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Narinjara News, November 17, 2025 A report from the Monywa Dynamite Special Task Force dated November 15 indicates that revolutionary forces launched an attack on 22 copper trucks associated with the Chinese Wanbao project in Salingyi Township, as well as on 8 armored vehicles belonging to the Northwestern Military Command (NaMaKha) headquartered in Monywa. The vehicles were providing security for the trucks. The attack began around 9 in the morning on November 14 with five l

Narinjara News, November 17, 2025 A military lobbyist stated that the advance of the revolutionary forces toward Nay Pyi Taw was a setback, and CDM Captain Zin Yaw noted that the military headquarters was almost terrified. On November 12, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducted a raid on a military security outpost located in Uttarathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw, and cleared the outpost once more on November 13. The Yadanar Myay-based security outpost is located in Tatkon T

Junta troops advancing into Kyaukphyu Township in Rakhine State suffered heavy losses on Saturday in an ambush by the Arakan Army (AA), according to local military sources. The clash followed the military’s seizure of Thaing Chaung Taung base in the hotly contested township, which is the site of several Chinese mega-projects. AA troops initially withdrew from nearby Minpyin village after planting mines, but when junta troops moved in—believing the area secure—the AA opened fi

The sons of two former generals who were high-profile figures in the previous quasi-civilian government are set to contest the junta’s upcoming election, running as candidates for the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), according to the regime’s electoral body and local residents. Aye Chan —the son of ex-admiral Soe Thane, who served as a minister in the U Thein Sein government (2011-early 2016)—will run for a Lower House seat in Yangon’s industrial

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing on Saturday vowed to completely “eliminate” online scam operations along the Myanmar-Thailand border “as a national duty”. His remarks, made during a visit to the Karen State capital Hpa-an, came as China and the US intensified pressure on transnational scam syndicates operating in Southeast Asia. The timing of his trip is notable. Since the 2021 coup, Min Aung Hlaing has rarely set foot in Karen State, even after China, Thailand and Myanmar jointly

The junta has launched military operations along the Ye–Thanbyuzayat section of Union Highway 8, a key resistance stronghold in southern Mon State, aiming to dismantle resistance control there ahead of the election. The junta has been advancing along the Ye–Thanbyuzayat Road in northern Ye Township since early October, according to a November 14 report by Rehmonnya Institute for Civic Engagement (RICE). About a year after the 2021 coup, the Ye–Thanbyuzayat Road fell completel