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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.

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.

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.

Myanmar Junta Troops Die in Weekend Clashes

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Ethnic armed groups attacked regime forces in Karen, Kayah and Shan states.

Myanmar Junta Implementing China’s BRI Projects by Stealth

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Analysis

By The Irrawaddy

Despite post-coup chaos, the COVID-19 pandemic and rising anti-China sentiment, the military regime is pushing forward with Beijing-backed infrastructure projects.

Silence on Coup Makes Strategic Sense for Myanmar’s Wa

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

The coup makes Wa integration with the rest of Myanmar even less likely; for now, both the UWSA and the junta will make the most of mutually beneficial ties with China.

Myanmar Jade Industry Risks Becoming Regime’s Slush Fund: Report

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Global Witness has called for worldwide ban on the trade in Myanmar jade, warning that the regime plans a ‘massive fire sale to help it fund its operations’.

Book’s Snapshots of Two Young Lives Illuminate Myanmar’s Political, Social Ills

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Books

By Bertil Lintner

A US author’s account of the challenges facing a Kachin activist/businessman and a Bamar photojournalist takes on added resonance in the wake of the Feb. 1 military coup.

Myanmar Junta’s Efforts to Kill the NLD Will Always Fail

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Commentary

By Naing Khit

The current regime leader is going even further than his predecessors in trying to bury the country’s most popular party; he will be even less successful.

Kachin State Militia Recruits for Myanmar’s Junta: Villagers

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The Rawang people’s militia near the Chinese border is reportedly forcing villagers to fight the Kachin Independence Army and the NLD’s new forces.

Ethnic Armed Groups Unite With Anti-Coup Protesters Against Myanmar Junta

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Armed groups in Kachin and Karen States are battling regime forces and offering shelter and support to anti-coup protesters.

Previous Military Regimes and Parallel Governments in Myanmar

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Two parallel governments were formed to challenge Myanmar’s earlier military dictatorships although the men with guns retained power.

Myanmar Junta Member’s House Bombed in Yangon

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

U Thein Nyunt, a former senior NLD official, was branded a turncoat after accepting a seat on the military regime’s State Administrative Council.

EU Sanctions 10 More Myanmar Regime Members But Some Still Missing

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The EU has also targeted the military-run Myanma Economic Holdings Public and Myanmar Economic Corporation to apply financial pressure on the regime.

Myanmar Military Suffers Heavy Casualties in Fierce Fighting With Ethnic Armed Groups

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Clashes in the north and northeast of the country resulted in the death of a Tatmadaw battalion commander.