Three Brotherhood Alliance

The MNDAA says that it is close to capturing Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang region in Shan State, a hub of online gambling and cyber-fraud operations.

The military's long-standing policy of "divide and rule" is breaking down as ethnic resistance groups gain the upper hand across the country.

The opening of another major front in Rakhine State could be disastrous for the country's besieged and overextended junta.

The issuing of the warrants offer the surest sign yet of Beijing's tacit support for the resistance offensive against the junta-aligned force in Kokang.

Beijing's overriding goal is to restore the stability necessary to allow integrative infrastructure projects to proceed.

The steep rise in the number of those displaced reflects the ferocity of the fighting that has taken place since October 27.

Wang Xiaohong's talks with senior junta officials took place after a resistance offensive overran junta positions across the northern part of Shan State.

Some Myanmar observers hope that the coordinated offensive in Shan State will catalyze wider changes, and even lead to the collapse of the military administration.

The Three Brotherhood Alliance has launched coordinated attacks aimed at dislodging the junta and its allies from strategically important regions of Shan State bordering China.

The junta's worst nightmare is an alliance between the anti-coup movement and ethnic armed groups.