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    July 20, 2026

    TNLA, Myanmar junta hold talks in Naypyitaw amid China-backed peace efforts

    The meeting comes as China continues to push groups based along its border to participate in the regime’s peace process
    July 20, 2026

    Myanmar junta says it has retaken Thantlang, near Chin State’s border with India

    The town has changed hands repeatedly, and has for the past two years been partly controlled by both regime and…
    July 17, 2026

    Ethnic armed groups say ASEAN envoy meeting was not dialogue with Myanmar junta

    The National Unity Government, which is allied with four of the groups that met the envoy on Monday, held separate…
    July 17, 2026

    Flooding compounds humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State as aid needs grow

    Junta airstrikes were reported in some flood-affected areas of the state even as emergency relief efforts were underway, sources said
    July 16, 2026

    MNDAA hands 41 POWs to Myanmar junta in Lashio amid ongoing talks

    Thousands of prisoners captured during Operation 1027 remain in the group’s custody, according to sources
    July 16, 2026

    Myanmar resistance resumes attacks north of Mandalay as junta expands offensives to the south

    Despite losing control of northern Mandalay Region last year, anti-regime forces remain active there and in areas to the south
    July 16, 2026

    Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN

    Some of the passengers aboard two vessels that have gone missing since departing Rakhine State in late June were reportedly…
    July 15, 2026

    ASEAN envoy meets Myanmar junta, ethnic armed groups in Thailand as NUG questions exclusion

    The move contrasts with Malaysia’s diplomatic engagement with the NUG during its ASEAN chairmanship last year
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      May 12, 2026

      Words that dehumanise: The language behind anti-Rohingya hatred in Myanmar

      Propaganda and prejudice have long stripped the Rohingya and other minorities of their humanity, making them easy targets of violence
      April 1, 2026

      Myanmar faces deepening crisis as global oil shock bites

      A surge in global fuel prices is exposing Myanmar’s fragile economy, with thin reserves, a weakening currency, and limited options…
      January 5, 2026

      Few people voted in Myanmar’s junta election—and history explains why

      From independence to dictatorship, participation has risen when elections mattered—and collapsed when they were staged. The 2025 vote fits the…
      December 31, 2025

      Advance votes and split ballots: Dr Aye Maung on how the election played out in Rakhine

      The Rakhine nationalist leader discusses his decision to enter the controversial election and its outcome in his home state
      October 23, 2025

      Photo essay: Yangon’s port workers struggle to make ends meet amid soaring prices

      The dock workers in Yangon’s ports often have few options for supporting their families as the cost of living rises…
      October 9, 2025

      The junta chief’s autocratic globetrotting and political survival

      Having withstood nearly five years of armed resistance from within, failed diplomacy from neighbours, and ineffectual pressure from the West,…
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