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GENERAL TUN MYAT NAING’S HOMECOMING: Loads of challenges await the Rakhine leader

Since June 6, 2025, United League of Arakan/ Arakan Army (ULA/AA) leader General Tun Myat Naing, also known as Twan Mrat Naing, is back...

KYAUKTAW TOWNSHIP AIRSTRIKE KILLED 20 TEENAGE STUDENTS: Will humanitarian intervention be possible this time around?

Last week on September 11, 2025 in a nighttime airstrike attack by Burmese military junta, previously the State Administrative Council (SAC) and now styled...

ANTI-CHINA TENDENCY BREWING: Myanmar’s majority stakeholders and people against China’s endorsement of the military junta may be hard to contain

It is general knowledge that the anti-China tendency is rising rapidly, especially in the aftermath of Xi Jingpin's open endorsement of the leader of...

JUNTA’S ATTENDANCE OF SCO AND WWII VICTORY CELEBRATION: Will SSPC be able to used its increased legitimacy stature to crush anti-junta opposition groups?

Military junta's leader Gen. Min Aung Hlaing was invited by China's President Xi Jinping to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin...

CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN SHAN STATE SITUATION: Junta in upbeat mood while TNLA is losing ground politically and militarily

As expected the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and military junta, now renamed as State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC) from State Administration Council...

UWSA OPTING OUT OF SUPPORTER ROLE: Effects of Armaments and Financial Blockage on the Anti-Junta Forces

This week the top headline news is the UWSA opting out of being the sponsor of anti-junta Ethnic Resistance Organizations (EROs) and other assorted...

ISSUING ID CARDS, HOUSE HOLD REGISTRATION AND TAXATION BLUES: What are the real EROs’ motives for such undertakings

Recently, the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) has completed issuing ID cards to residents in most parts of Namhsan, Mantong, and...

PALAUNG TA’ANG STATE AMBITION: Realizable or just a pipe dream?

On August 12, Institute for Strategy and Policy – Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) published an investigative report titled: “Ta’ang Land Council (TLC) and two administrative challenges,”...

KIO UNITY INITIATIVE: General Gun Maw proactive move to streamline and solidify ethnic-democratic alliance

In a bid to counter the military junta's political onslaught of holding elections; employment of lobby firm in US to woo the Trump's government;...

JUNTA’S RE-BRANDING ITSELF MAKES NO DIFFERENCE: SAC becomes SSPC but political decision-making still firmly in Min Aung Hlaing’s hand

This week two pieces of news made headlines in Myanmar or Burma on July 30 and 31 respectively. One is the farewell party of...

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