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Min Aung Hlaing signals that civil servants should support junta-backed USDP politicians in this months election.

Decades of fear, mythmaking and foreign entanglements have shaped a military mindset that blocks reform and deepens the countrys isolation.

Migrant communities from Thailand to Korea are resisting pressure to cast advance ballots as the regime seeks legitimacy for a vote widely dismissed as a sham to cement military rule.

Thant Sin, who held the lucrative post of chair of the fuel import committee, seems to have fallen victim to turf wars in the juntas top echelons.

Three homes were destroyed after the TNLA handed the ruby hub back to the junta, triggering fresh clashes and forcing civilians to flee.

The committees creation comes as Beijing pressures ethnic armed groups and the junta to clear the way for the project, a strategic priority under its BRI.

For decades, the military has protected drug lords and crime syndicates. As the US moves against regional scam centers, the juntas own criminal ties are under scrutiny.

Locals report a mass exodus of foreign fraudsters from KK Park and Shwe Kokko as the billion-dollar scam industry is shifted to other towns under the guise of a regime crackdown.

Regime officials backed by allied militia are coercing displaced civilians in Mandalay and Sagaing regions to participate in the rigged election.

Electronic voting machines and biometric tracking raise concerns that ballots could be traced back to individuals, opening the door to reprisals.

The first foreign head of state to visit Naypyitaw since the coup, Lukashenko came with fulsome praise for his fellow international pariahs and a bagful of business and intergovernmental deals.

Also this week, the regime praised the US, condemned Japan, and freed political prisoners.

Regime spokesman Zaw Min Tun accused Washington of attempted destabilization while staying mum on the role of junta-linked militias in Myanmar scam hubs.

Sources say the Kachin Independence Armys leader was ordered to Kunming and told that the handover of the two towns to the junta must go ahead unimpeded.

After consolidating its hold on Madaya, the regime is pushing north into Singu Township in its campaign for full control of Mandalay Region.

Converting Chinese loans from dollars into yuan may seem cheaper in the short term, but in the long-term it increases dependency on the Big Dragon, warns Rishan Sen.

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U Kyi Toe, ex-chief of the NLDs Information Committee, pledged to be strong to work together with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains jailed in Naypyitaw.

The Belarusian leaders trip underscores growing military, political and economic ties as the junta seeks international legitimacy.

Over the past decade, the Karen State village has morphed from the home base of a border militia into one of Southeast Asias most notorious scam centers.

Ethnic army pulls administration and gem companies out of Mogoke ahead of weekend handover, triggering allies to mobilize.

The regime voided sentences and closed thousands of cases in a push to project openness before its widely condemned election.