A Year in Myanmar Junta’s Theatre of Absurdity as Military Collapse Loomed

Myanmar’s military regime struggled harder to maintain a charade of normalcy this year as its territorial control shrank in the face of relentless resistance advances. Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing responded to losses on multiple fronts by ramping up his propaganda machine, offering empty promises and false narratives, even as two regional commands were overrun and his family’s corruption continued unabated.