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Opinion Papers
The Junta Turns on Its Own: Airstrikes on POW Detention Camps
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor | Bi-Weekly News Review – Issue 192
Airstrikes targeting resistance-run POW detention facilities reach nine incidents.
FBI Points Finger at China for Backing Scam Industry, N. Shan Power Plays, and More
Source: The Irrawaddy
US investigations into Southeast Asia’s online scam syndicates are expanding sharply, with FBI Director Kash Patel accusing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of helping build scam compounds in Myanmar and elsewhere in Southeast Asia that target ordinary Americans.
Speaker Touts First Foreign Visitor, but Junta Parliament Fails to Draw Int’l Attention
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
As the junta’s newly installed parliament convenes with little acknowledgement from the international community, Myanmar’s new Lower House speaker, U Khin Yi, has received his first foreign visitor—a senior adviser to Thailand’s foreign minister.
Shattering the Myanmar Military’s Fragmentation Myth
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Paul Greening
Regional powers have a superstitious fear of fragmentation in Myanmar—and that is where the junta has been able to weaponize the narrative most effectively.
Ex-General Behind Myanmar Junta’s Decrees Now Set to Crown a President
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
U Aung Lin Dwe, a former general and longtime loyalist of coup leader Min Aung Hlaing, will oversee the selection of the next president and cabinet over the next two weeks after taking office as speaker of the post‑coup Upper House.