Myanmar junta

The move speaks to the military's desperation to replenish its ranks and reverse its recent battlefield losses.

With resistance forces gaining ground across the country, the military's plans to hold elections later this year are looking increasingly delusional.

Many women activists and revolutionaries are working to ensure that the fall of the military will also lead to a revolution in gender equality.

Marlar Than Htaik, the permanent secretary of the junta's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is attending this week's two-day retreat in Laos.

The lakeside villa, where Aung San Suu Kyi spent more than 15 years under house arrest, will go under the hammer on March 20.

Increasingly, the junta has no one to lean on except for a distracted Russia.

Current trends suggest Myanmar’s military regime will be toppled the same way it came to power: through the use of force.

The development comes at a time that the junta is struggling with a forced recruitment campaign.

If confirmed, the fall of the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone would mark a significant defeat for the military junta that seized power in February 2021.

The shadow government has promised to continue the warm partnership with Beijing maintained by the ousted NLD government.

A spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry hailed the "positive results" of the talks, but a lasting peace is unlikely.

The arrest of the previously "untouchable" Ye Htut hints at internal struggles within the junta as it suffers continued battlefield reverses.