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China-Border Seizures Rise Under Junta Enforcement
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
The junta has intensified its crackdown on Chinese-made goods entering Myanmar via the China–Myanmar border, seizing shipments and tightening inspections in an effort to prevent tax revenue from flowing to ethnic armed groups.
From behind bars, Aung San Suu Kyi casts a long shadow over Myanmar
Source: BBC | By Jonathan Head
As of Wednesday the Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent a total of 20 years in detention in Myanmar, five of them since her government was overthrown by a military coup in February 2021.
Junta Election Body Moves Against PPP Leader Over Alleged Embassy Meeting
Source: The Irrawaddy
The announcement came hours after regime authorities detained the pair at Daw Htet Htet Khine’s house and took them away for interrogation.
Meet Zaw Win Shein, Hotel Magnate in an Era of Collapse
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Aung Thura
Business insiders say the acquisitions are astonishing. While most industry insiders fear that profits may not return for at least five years, Zaw Win Shein has chosen to reinvent himself as a hotel magnate in an era of collapse.
World Court Hears Anti-Rohingya Propaganda from Extremist Buddhist Monk in Landmark Genocide Case Against Myanmar
Source: Buddhistdoor | By Craig Lewis
The Gambia’s legal team have highlighted anti-Rohingya propaganda from the prominent senior Buddhist monk Sitagu Sayadaw. The evidence, lawyers say, “provided absolution for genocide.
Junta indicted in Timor-Leste over alleged war crimes
Source: Burma News International | By Chin World
An application for indictment has been filed in Timor-Leste over war crimes committed by the junta in Myanmar, including the brutal massacre of 10 people
Bangladesh, Arakan Army hold talks on border security
Source: Development Media Group
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Arakan Army (AA) held a meeting in Teknaf on January 13 to discuss ongoing clashes along the Bangladesh-Arakan border
Fighting halts in Ta’ang Areas following China-brokered ceasefire, says PSLF/TNLA
Source: Eleven Media Group
The PSLF/TNLA made the statement in a release issued on January 12 to mark the 63rd anniversary of Ta’ang National Revolution Day.
Myanmar Military Secures Enough Votes to Form New Government
Source: The Irrawaddy
The Union Election Commission (UEC) split the polls into three stages running from December 28 to January 25, citing instability.
Indonesia Seeks ‘Beyond Business As Usual’ Approach on Myanmar Election
Source: Jakarta Globe | By Jayanty Nada Shofa
ASEAN founding member Indonesia calls for transformative approaches in response to address the Myanmar crisis as elections widely dismissed as a sham takes place.
U9 seals partnership with TrueMoney Myanmar
Source: Mobile World Live | By Joseph Waring
Myanmar operator U9 partnered with a local unit of Thailand’s largest mobile player True Corp, with the goal of offering digital services that simplify transactions for consumers and enterprises.
Myanmar Junta Claims Capture Of Giant Jungle Meth Labs
Source: BARRON’S | By Agence France Presse
AFP journalists joined a military-organised press tour through the smouldering wreckage of two former labs south of the town of Hsipaw in northeastern Shan state.
Gold mining resumes in Putao following election
Source: Burma News International | By Myitkyina Journal
Some gold mining operations in Putao District, Kachin State, which had been temporarily suspended, have resumed following the junta-run election.
Hundreds of Chinese security personnel deployed in Kyaukphyu to protect China-backed projects
Source: Development Media Group
The security forces are reportedly conducting military surveillance and constructing fortifications, including trenches and bunkers, near the project sites.
Fear Grows in Hsipaw After MNDAA Arrests and Assaults
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
Residents of Hsipaw Township, Shan State, report that soldiers from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), have arbitrarily arrested villagers and assaulted a local farmer during operations in the area.
At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
Source: The New York Times | By Hannah Beech
In a Southeast Asian war zone, cloaked in dense rainforest, the Chinese settlement dedicated to scamming people from Kentucky to Kazakhstan grew fast on fertile ground.
Junta renews push to win local support for revival of Myitsone Dam project
Source: Burma News International | By Myitkyina Journal
Junta officials met locals in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, to seek support for resuming construction of the Myitsone Dam project.
Junta’s election slammed as Chinese-controlled
Source: Burma News International | By Network Media Group
Analysts have criticized the junta-led election as a ‘Made-in-China process’ designed to serve China’s interests by undermining Myanmar’s sovereignty.
Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar’s regime leader holds on to power
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By Reuters
His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election underway in Myanmar: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Disputes over ballot counts and advanced votes during third phase of Myanmar elections
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
The People’s Party told DVB that it suspects errors in the counting of ballots in Kawhmu Township, Yangon Region, after voting was completed in the second round of the military’s 2025–26 elections on Sunday.
Why is Myanmar’s military holding an election during a civil war?
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By Reuters
Most analysts see the election as a way for the military, which has governed Myanmar for much of the past six decades, to entrench its rule via proxies in the absence of a viable political opposition, and earn legitimacy at home and abroad.
USDP Claims Sweeping Wins in Second Phase of Junta’s Election
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
U Hla Thein, a USDP spokesperson, claimed that the party won 80 percent of the constituencies in the second phase, just as it did in the first phase.
Resistance Keeps Punishing Myanmar Junta Forces in Eastern Bago
Source: The Irrawaddy
Heavy fighting continues in Bago as resistance forces push along the old Yangon–-Mandalay Highway and Yangon–Pyay Road in concerted attacks disrupting the junta-organized election.
UN World Court begins landmark hearings on Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar
Source: UN News | By Vibhu Mishra
Public hearings opened on Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a landmark case brought by the Gambia against Myanmar, alleging violations of the Genocide Convention over the military’s treatment of the Rohingya minority.
Canada reaffirms commitment to dignity and justice for Rohingya
Source: United News of Bangladesh
Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Ajit Singh met three Rohingya survivors who will be travelling to The Hague to testify in the upcoming International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings