Rakhine rebels lull regime troops into false sense of security by pulling out of Minbyin villagethen strike.

Also this week, the regime put on an explosive show in major scam hub, and made gains in Mandalay after China stepped in.

FBI teams have embedded with Thai police as the US expands its crackdown on Myanmars KK Park, Shwe Kokko and other cross-border scam hubs.

The Karen National Union declared victory on Friday morning when the last junta soldiers fled Mawdaung high up at the Singkhon Pass in the Tanintharyi hills.

Young men conscripted into the military are sent straight to the frontlines for use as cannon fodder. How credible is the juntas promise of good jobs for those who survive? asks Swe Taw.

Resistance forces from four townships crushed a unit of mostly militia fighters led by nationalist monk U Wasawa, escalating the fight along the Kantbalu-Khin-U corridor.

As the US and China target Myanmar-linked scam empires, analysts say the BGF leader may soon face the same fate as other scam bosses once favored by the junta.

Regime foreign minister blames neighboring countries for multibillion-dollar transnational scam operations thriving under its allied militias.

The Myawaddy-based DKBA and its leaders are being sanctioned for nurturing fraudulent investment schemes and other online crimes targeting Americans on their territory.

Predictions that this or that event marks a decisive moment in the countrys never-ending civil war miss the point: its power dynamics are far too elastic for that, says Tony Waters.

Bangkok hands over She Zhijiang, who is accused of masterminding the rise of the Shwe Kokko scam hub in Myawaddy, Karen State.

Locals accuse the ethnic army and Chinese companies of wrecking Mogokes golf course and other areas in a final rush for gems.

Military proxy partys Bullet doubles down on incendiary rhetoric ahead of election aimed at cementing military rule.

Locals in Myawaddy say informal crossings manned by pro-regime Karen groups are operating as normal despite the juntas demolition claims.

Satellite images reveal that most of the KK Park complexs structures are still intact despite the juntas claimed demolitions.

Volker Trk cites ongoing bombardment and detentions of critics by the junta as proof that its polls cant be free or fair.

Putin and Min Aung Hlaing have deepened military, economic and nuclear ties as both regimes face Western sanctions.

Youth from the Wa, Taang and Mon communities called for domestic and international boycotts of the election, saying it was designed to prolong military rule.

Regime lashes out at widespread condemnation of plan to hold vote under military rule and civil war.

All of Madaya and Patheingyi townships are back under regime control after resistance forces were weakened by Chinese pressureare Thaibeikkyin and Singu next?