The Irrawaddy

This week our editors discuss Myanmar dictator Min Aung Hlaings rookie error in thinking he could control how the wily old news magazine will portray him and his regime.

Resistance rescuers make grim discovery as they struggle to reach landslide-blocked villages along main highway in southern Myanmar.

Kyauktaw massacre raises questions not only about the pilots and commanders but about the international networks that keep the regimes air war on civilians going.

Seizure of hilltop base overlooking Mongmit deals blow to regimes Kachin offensive.

The regimes bombing of a market in Kyauktaw, which killed 50 civilians, was a deliberate response to battlefield setbacks in Rakhine, an AA spokesman told The Irrawaddy.

Poor communications and landslides put many villages beyond the reach of ad-hoc rescue teams made up of young people and resistance fighters.

Aung Min said ethnic armies cannot abandon the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement as regime-backed groups call for peace amid renewed fighting in Karen State.

Rescuers appeal for help with food and shelter as heavy rains are expected across central and southern Myanmar until Wednesday.

At least seven civilians have been killed as regime aircraft pound resistance-held routes and troops mass for offensives near the Kachin-Sagaing border.

Nearly 4,900 people have been evacuated as days of heavy rain inundate the Thai capital, flooding tens of thousands of homes and prompting a disaster declaration.

In his recent interview with TIME, Min Aung Hlaing urged Washington to cooperate with his regime by easing financial restrictions and preventing attacks upon it.