Myanmar’s Election Has China’s Fingerprints All Over It
Four years after he plunged the country into chaos with his 2021 coup, Myanmar’s commander in chief, Min Aung Hlaing, handed power over to an interim government—led by himself. Observers ...
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Rivals Unite in Myanmar’s Southeast
MON AND KAYIN STATES, Myanmar—Before the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, Nai Kyi San’s only firsthand combat experience was fighting against another rebel group: the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). “I ...
Do Good Fences Actually Make Good Neighbors?
Along the Tiau River that divides Mizoram in India from Chin State in Myanmar, get-togethers by the water are a common weekend pastime. Since alcohol sales are banned in Mizoram, ...
After Myanmar’s Earthquake, Where Is the Military?
Internet restrictions and tight media controls initially limited footage of the destruction caused by a massive earthquake in central Myanmar last month. In one of the first videos to trickle ...
Myanmar’s Earthquake Exposes Political Fault Lines
When the earth shook in central Myanmar on March 28, many in the Buddhist-majority country waited for the aftermath to undermine the military junta’s repressive rule—reflecting a belief that natural ...
