Tensions between the TNLA and MNDAA may be partly territorial envy, but more blame attaches to Chinese brothels, illegal mining and other insalubrious business in the area, says Joe Kumbun.
A new MoU to hold a Myanmar gems exhibition in China's Jiegao highlights the junta's deepening reliance on Beijing as sanctions and conflict batter the jade trade.
A raft of political prisoners were freed after being convicted under the scattergun law of "harboring or financing" terrorists, but senior democratic figures remain in jail.
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Iranian state TV confirmed Ayatollah Khamenei's death early Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump announced the killing of the 86-year-old cleric, calling him "one of the most evil people in history."
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