Myanmar’s de-dollarization looks like financial suicide
April 21, 2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
A Myanmar man counts local kyat notes at a market in Yangon on April 19, 2017. Photo: AFP / Roberto Schmidt
CHIANG MAI – After a year of po...
Annihilation over compromise for Myanmar’s generals
April 5, 2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has vast economic resources at his disposal. Photo: AFP/Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency
CHIANG...
Myanmar, North Korea on a new missile-making mission
March 24, 2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Armored vehicles are seen at a parade marking the 72nd Armed Forces Day in the Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw on March 27, 2017. Photo: AFP via Andalou...
Russia’s war means fewer arms for Myanmar
March 23, 2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Myanmar relies heavily on Russia for its military hardware and arms.
CHIANG MAI – While Russia intensifies its bombardment of Ukraine, few...
Myanmar junta in toys-for-the-boys weaponry splurge
January 28, 2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Myanmar soldiers march in formation in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Khin Maung Win
CHIANG MAI – Submarines would seemingly be the last type of...
Arakan Army commander says military junta could explode ‘l...
January 20, 2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Twan Mrat Naing, commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army, attends a meeting of leaders of Myanmar's ethnic armed groups at the United Wa State Army he...
Myanmar military joining hands with Indian rebels
December 8, 2021
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By: Bertil Lintner
Naga rebels in Myanmar's northwestern Sagaing Region in October 2018. Photo: Facebook
CHIANG MAI: When separatist rebels launched a lethal ambush...
Myanmar’s junta kills off all economic hope
November 5, 2021
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By: Bertil Lintner
A Myanmar shopkeeper counts out kyat notes in Yangon's Pazundaung market in in March 2020. Photo: AFP
As Myanmar descends deeper and deeper i...
Election brings Suu Kyi and military closer together
November 10, 2020
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By: Bertil Lintner
Gone are the days when Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) confronted the military with demands for a return to civilian rule and a mo...
Why China wants Suu Kyi to win Myanmar’s polls
September 6, 2020
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By: Bertil Lintner
As Myanmar enters an election season, the economy, Covid-19 and issues of war and peace are expected to dominate the campaign trail discourse.
But fo...
Covid-19 restores Myanmar military’s lost powers
April 3, 2020
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By: Bertil Lintner
Arakan Army fighters
After weeks of implausible official denials, Myanmar is finally facing up to the reality of its Covid-19 outbreak.
The nati...
Quarantined Maldives needs China to survive
March 28, 2020
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By: Bertil Lintner
Then Maldives’ President Abdulla Yameen (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People...
Myanmar in denial with zero Covid-19 case claim
March 24, 2020
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By: Bertil Lintner
If Myanmar’s nominal leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be believed, her country stands out as a global exception without a single reported case of C...
New age rebels winning the fight in Myanmar
February 25, 2020
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By: Bertil Lintner
Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)
As Myanmar’s government sues for peace, its autonomous military, the Tatmadaw, faces...
China’s Belt and Road detours downstream in Myanmar
February 24, 2020
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By: Bertil Lintner
Myanmar's Irrawaddy River at sunset
Ethnic wars, security concerns and official foot-dragging have all conspired to stall China’s Belt and...
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