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Aug 07, 2025 07:22 pm
Myint Swe: From Ruthless Enforcer to Puppet President of Myanmar's Military Regime



After orchestrating the brutal 2007 Saffron Revolution crackdown and serving as military intelligence chief, Myint Swe spent his final years as a ceremonial figurehead for the current junta.
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Aug 07, 2025 07:10 pm
Myanmar Junta Hires US Lobby Firm in Bid to Boost Ties With Washington



The junta has hired GOP-linked DCI Group for $3 million a year to help rebuild ties with the US and soften criticism ahead of its widely condemned election, filings show.
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Aug 07, 2025 05:32 pm
The '88 Uprising's Lessons for Myanmar's Ongoing Revolution



In 2021, a stolen election shattered the democratic hopes of the younger generation—unleashing a tech-fueled revolution with a momentum 1988's uprising couldn't sustain.
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Aug 07, 2025 04:49 pm
Junta Troops Trigger Fierce Resistance in Push Toward Myanmar's Ruby Hub  



Regime soldiers advancing on Mogoke from recently reclaimed Nawnghkio engage in intense clashes with Ta-ang National Liberation Army forces determined to hold strategic mining town.
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Aug 07, 2025 04:36 pm
Global Trade Union Body Rejects Myanmar Junta's Planned Election



The International Trade Union Confederation says the planned polls are "a cosmetic trick to rebrand a brutal military regime as a legitimate civilian government."
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