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Myanmar Regime Reinforcements Sent to Resistance Strongholds After China Talks

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By Thet Htar Maung

The junta moved 3,000 troops from Shan State following meetings between China’s special envoy to Myanmar and ethnic armed groups based along the border with China.

Atrocities and Reinforcements: Myanmar Regime Tries to Control Resistance Strongholds

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By Nayt Thit ​​​​​​

While junta special task forces commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, resistance fighters are battling regime reinforcements in Sagaing and Chin and Kayah states.

Fearing US Influence, China Steps Up Engagement With Myanmar Junta, EAOs

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By Thet Htar Maung

As it ramps up its involvement in its neighbor’s affairs, will Beijing ignore the wishes of the Myanmar people?

Myanmar’s Spring Revolution Aided by Ethnic Kokang Armed Group

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By Ko Oo

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army in northern Shan State has forged links with the resistance and other EAOs opposed to the regime.

Shwe Kokko: How Myanmar’s Crime Hub is Destabilizing the Region 

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By Aung Zaw

A haven for transnational cyber-criminals, human traffickers and gunrunners, the Karen State town also pours money into the junta’s war on its own people.

Myanmar Junta’s Rakhine Poll Plan Hinges on Arakan Army 

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By The Irrawaddy

Residents of the western state have lost faith in politics after years of atrocities perpetrated by the military.   

Chinese Envoy’s Visits Signal Growing Tensions With US Over Myanmar

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By The Irrawaddy

Deng Xijun’s recent trip to the Myanmar-China border to meet with ethnic armed organization representatives was his second in three months.

Myanmar Junta’s New Policy of Arming its Supporters Will Lead to More Bloodshed

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By The Irrawaddy

Faced with a wave of assassinations and ever-increasing resistance, the regime will issue weapons licenses to military sympathizers, junta officials and informants.

Junta Reshuffle Shows Nepotism Rules in Myanmar

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By The Irrawaddy

Min Aung Hlaing hands cabinet jobs to friends and family as the regime boss cements military’s grip on politics. 

Assessing Myanmar Civilian Government's Cooperation With Ethnic Minorities

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By The Irrawaddy

The National Unity Government has not managed to persuade the bulk of the country’s ethnic armed organizations to fight against the regime.

Naypyitaw: Myanmar Junta’s Last Fortress Against Rising Resistance  

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By David Aung

The once-deserted administrative capital is now humming with life as military veterans and sympathizers flee to the city for sanctuary. 

Reviewing Myanmar’s Spring Revolution, 2 Years on From the Coup   

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By Banyar Aung

Formidable armed resistance is growing, as a military regime increasingly starved of funds and allies resorts to atrocities against its own people.   

Will Myanmar’s Brutal Military Remain United?

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By Bertil Lintner

The current regime faces an unprecedented war in the Burmese homeland and its ruinous policies must be testing the patience of its crony financial backers.

Why Are More Resistance Attacks Due Across Myanmar in 2023?

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By Nayt Thit ​​​​​​

With Karen resistance groups vowing to crush Myanmar’s junta on every front and deepening cooperation with other groups, more attacks on regime targets are expected. 

Myanmar Resistance Steps Up Attacks in 2023

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By Nayt Thit ​​​​​​

After new year’s speeches promising an increase in operations against the junta, attacks have been reported across the country.