Archive for June 2021
Firefight between military forces and PDF-Mingin near Than Pauk village, Mingin Township, Sagaing. 15 junta soldiers reportedly killed.
Another firefight occurred in the afternoon near Than Pauk Village. There were around 30 military casualties, claimed the spokesperson for the PDF-Mingin. Local media said that at least 15 junta soldiers were killed in the shootouts. However, The Irrawaddy was unable to confirm that figure independently. “We didn’t want to fight as we were helping…
Read MoreSAC troops attack Ban Bwe village, Yinmarpin Township, Sagaing. 2 PDF militia killed.
Ban Bwe village, Yinmarpin Township, Sagaing region was attacked for a second time by military council troops causing villagers to flee to a nearby forest. “Hearing the message that Military council of about 80 troops in four military vehicles arrived at around 11 a.m., we are fleeing to a nearby forest.” a resident told Mizzima.…
Read More9 junta soldiers killed after a refugee base in northwest Sagaing was attacked by Junta forces posing as civilians. The militia suffered 1 casualty.
At least 10 people were killed when troops loyal to Myanmar’s junta attacked a base used to assist refugees in northwestern Sagaing region, but were outmaneuvered by militiamen using guerrilla tactics to overcome a deficit in firepower, sources said Friday. A member of the People’s Defense Force (PDF) militia in Sagaing’s Mingin township, who spoke…
Read MoreKashmiri Freedom Fighters conducted drone strikes on India Air Force’s Jammu Air Force Station | Lashkar-e-Taiba commander captured
According to a tweet by Aerospace & Open Source Intelligence Board (Pakistan Strategic Forum), Kashmiri Freedom Fighters utilised two drones to drop improvised explosive devices onto the India Air Force’s Jammu Air Force Station (Jammu AFS) at around 1am local time on 27 June 2021 The drones reportedly flew 14.5km from the border to the…
Read More[ CNA ] Philippine military grounds Black Hawk helicopters after crash kills six
Philippine defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday (Jun 24) ordered the grounding of the military’s fleet of Black Hawk helicopters after a crash during training mission in an province north of the capital Manila killed six people. The S-70i Black Hawk helicopter, one of 16 purchased in 2019 from Poland, crashed on Wednesday evening after…
Read More[ Asia Times ] China returns fire at Australia in the WTO
China in November announced tariffs of up to 218% on Australian wines, which it said were being “dumped” into the Chinese market at subsidized prices. The crackdown virtually closed what had been Australia’s biggest overseas wine market, with sales falling from A$1.1 billion (US$840 million) to only A$20 million, according to official figures.
Read More[ CNA ] Taiwan’s Apple Daily says it will continue operations
The Taiwanese edition of Apply Daily assured readers that its operations will continue as the island’s government on Thursday (Jun 24) denounced the closure of its sister paper in Hong Kong under a national security law. Hong Kong’s most popular tabloid had long been a thorn in Beijing’s side, with unapologetic support for the city’s…
Read MoreApple Daily published it’s final issue
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily published it’s final issue – a million copies of the last print. #Hongkongers rushed overnight to buy the very last issue of the 26 years old tabloid-type newspaper. Apple Daily is forced to close down after their bank accounts were frozen by the Hongkong government for infringing the Beijing-enacted National Security…
Read More[ Daily Mail ] British doctor Peter Daszak who tried to gag Wuhan lab leak theory is FIRED from UN commission investigating COVID after he was exposed for organizing letter denying leak claim in The Lancet medical journal
The British scientist’s profile on commission website now shows him as recused Daszak is president of New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, a medical nonprofit Earlier this month, it emerged he’d organized a letter co-signed by scientists and published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet denouncing lab leak theory Daszak did so despite having strong professional ties…
Read MoreConserving resources
We had been covering Myanmar on almost a daily basis on our focus page, for past 2 weeks. However, despite the best effort to simplify the backend process as much as possible – it still takes a good 2 hours or more just to update the incident map on a daily basis. As such, it…
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