Myanmar Military Tribunal Sentences Brigadier Generals to Death For Kokang Surrender

Good Rebels or Good Timing?: Myanmar’s MNDAA and Operation 1027

Myanmar’s military junta has sentenced six brigadier generals to death and sentences of life imprisonment following their surrender to resistance forces in northern Shan State earlier this month, according to local media reports. Citing a “credible military source,” the Chindwin News Agency reported yesterday that the brigadier generals were sentenced by a military court in … Read more

Chinese Authorities Issue Arrest Warrants for Criminal Kingpins in Myanmar’s Kokang Region

‘Operation 1027’: A Turning-Point For Myanmar’s Resistance Struggle?

Chinese police have issued arrest warrants for several members of a junta-aligned crime family that it believes are closely involved in online scamming operations in northeast Myanmar, as resistance forces continue to make gains across the region. According to the CyberScamMonitor account on X (formerly Twitter), which cited warrants from the Wenzhou City Public Security … Read more

Toll of Displaced Surges as Fighting Continues in Myanmar’s Shan State

Pumping Up Myanmar’s Junta With Guns, Trade, and Tourism

Advertisement Up to 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to the recent upsurge of fighting in the northern part of Myanmar’s Shan State, “straining an already underresourced humanitarian response,” the United Nations said today. In its latest flash update on the situation in Myanmar, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of … Read more

Myanmar Ethnic Armies Launch Major Offensive in Shan State

Why Did Myanmar’s Military Reduce Aung San Suu Kyi’s Prison Sentence?

Advertisement On Friday morning, an alliance of ethnic rebel groups launched a coordinated offensive against the military junta and its allies in northeastern Myanmar, potentially opening a major new front in the country’s civil war. In a joint statement, the Three Brotherhood Alliance – which includes the Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance … Read more