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More than 20 soldiers were killed in clashes between Myaing and Pauk townships.
Military Council and Myaing on the border of Myaing and Pauk Townships, Magway Division PDF; At least 23 people were killed in the clashes between the two sides.
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Myanmar arrested four women lawyers on Sunday evening while meeting at their Mandalay office: RFA report. A new wave of arrests of women lawyers in Myanmar reflects the military's continued assault on the judiciary. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
NAYPYIDAW —The Naypyitaw People’s Defense Force (PDF), has claimed responsibility for a significant ambush attack on a convoy in the nation’s capital. The group claimed 12 junta soldiers were killed as a result of the attack on Monday. 1/2
CHIN —Fighting broke out between the Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) and Chin National Force (CNF) near Gawsing village on the Indian border in Tedim township, on the morning of Dec. 17, according to the local sources. 1/3
MANDALAY —K300 million (US$165,000) was said to have been stolen in a robbery at the premises of a company operating from the Mingalar Mandalay Housing Estate on 73rd Street, Chan Mya Thar Si township, on Friday evening. The assailants have yet to be identified.
A judge at the Zabuthiri court in Naypyidaw has deferred a decision in two cases against Aung San Suu Kyi until Dec. 27, without apparently justifying their reason for the delay, Reuters reports. The cases relate to the illegal possession of walkie talkies and signal jammers.
KACHIN —The Kanpiketi border checkpoint on the Burma-China border—which had been closed for more than 4 months—partially reopened on Dec. 17, according to the businesspeople at the border. Chinese authorities provisionally reopened the gate, with only 30 trucks... 1/3
BREAKING: Israeli ministers have agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. The rare decision to red-list the U.S. comes amid rising coronavirus infections in Israel. https://t.co/KSSaSbCO4a