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Tag: State Security and Peace Commission

Posted inSoutheast Asia

A man, a plan, an electoral sham in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner August 24, 2025August 29, 2025

A new name, fresh appointments and a minor reshuffle at the top — it’s all part of the Myanmar junta’s bid to prepare the nation and sell the outside world on its controversial general election plan for December. The generals in Naypyitaw are counting on the election to confer the legitimacy they’ve lacked since seizing […]

Posted inSoutheast Asia

That sinking feeling for Myanmar’s exiled opposition

by David Scott Mathieson August 8, 2025August 14, 2025

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