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Rebel Fighters From India Cooperating With Myanmar Military Regime

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Meitei armed groups based along the Myanmar-India Border are fighting in Sagaing Region alongside junta troops against civilian resistance forces.

Locals Describe Myanmar Military Massacre of Yaw Villagers

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Residents recount how regime soldiers and armed militia executed 18 villagers and looted and burned down homes on September 9.

China Withholds Full Legitimacy From Myanmar Junta: Old Wine in a New Bottle?

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Commentary

By Aung Zaw

Beijing has long played a complex diplomatic game in its southern neighbor, hedging its bets by courting all stakeholders; the UN representation issue is no different.

UN Envoy Joins Her Predecessors in Myanmar’s ‘Graveyard of Diplomats’

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Analysis

By The Irrawaddy

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.

What Has Happened to Myanmar’s Tatmadaw?

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

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

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Guest Column

By Naing Khit

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 and for all.

Myanmar Resistance Responds to NUG’s Declaration of War on Junta

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

A series of attacks on regime forces followed the shadow, civilian National Unity Government’s call for civilians to fight to end military rule.

New Regime, Same Old Drug Myths in Myanmar

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

Reports that the junta’s crackdown on political foes has diverted resources from drug interdiction recycle old fallacies about the narcotics trade in Myanmar.

Why Beijing Backs Myanmar Junta While Holding out Olive Branch to NLD

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Interview

By The Irrawaddy

Political analyst Dr. Hla Kyaw Zaw discusses China’s policy towards Myanmar.

Obituary: Myanmar Democracy Activist, Writer Maung Moe Thu Dies

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The 85-year-old, who worked closely with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during the founding of the National League for Democracy, died of old age.

Visions of a Federal Future for Myanmar are Fading Fast-Part II

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Guest Column

By Ye Myo Hein

Ethnic armed groups increasingly skeptical about the idea of a federal state and their lack of unity threatens resistance to the military regime.  

Visions of a Federal Future for Myanmar are Fading Fast

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Guest Column

By Ye Myo Hein

Ethnic armed groups increasingly skeptical about the idea of a federal state and their lack of unity threatens resistance to the military regime.

China’s Embrace of the Taliban Has a Painful Resonance in Myanmar

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Commentary

By Aung Zaw

The people of Myanmar sympathize with their counterparts in Afghanistan, another strategically vital neighbor of China whose descent into dictatorship Beijing welcomes.

Myanmar’s Commercial Capital Yangon and Mandalay Rocked by Bomb Blasts

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

National League for Democracy office in Mandalay targeted as well as traffic police booths in Yangon.

ASEAN’s Hypocrisy is Fuelling the Crisis in Myanmar

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Opinion

By Igor Blazevic

Inviting junta representatives to attend ASEAN meetings only legitimizes the military regime.