Thousands of civilians flee drone strikes as regime targets Tagaung—a critical gateway to Sagaing Region and Kachin State.

The Myanmar government has expanded the Irrawaddy Dolphin Protected Area, initially spanning 74 kilometers (46 miles) of the Irrawaddy River, to include a 100-kilometer (62-mile) stretch of the river.

In its heyday in the 1920s, the fabled Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. transported millions of passengers each year along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar (formerly Burma) with a fleet of more than 600 vessels.

"The Irrawaddy" called the ban the first public acknowledgment of the military regime’s efforts to suppress its reporting. This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 11 November 2022.

Myanmar’s military government has revoked the publication license for The Irrawaddy, an exile media outlet that has reported in detail on the junta’s atrocities and brutal repression of anti-regime ...

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