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An analysis of Myanmar’s military leaders shows what they have in common: they all kill civilians, steal Myanmar’s assets and invest heavily in glitzy religious monuments.
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Despite calls from the civilian NUG and some member states for a new strategy, ASEAN, US continue to back the peace plan, which has been ignored by the junta for a year.
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Rakhine State has been largely peaceful since the coup, but there are signs the ceasefire between the AA and the junta may be breaking down.
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The regime’s plan to hold a poll is just a ruse to extend its time in power for as long as possible.
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Min Aung Hlaing’s offer of dialogue with ethnic armed organizations is a sign he knows the junta faces an uphill battle against the resistance movement.
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Pornpimol Kanchanalak clearly has the Thai foreign minister’s trust, but it remains to be seen what she can bring to efforts to tackle Myanmar’s many problems.
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A loose federation based on overlapping ethnicities and common values, with an illegitimate central government, is being created by the junta’s blunders.
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The junta’s Minister for International Cooperation has spent much of his career defending past and present military regimes and pumping out propaganda for dictators.
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The COVID-19 surge in Myanmar poses a super-spreader threat and without cross-border vaccination, Thailand could be at risk.
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Min Aung Hlaing has decorated regime figures and spent hundreds of billions of kyats on titles and pensions when the economy is in chaos.
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Rapid rise of Lieutenant General Moe Myint Tun suggests he is in pole position to succeed Senior General Min Aung Hlaing if he runs for president.
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Noeleen Heyzer has prompted an outcry by urging opponents of the junta to negotiate a power-sharing deal, then refusing to acknowledge, let alone amend, her comments.
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Beijing’s praise for Hun Sen’s engagement with the junta, which has divided ASEAN, signals China’s eagerness to resume infrastructure projects in its southern neighbor.
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Almost 50 years of dictatorship destroyed the military’s once proud reputation established under its founder General Aung San.
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Coming on the heels of the general’s humiliating ASEAN snub, the ex-US diplomat’s visit gave Min Aung Hlaing’s internal propaganda campaign a timely shot in the arm.