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Our editors continue their discussion of likely post-poll scenarios: will political prisoners be freed? Will junta boss Min Aung Hlaing want to stay on a president?
The junta promised 20 million kyats for information on Dr. Tayzar San, Ko Nan Lin and Ko Khant Wai Phyo as it tightens security ahead of Wednesdays silent strike.
Warning letters and repeated interrogations over alleged resistance links are forcing merchants to change the way they do business.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has reached out with trade, investment and arms support.
Observers say the junta chiefs claim that the military will eventually exit politics is meaningless in a system engineered to preserve its dominance.
Like British colonial pacification campaigns, and modern-day crackdowns, the new US strike force targets a borderland that has long attracted aggressive interventions.
Residents say transnational online fraud operations have relocated to nearby town on the Thai border as regime demolishes KK Park and Shwe Kokko compounds.
A Thai soldier was killed and thousands of civilians evacuated as the two sides traded accusations over renewed clashes along their disputed border.
Sihasak Phuangketkeow met Min Aung Hlaing and other top officials, urging caution along the border and deeper cooperation on narcotics and online scams.
Following online outrage, revolutionary groups clarify that they attended a separate workshop from junta representatives, and no official or unofficial contact took place.
The Taang army is blocking resistance forces from retaking the northern Shan town following its China-brokered handover.
Each time Russian ships turn up for a joint exercise with the Myanmar Navy, the regime emerges smarter and better equipped to fight the resistance.
Farmers abandon traditional crops amid conflict and economic collapse that has also driven opium production to decade-high levels.
The Mae Sot border checkpoint has been ordered closed for seven days after new fighting between the Myanmar military and Karen fighters.
The latest seizures add to the growing international pressure on sprawling cyber-fraud operations across Southeast Asia.