Also this week, the regime goes into defensive mode as it puts its troops on “emergency alert” and Karen State has become the deadliest place in Myanmar for junta soldiers.
Min Aung Hlaing's invitation to ethnic armed groups for peace talks receives skepticism.
Resistance groups in Sagaing Region have threatened to attack Chinese-run copper mines and told miners to quit.
The regime’s failure to honor the ASEAN peace plan agreed last year means that the junta will continue not to be invited to meetings of the regional bloc.
The 50-year-old was killed during interrogation and her body was then left by the side of the road in downtown Mandalay.
The Central Bank of Myanmar has responded to international pressure over its controversial order to immediately convert foreign currency into kyats.
Dr. Htar Htar Lin, director of Myanmar’s immunization program, sent back international aid money before the regime could seize it.
Min Aung Hlaing paid his first visit to Than Shwe since the middle of last year, at a time when the regime faces steadfast resistance to military rule.
Over half of the 560,000-plus people displaced since the military takeover are from the country’s most restive regions in Sagaing, Magwe and Chin State.
Observers say Bagan’s pagodas need security doors.
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