Seven ethnic armies that formed a new alliance last month to continue peace talks with the military regime are already being rocked by internal frictions.
The junta No. 2 hasn’t been seen since resistance forces claimed to have bombed a meeting he attended in Mon State. But they may not be the only enemy he...
Karen State counteroffensive to deflect attention from the fall of Myawaddy could trigger a cross-border humanitarian crisis of epic scale.
Beijing’s attempt to secure ceasefires in Rakhine and northern Shan to protect its investments will only intensify anti-China sentiment across the whole country.
When the junta tried to auction Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s home, nobody came. When the revolutionary government sold off Min Aung Hlaing’s lakeside villa, shares went fast.
When a dictator’s words make their final retreat from reality, there is a good chance he will end up on Russian TV.
The junta boasted it would crush popular revolt in six months; two and a half years later the Spring Revolution is making rapid advances across the country.
After six decades of political wrangling, assassinations and opium trading, Shan forces remain bitterly divided, lacking a common vision for their people.
Beijing is ramping up pressure after brokering a Shan State truce, convinced that neither side can win a civil war that is threatening billions of dollars in Chinese investment.
The AA last month inflicted the first defeat on Myanmar’s navy since independence as the regime loses its grip on Rakhine State.
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