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Opinion Papers
Junta preparing major offensive to seize control of Mobye–Nan Mekhon–Demoso Road
Source: Burma News International | By Shan Herald Agency for News
A Karenni resistance commander told Shan Herald that the situation has turned increasingly volatile after the junta began preparing for an offensive from Mobye Township toward Nan Mekhon in Demoso Township
Call for non-violent resolution of disputes within resistance movement
Source: Burma News International | By Than Lwin Times
The appeal came after disputes in June between the resistance-run National Unity Government (NUG)-affiliated People’s Defence Force (PDF) and another resistance faction, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), in Mandalay Region
The Child Rights Crisis in Burma
Source: Assistance Association for Political Prisoners | Thematic Report
Children have been continuously killed and maimed as a result of the military junta’s airstrikes, artillery shelling, raids and destruction of villages and indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas following the coup.
Beyond Peace Talks: The Strategic Logic Behind the Junta’s Engagement with FPNCC Members
Source: Development Media Group | Political Analysis
Rather than signaling a genuine breakthrough in Myanmar’s peace process, the junta’s engagement with FPNCC members appears aimed at reducing military pressure on multiple fronts and creating strategic space for a long and difficult conflict that shows little sign of ending.
China Is Pulling Many Strings with Its Myanmar Policy
Source: Global Asia | By Bertil Lintner
The full scope of China’s strategic interest in Myanmar has emerged with its intensified drive to open a route to the Indian Ocean with its China-Myanmar Economic Corridor linking Yunnan to the Bay of Bengal.