Burma

The Ta'ang National Liberation Army is reportedly facing protests after it demanded each home provide a man to defend the ruby hub of Mogoke.

Regime deputy Soe Win orders progress on Kyaukphyu SEZ-port before June deadline despite onslaught by Arakan Army.

The junta wants to wipe the slate clean by winding up the joint-venture company that used to oversee the ill-fated port project and start all over with Russian investors.

The AA’s alleged freezing of $6 million in Kyauk Taung’s assets in Taungup may have to do with his reported ties to the military’s proxy party and, some say, the junta.

The armed group continues to advance around the Rakhine State capital as the regime reinforces the city and the major Min Gan naval base.

Min Aung Hlaing hosts Chinese envoy for talks on Beijing’s Shan intervention and support for regime’s planned poll.   

Avenging junta troops have torched and looted dozens of villages at the confluence of the Chindwin and Irrawaddy rivers as they try to advance on the resistance stronghold of Myaung.

With the junta overseeing the vote, much of the country out of government hands, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in jail, the prospects for democracy seem bleak.

Natogyi People’s Defense Force and its allies reportedly attacked around 200 regime soldiers in Natogyi Township, detaining two officers.

Caught between ethnic offensives in the east and west, the regime now faces a growing threat at its industrial-military core.