Nyo Saw, a trusted aide of regime leader Min Aung Hlaing, is in Nanning to attend an ASEAN Expo and business summit.

Rebel fighters cut off town and overrun regime defenses as junta airstrikes pound civilian neighborhoods.

Myanmar economist U Sein Htay explains why Myanmars economy is doomed so long as the incompetent generals and their cronies are in charge.

Today, our editors discuss former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatras decision to return to Thailand and face the music, spending up to one year in prison.

Junta cabinet members are set contest Decembers sham election under the USDP, as the regime seeks legitimacy behind a civilian faade.

Far from stemming flow of weapons to ethnic armies fighting its ally, the junta, Beijings intervention will supercharge Chinese smuggling syndicates.

December vote covers just 102 townships, with 56 excluded and 172 left in limbo as the junta eyes further military gains.

Despite a promised quick return to the polls, Anutins new cabinet has signaled ambitions for a longer stay in power.

The junta said last week it had retaken all bases in the town and only clearance operations remained.

Rakhine Rebels and UNICEF blast overnight junta air raid on two private schools that killed 20 youngsters last week.

A flurry of regime activity surrounding the upcoming election suggests that surveillance and oppression of ordinary people are only going to increase.

Chinas interference in Myanmars politics and bullying diplomacy toward ethnic armed groups...

The ethnic army said 70 junta troops were killed in clashes in Ngape, where the regime has been deploying large numbers of conscripts in a bid to regain lost ground.

Chinas oil and gas pipelines across Myanmar enrich Beijing and the junta, but villagers along the route face threats to their livelihood and live in a climate of fear.

Regimes Election Commission purges four partiesthree national and one regionalfor allegedly failing to meet registration requirements.

Today our editors discuss the juntas attempts to befriend the international community on whatever terms. Would even renewed U.S. interest be welcome?

Even as it marks the 80th anniversary of victory over fascism in World War II, China is propping up a regime in Myanmar that commits atrocities on a massive scale, says Thet Htar Maung.

Regime troops seem to be replacing those of allied Karen militias in security posts around the town on the Thai border as the junta secures its territorial gains in the area.

The man was mauled by six or seven of the big cats when he stepped out of his car at Safari World Bangkok, which said it would review safety measures.