Myanmar military

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

The sentences come at a time of growing discontent with the leadership of junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.

The collapse of the agreement brokered in Kunming on Friday demonstrates the limits of Chinese influence in northern Myanmar.

The appointment of the veteran diplomat Alounkeo Kittikhoun is unlikely to do much to arrest the momentum of the country's conflict.

The two sides pledged to "jointly maintain peace and stability on the China-Myanmar border" and fight telecom scam operations.

Recent rebel offensives have the military junta reeling. A little bit of outside support could hasten its collapse.

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 rebel group has shed its reputation as an opium trafficking syndicate and pledged itself to the Spring Revolution. Is its transformation more than skin deep?

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

The MNDAA's reported capture of the Yanlonkyaing border gate marks a further step toward its reconquest of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in northern Shan State.

The Three Brotherhood Alliance made the announcement two days after reports that it took part in peace talks with the military administration.

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