The Irrawaddy

This week our editors discuss an explosive article suggesting Myanmars opposition cant win because it is led by an insurgency industrial complex that stands to gain from a forever-war.

As Myanmar negotiates Russian gas imports, accompanying satellite and communications deals could strengthen the regimes military surveillance capabilities.

At the recent Forum 2000 in Prague, Kim Aris talked to the Seznam Zpravy website about his mothers many years in detention and his own reluctant journey into the limelight.

A Chinese delegation met with the militarys proxy USDP and eight other parties last week to gauge public sentiment and obstacles to bilateral relations.

Migrant workers in Thailand seek to dodge the regimes attempts to squeeze money from them through controversial Certificates of Identity, which are now needed for their work permits.

Reinforcements are flooding Magwe Region's Myaing Township in the regimes latest push to seize lucrative oil wells from resistance forces.

The South East Asia National Human Rights Institutions Forum has expelled the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission for shielding the perpetrators and failing to protect their victims.

At least 27 civilians were killed in airstrikes across five states and regions as the regimes defense minister defended military operations as steps toward peace.

Myanmars regime released new photos of Aung San Suu Kyi as officials delivered books and a diplomatic communication from King Charles III to the detained leader.

Despite mounting condemnation of attacks on civilians, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae defended the bombing campaign as a step toward peace, even as fighting continues nationwide.

This week our editors revisit the mysterious U.S. flight to Naypyitaw and detect signs that the regime feels deeply threatened by independent journalism.