The National Unity Government says Thabeikkyin town in Mandalay Region has fallen. It links up potential supply routes to northern Shan State and Kachin State.
With the Shinawatras coopted by their former adversaries, and the establishment increasingly exposed as an open political actor, Thai politics has entered a new chapter.
After exempting them from its forced conscription law, the regime now plans to recruit men aged over 35 to village and ward "people's security and anti-terrorism" teams.
The second in a three-part series examining the evolution of resistance to Myanmar's three military coups from limited protest to full-blown revolution.
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Beijing's renewed backing of the junta only harms China's own interests and prolongs the suffering of the Myanmar people.
Min Aung Hlaing visits Mandalay and pledges to restore stability across country, only for another town to fall the same day. 
Military exercise comes amid escalation of clashes as junta loses more territory to ethnic Brotherhood Alliance and resistance allies.
The National Unity Government says Thabeikkyin town in Mandalay Region has fallen. It links up potential supply routes to northern Shan State and Kachin State.
Drone units use rocket bombs and improvised suicide drones to attack the junta's Taungoo Air Base in Bago Region.
With the Shinawatras coopted by their former adversaries, and the establishment increasingly exposed as an open political actor, Thai politics has entered a new chapter.
After exempting them from its forced conscription law, the regime now plans to recruit men aged over 35 to village and ward "people's security and anti-terrorism" teams.
The second in a three-part series examining the evolution of resistance to Myanmar's three military coups from limited protest to full-blown revolution.
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