Fired up by recent victories over the resistance in Sagaing and Chin State, Ye Win Oo pledges fealty to the new pseudo-civilian government of coup leader Min Aung Hlaing.
This week, our editors discuss how the U.S.’ pivot to purely commercial diplomacy leaves the doors wide open for China to deepen its influence in military-ruled Myanmar.
Analysts say the regime is building a new recruitment pipeline by tapping demand for education and jobs—conditions worsened by its own economic mismanagement.
Unlike past democratic alliances, the SCEF brings together ethnic armed organizations and Bamar-led resistance groups under a unified political and military structure.
In a fresh round of China-brokered talks, the military regime is demanding that the Ta’ang rebel group hand over Namtu, Monglon, Mongngawt and Namhkam.