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Will Myanmar’s Brutal Military Remain United?

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Analysis

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.

Junta Watch: Mouthpiece Contradicts Min Aung Hlaing’s Poll Claim; Regime Boss Steel Dreaming; and More

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Junta Watch

By The Irrawaddy

Also this week, junta is snubbed by international media, and the regime’s English-language mouthpiece becomes a laughingstock with fake tourism boast. 

Myanmar Junta’s New Electoral Law Condemned as Death Knell for Political Parties 

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The restrictions in the law favor the military proxy USDP while posing an existential threat to the NLD, observers say.

Myanmar Junta Expected to Install Puppet Civilian Govt at End of January

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

With emergency rule likely to end this month, a ‘transitional council’ will serve as a placeholder until Min Aung Hlaing can assume the presidency after a sham election.

13 Election Commission Offices Attacked by Resistance So Far: Myanmar Regime

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The attacks have increased lately as the regime gears up to hold its sham election later this year.

Junta Watch: Dictator’s Wife Hails Women Amid Military's Femicide; EAOs Rise Against Regime’s Poll Plan; and More  

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Junta Watch

By The Irrawaddy

Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing froths at the NLD in his fever to become president.  

Nearly 50 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Three Days of Resistance Attacks

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War Against the Junta

By The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes PDF raids, ambushes, assassinations and a drone strike in Sagaing, Mandalay, Magwe, Bago and Tanintharyi regions.

Over 60 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Three Days of Resistance Attacks

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War Against the Junta

By The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing, Magwe and Bago regions and Shan, Kayah and Chin states.

Over 60 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Four Days of Resistance Attacks

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War Against the Junta

By The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing, Magwe, Mandalay, Bago and Tanintharyi regions.

Pro-Junta Militias Forcing Myanmar Voters to Attend Election Propaganda Sessions 

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Sagaing and Mandalay residents are being threatened with arson unless they show up at meetings to be coerced into voting for the military’s proxy party.   

With Eye on Poll, Myanmar Military-Allied USDP Meets Charities, Social Groups

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The Yangon meeting is seen as part of USDP leader and junta henchman Khin Yi’s campaign to solidify the party’s position ahead of the sham election planned for August.

Junta Watch: Pro-military Parties Line Up for Sham Election; Death Stains Dictator’s Military Parade; And More

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Junta Watch

By The Irrawaddy

Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing boasts of diplomatic triumph after being snubbed by most of world, and fighting erupts across the country in ‘critical year for revolution’.

Min Aung Hlaing’s Mania for the Presidency Is Alive and Well—and May Soon Bear Fruit

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Analysis

By The Irrawaddy

With the sham election that will deliver him the country’s highest office planned for August, the coup leader’s ambitions are becoming increasingly transparent.

Myanmar Junta Prepares for Name Change as End of Emergency Rule Looms

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Regime set to rebrand as ‘transition council’ amid preparations to cement military rule with rigged election.

Clear Political Plan Would Help Myanmar Resistance’s Cause: Ex-US Ambassador

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Interview

By Aung Zaw

Former US ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel talks to The Irrawaddy about international efforts to support the anti-junta resistance in Myanmar, among other topics.