Beijing will continue to back the junta to protect its access to the Indian Ocean, but it has learned not to put all its eggs in one basket in its southern neighbor.
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Myanmar Junta Violating Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Rights by Holding Her in Secret Location: Legal Experts
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Many fear the junta is using the detained State Counselor as a bargaining chip by keeping her whereabouts a secret.
Myanmar Junta Arrests Two More Journalists
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Over 100 journalists have been detained since the coup and Myanmar is now the world’s second-biggest jailer of reporters.
Dozens of Junta Troops Killed in Attacks by Civilian PDF Units
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People’s Defense Force teams claim to have killed at least 26 regime personnel in a series of attacks in four states and regions since Thursday as fighting intensifies.
Military-Backed Myanmar Beer Warehouse Bombed in Monywa
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Civilian resistance fighters are stepping up their attacks on the military regime and its assets following the National Unity Government’s declaration of war.
Myanmar Military Launches Artillery Strike Near Kachin Armed Group’s HQ
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The junta is expanding its military presence in Kachin State, including close to the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army in Laiza.
Boy, 13, Among Three Villagers Killed by Myanmar Junta Troops in Raid in Magwe
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Soldiers chased down the boy and a young man and shot them dead, and burned a third victim alive inside a house, Sanpya Village residents said.
Youth Killed, Several Detained as Myanmar Junta Forces Raid Yangon Neighborhoods
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Residents in several townships said regime personnel conducted violent night raids, beating detainees for information and looting homes.
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UN Envoy Joins Her Predecessors in Myanmar’s ‘Graveyard of Diplomats’
The soon-to-be departing Christine Schraner Burgener has admitted for the first time that the junta has no interest in talking or a peaceful solution to Myanmar’s crisis.
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New railways linking China to Southeast and South Asia have significant security implications for India.
What Has Happened to Myanmar’s Tatmadaw?
Tasked with fighting a full-fledged war in the heartland, it remains to be seen whether the military will splinter or double down on its atrocities.
Notes From Myanmar’s Underground
Those of us who live in hiding do so in order to survive; not for ourselves, but so we can continue doing our part to rid the country of dictatorship once
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Myanmar Junta Violating Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Rights by Holding Her in Secret Location: Legal Experts
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