More displaced people are pouring into Mandalay all the time, but most are too exhausted from the fighting to take an interest in the planned polls.

Also this week, the regime turned to Moscow and Delhi for election support, mustered an army of candidates, and wooed nuclear allies at World Atomic Week.

The abrupt, unexplained rule change strips Passport for Job holders of third-country travel rights, sparking alarm among Myanmar migrants in Thailand.