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Could an earthquake shift the balance in Myanmar’s civil war?

Aftershocks of Myanmar’s devastating earthquake add new dimension to country’s four-year-long civil war.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s military drafts thousands in first year of conscription drive

Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar’s grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve.

Al Jazeera

Broken and in the grip of civil war, can Myanmar rebuild after earthquake?

The junta’s poor emergency response leaves people fearing prolonged chaos, despite the relentless propaganda

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Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls

Pressure is building on Myanmar’s rulers to hold what opposition groups promise will be fraught national elections.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months

The declaration is widely anticipated to be the last before the military holds long-delayed national polls this year.

Al Jazeera

Four years after the coup, chaos reigns as Myanmar’s military struggles

A patchwork of armed opposition groups have made major gains over the past year, with the military facing further losses

The Guardian - AU

What Would An ICC Arrest Warrant For Myanmar's Junta Chief Mean?

Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing could be hit with an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, years after he led a deadly campaign against the Rohingya minority.

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Myanmar Junta Chief Visits Key Ally China

Myanmar's embattled junta chief arrived in China Tuesday -- his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 -- but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his key ally and could backfire.

International Business Times

China's foreign minister meets with Myanmar's military boss as civil war strains their relations

China’s top diplomat has visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing instability from the neighboring country’s civil war causes concern in Beijing

The Independent UK

Myanmar: is the junta’s grip on power weakening and what next for its leadership?

After a string of high-profile and embarrassing battlefield losses questions have been raised about how long military chief Min Aung Hlaing can survive

The Guardian - AU

‘Backs to the wall’: Myanmar military prepares to mark Armed Forces Day

As troops parade in Naypyidaw, questions are being asked about a military under pressure from anticoup forces.

Al Jazeera

China raises stakes in cyberscam crackdown in Myanmar, though loopholes remain

China has intensified a crackdown on online scams operated in border areas of Myanmar

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes

A major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run government by an alliance of three militias of ethnic minorities has been moving at lightning speed, inspiring resistance forces around the country to attack

The Independent UK

Myanmar ethnic alliance fighters attack border outposts as civilians flee

Arakan Army says it seized military posts in western Rakhine state as people in neighbouring Chin state flee to India.

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The Guardian - AU

Myanmar junta facing biggest challenge yet after new offensive by armed groups, analysts say

Junta struggling to counter offensive by armed ethnic groups, amid claims it has lost 100 outposts in the north

LiveScience

'Yeti hair' found in Himalayas is actually from a horse, BBC series reveals

DNA from a supposed Abominable Snowman actually came from a horse, but that doesn't mean stories of the Yeti passed on by local people aren't important.

The New Daily

Junta dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, and 39 others

Myanmar's military government has dissolved the ousted ruling party of former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and 39 other parties.

The Guardian - UK

Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party dissolved

Party refuses to comply with tough new registration law proposed by military junta

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WEKU

Resistance to military rule in Myanmar remains steady 2 years after army seized power

Opponents of Myanmar's military rule heeded a call on Wednesday by organizers to stay home in a "silent strike" as the prospects for peace in the country seem dim 2 years after the army seized power.

The Independent UK

Myanmar resistance steadfast against army rule 2 years later

The prospects for peace in Myanmar, much less a return to democracy, seem dimmer than ever two years after the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi

Bangkok Post

Suu Kyi to hear final rulings soon

A junta court in Myanmar could hand down the final rulings in the 18-month trial of Aung San Suu Kyi next week, closing the latest chapter in the military’s decades-long battle with the democracy figurehead.

WEKU

Myanmar reportedly will release 4 foreigners as part of a broad prisoner amnesty

Myanmar's expected release of more than 5,700 prisoners is expected to include the U.K.'s former envoy to the Asian country, an Australian economist and a Japanese filmmaker, according to state media.

Daily Mirror

Four men hanged in country's first executions for decades after 'deeply unfair' trials

Sentenced to death in closed-door trials in January and April, the four men had been accused of helping insurgents to fight the army that seized power in a coup last year and unleashed a bloody crackdown on its opponents

ABC News

Myanmar junta puts four democracy activists to death in first executions in decades

Among those executed was former hip-hop artist and ousted MP Phyo Zeya Thaw, who has close ties to Australia and whose death has sent a ripple of shock through the diaspora community here.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta executes four democracy activists

Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the first executions in Myanmar in decades.

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