Min Aung Hlaing

Frequent resistance attacks have greatly complicated the holding of a stage-managed election this year.

The discoveries, which include assets belonging to the Myanmar junta chief's adult son and daughter, suggest that military figures are using Thailand as a financial safe haven.

The electoral exercise, intended to stabilize the political situation, will instead likely inflame the country's nationwide conflict.

Neither the EU nor ASEAN can deal with the crisis in Myanmar alone, but together they can make a difference. 

According to a local media report, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has bestowed titles and medals on over 3,600 individuals in a bid to legitimize his rule.

Civilian nuclear cooperation is the fruit of a growing convergence of interests between the two pariah states.

But it remains unclear whether the Southeast Asian bloc will take a fresh approach to Myanmar's metastasizing crisis.

The military government is pinning its political hopes on a state-managed election next year, but it is unclear if it can be held in the current political conditions.

The meeting reflected the growing strategic convergence between the two international outcasts.

A recent major speech by SAC Chairman Min Aung Hlaing laid out three areas of priority for the besieged military administration.

In a nationally televised speech, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing blamed "terrorists" for delaying the country's return to normalcy.