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Weekly Newsletter May 29, 2026

What to watch for in Myanmar

May has been a month of intensifying offensives by the regime in central Myanmar’s Magway and Mandalay regions. Having regained control over areas along the Ayeyarwady River north of Mandalay, the junta is focussing its attention on resistance strongholds south and west of the country’s second-largest city. In Magway’s Pakokku Township, just across the river from the ancient capital and World Heritage Site Bagan, the military is waging a massive campaign to reclaim territory, triggering . . .

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