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Propaganda and Fake News Editors: Myanmar’s Manufactured Transition

Min Aung Hlaing's “civilian” government rests on a sophisticated propaganda architecture, and the independent media needed to challenge it is running out of funds.

Myanmar Is What Happens When China Fills a Vacuum

Financing foreign elections is a curious habit for a one-party state.

Myanmar’s revolution just grew up

In every revolution, there is a moment when a movement stops being a protest and becomes a project. For the American colonies, that moment came not in 1776 but in 1787, when 13 qua...

Myanmar’s prison releases part of a wider system of terror

Myanmar’s traditional New Year, Thingyan, is a time of renewal and public celebration. This year, it brought the release of some 4,300 prisoners in a mass amnesty ordered by the mi...

Myanmar’s Military Isn’t Conceding Much

Prisoner releases mostly reflect the regime’s growing confidence five years after seizing power in a coup.

India is repeating China’s mistake in Myanmar

When Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrived in India on May 30 for his first official overseas visit as Myanmar’s new “president,” the photo op was exactly what he wanted. The man...

Xi vows to safeguard Myanmar sovereignty

In Myanmar’s info war, foreign pens mouth junta’s lines

Myanmar’s revolution is now being decided as much in headlines and briefing rooms as in the wartime hills of Sagaing and Karenni. The most dangerous narratives are no longer the cr...

After Half a Decade, Myanmar Civil War in Stalemate

Continuing violence erodes fundamental rights for millions

ASEAN offers Myanmar diplomatic olive branch but no concessions

Myanmar's political transition needs press freedom benchmarks, says CPJ

Myanmar edges out of isolation as Asean steps up engagement

Myanmar’s gradual return from the diplomatic deep freeze continued over the weekend as Southeast Asian foreign ministers met their counterpart from the junta-run nation in Bangkok,...

Nach Scheinwahlen: China rollt für Myanmars Machthaber den roten Teppich aus

Chinas Staatschef Xi Jinping hofiert Myanmars General Min Aung Hlaing. Er will damit vor allem seine strategischen Interessen im südwestlichen Nachbarland absichern. mehr...

ASEAN Rehabilitates Myanmar’s Revamped Military Regime

Myanmar’s military dictatorship appears to have weathered the storm

Myanmar resistance’s SCEF isn’t just another empty acronym

Three months after Myanmar’s civilian opposition and ethnic revolutionary organizations unveiled the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union — SCEF — the b...

Myanmar not to allow use of its territory by anti-India elements: President Min Aung Hlaing

India to train Myanmar military for UN peacekeeping; discussions between the two countries include the issue of continued detention of former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu...

Myanmar’s National Unity Government: Winning the Moral Argument, but Running Out of Time

The region is slowly but surely moving toward normalization of the new-look military government.

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing under the gun after China applies pressure

Zanu PF Declares Tsholotsho Race “Won” Before a Single Vote Is Cast

Tinashe Sambiri– Zanu PF is claiming it’s headed for an easy win in the Tsholotsho Rural District Council by-elections set … Continue reading "Zanu PF Declares Tsholotsho Race “Won...

Myanmar Denies ASEAN Chair’s Request for Meeting With Aung San Suu Kyi

In late May, the military announced that it had transferred the 81-year-old former leader from prison to house arrest.

Myanmar’s military ‘comeback’ claim doesn’t hold water

Coup maker Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s allies want the world to believe that Myanmar’s military is “on the upswing” and “mounting a comeback” in a war that foreign media incre...

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing gains legitimacy with Beijing state visit

Asean lawmakers warn Myanmar reengagement risks legitimizing junta

MANILA, Philippines — Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has raised concerns about Asean’s recent engagement with Myanmar’s military-appointed government, warning that...