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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.

The coup leader told DSA graduates that modern technologynot manpowernow determines victory, as Chinese drones and Russian systems bolster the juntas battlefield push.

Airstrike in Sagaing Region also injured children and adults as the regime intensifies indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas in the run up to this months vote.

Nearly 1,000 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, are refusing to be evacuated to Thailand as regime forces step up attacks on Min Let Pan, the armed group said.

Evidence surfaces of severe abuse by Peoples Defense Forces in Karenni State and Magwe.

Lack of opportunity drives tens of thousands of young Myanmar people into the scam centers on the Thai borderand greed keeps them there. The Irrwaddy spoke to one former worker.

This week, our editors discuss what the juntas rigged election will achieve, and whether the U.S. is likely to intervene in Myanmar and bring about a transition to genuine democracy.

The UN warned in a new report that rising poppy cultivation and shifting heroin routes couldexpand Myanmars role in the global drug trade.

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.