Beijing is increasingly shaping the outcome of Myanmar’s civil war, not by supporting one side, but by controlling where battles can and cannot take place. China forced rebels to abandon the city of Lashio without a fight,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Myanmar’s generals have begun staging their long-promised national elections — the first since they seized power in 2021. Their aim is not to restore democracy, but to entrench ...

Five years ago, on February 1 2021, Myanmar’s top generals decapitated the elected government. Democratic leaders were arrested, pushed underground or forced into exile. Since then, the economy has spluttered and foreign investors have headed for the exit.

Myanmar enters the final and riskiest round of the junta’s sham elections this Sunday – one likely to spark the highest levels of violence in an already deadly election contest in which the result has long been preordained.

A woman cycles past campaign billboards ahead of Myanmar's general election in Pyin Oo Lwin in Myanmar's Mandalay Region - Copyright AFP Sai Aung MAIN A woman cycles ...

On January 9, the junta announced it had raided a scam center near Na Lin village in Hsipaw, confiscating 18 laptops, 35 desktop computers, 11 phones, and five Starlink satellite terminals. Photos released showed small, tin-roofed buildings and bamboo structures used by the criminals.

YANGON: Under the bright lights of Yangon's exhibition halls, rows of solar panels, inverters, and energy storage systems glint with promise, reflecting China's growing role in Myanmar's quest for reliable electricity.