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Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing met with officials from the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) on Sunday in an apparent bid to staunch the flow of arms to resistance groups through their eastern Shan State territory.

“There are channels through which weapons and ammunition from ordnance factories in Laos are supplied to armed groups like the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the NDAA,” an ethnic affairs expert said. “The junta boss will have expressed concerns that they reach resistance groups.”

The United League of Arakan (ULA) has banned adults aged up to 45 from leaving Rakhine State while its armed wing, the Arakan Army (AA), is conscripting residents.

[Note: Arakan Army effectively controls all of Arakan and some parts of Chin State - see Myanmar War Map.]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44439044

Immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan, attorneys for the migrants said in court documents filed Tuesday

Tsang Yih Shoe Factory in Hlaing Tharyar Township is one of the largest Adidas footwear suppliers, employing around 6,800 workers. Currently, workers are paid just 5,200 kyats a day, or less than US$1.20 at the market rate.

Myanmar enacted the Private Security Service Law on Feb. 18, effectively opening Myanmar’s borders to Chinese military personnel disguised as private security firms.

This is the first (and currently only) known instance of a fault line motion being captured on camera.

Arakan Army and Junta forces fighting for control of Kyaukphyu area is a critical clash point to watch. Kyaukphyu port is crucial to Chinese economic initiatives as its economy has been stalling in recent years. Junta boss MAL has buckled to Chinese pressure by allowing Chinese troops into Burma under the guise of "security services". They are allowed to "protect" Chinese interests anywhere in the country. As conflict escalates in Arakan State where Kyaukphyu port is one of a few areas remaining under Junta control, will Chinese troops engage in combat on Burmese soil against Burmese combatants to protect the port? This will bring China deeper into Burma's internal conflict where it is already deeply involved on both sides of the conflict.

Min Aung Hlaing or affectionately known as MAL (Ma Aye Lo or motherfucker) has finally achieved long sought-after goal of meeting his daddy Xi four years after overthrowing the democratically elected government.

The ethnic Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) and its armed wing the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) are coming under increasing pressure from the Chinese government to stop fighting the junta, the PSLF revealed during a press conference on Sunday.

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) in collaboration with a Chinese company has been mining gold in Mong Hsat township since about 2004 or 2005.