Myanmar’s armed resistance is losing momentum as battlefield setbacks, regime ceasefires with EAOs and growing international engagement with the junta erode its position.
This week was all about cross-border crime as Chinese mining operations are accused of forcing Myanmar women into prostitution and scam syndicates relocate to Indonesia.
Military-backed lawmakers had harsh words for ASEAN and its current chair, the Philippines, as they voted to reject the bloc’s peace plan, unveiled after the 2021 coup.
Tin Maung Swe is to lead a delegation to a foreign minister’s meeting in Bangkok that is to discuss the gradual normalization of ASEAN’s ties with his military regime.
Bangladesh is building a border fence, but true security can only come from engaging with the real authorities on the other side, the Arakan Army, says Aung Marm Oo.
