanmar]], after [[Tatmadaw|junta forces]] abandoned their posts and fled across [[China–Myanmar border|the border]] into [[China]]. [https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/kachin-rebels-claim-china-border-trade-town-after-ousting-nine-myanmar-junta-battalions.html (Irrawaddy)]

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