Also this week, the regime scrambled as China’s Belt & Road came under threat, showed gratitude to its main protector, and made an unlikely election prediction.
Read moreDetailsJunta troops’ advance towards strategic town of Nawnghkio has now run into strong TNLA defense outside the town.
Kyaw Swar Lin, a protege of the junta boss but untested in combat, takes operational command as the army faces a new wave of battlefield challenges on multiple fronts.
Former intelligence officers, generals and ex-officials continue to publish propaganda books aimed at promoting military rule and rewriting history.
Behind the talk of ‘paukphaw’ ties, the relationship between Beijing and the junta is cynical and transactional, sidelining the wishes of the people of Myanmar.
Driven by Chinese pressure, scam operations have relocated from northern border towns to eastern and southern Shan State and further inland, transforming local economies.
U Soe Thane, once hailed as the int’l face of U Thein Sein’s 2011...
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