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Lorcan

@lorcan_lovett

Journalist / researcher writing mostly about the #Myanmar revolution: substack.com/@onmyanmar + Observer, Guardian, Al Jazeera & others

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36 people – 33 men & 3 women – died in gold mines in resistance-held Singu, Mandalay after the quake. 80 injured - 9 severely, including 3-year-old girl. Thank you National Unity Government Myanmar for quick responses to my enquiries. Difficult access hampers other mine assessments. #Myanmar

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Anina survived the final assault, helping resistance forces capture Falam. Today, she’s victorious. But the town remains vulnerable to junta airstrikes, and many battles still loom on her horizon. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar theguardian.com/global-develop…

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Al oeste de Myanmar, las fuerzas revolucionarias acaban de arrebatar a la Junta militar, que gobierna el paĆ­s desde el golpe de Estado de 2021, la estratĆ©gica ciudad de Falam, tras un asedio de cinco meses. āœļøLorcan šŸ“øValeria Mongelli elpais.com/planeta-futuro…

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The resistance has just captured Falam, the former capital of Chin State, from the #Myanmar military junta – a hard-earned and significant victory for Chin forces. Here’s why it matters even more: lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/falam-a-turn… #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

The resistance has just captured Falam, the former capital of Chin State, from the #Myanmar military junta – a hard-earned and significant victory for Chin forces.

Here’s why it matters even more:

lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/falam-a-turn…

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Will Myanmar’s earthquake reshape its civil war? Analysts, resistance fighters and a military defector share their insights – from protective chants to shifting battle lines – for Al Jazeera PR aje.io/sln3t1 #whatshappeninginMyanmar #Myanmar

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A captured #Myanmar military captain told us he torched villages. One of several sobering admissions in our Q&A. lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/i-burned-ent… #whatshappeninginMyanmar

A captured #Myanmar military captain told us he torched villages. One of several sobering admissions in our Q&A. 

lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/i-burned-ent…

#whatshappeninginMyanmar
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1. This History Thread is about bridges of Burma (Myanmar), a land of many waterways. Bridges have been built by colonial occupiers, foreign enterprises, local people. They've been destroyed by resistance fighters, regime forces & March 2025 earthquake. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

1. This History Thread is about bridges of Burma (Myanmar), a land of many waterways. Bridges have been built by colonial occupiers, foreign enterprises, local people. They've been destroyed by resistance fighters, regime forces & March 2025 earthquake. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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German-speaking friends can now read the story of Anina, the young sniper fighting #Myanmar's dictatorship, in der Freitag Something extra that didn't make the final cut – Anina was born on 20 February, the national day of her ethnic Chin people. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Will Chin be first state liberated this year? Chatting on this week's Frontier podcast after Kachinland Research Centre's Danseng Lawn. He breaks down how China's support of the #Myanmar junta / clipping the 3BA's wings influences KIA's strategy. #whatshappeninginMyanmar

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While junta troops skulk through the forest, communists, Muslim fighters, two ethnic Karen armed groups, PDF & militias in the open – all in one township. A commander in southern #Myanmar mapped it out. Short dispatch, for free subscribers this week: lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/in-liberated…

While junta troops skulk through the forest, communists, Muslim fighters, two ethnic Karen armed groups, PDF & militias in the open – all in one township. 

A commander in southern #Myanmar mapped it out. 

Short dispatch, for free subscribers this week: 

lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/in-liberated…
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Our story on the ā€˜girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war has been translated to Japanese -- great to see the #Myanmar coverage reaching Japan courrier.jp/news/archives/… #whatshappeninginMyanmar

Our story on the ā€˜girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war has been translated to Japanese -- great to see the #Myanmar coverage reaching Japan

courrier.jp/news/archives/…

#whatshappeninginMyanmar
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#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar: Anguish, panic as Indian army kills 10 Myanmar rebels - 3 were teenagers - on #Manipur border Unstated understanding b/w neighbors has broken down and been replaced by fear, including for thousands of refugees - report Al Jazeera English aje.io/oclhui