Saw Kyaw Oo

Karen National Union (KNU) Chairman Padoh Saw Kwe Htoo Win urged all Karen people to work hard to nurture future generations across various sectors to help realise the aspiration of establishing the Kawthoolei State. Kawthoolei is the endonym for a proposed state that Karen nationalists have sought to establish. In a message marking the 77th anniversary of Kawthoolei Day on June 14, the KNU Chairman said it is necessary to understand the evolving political situation in real time to build...

Mizzima Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on 16 June, signing 18 cooperation documents on transportation, health, and media — but reaching no agreements on the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor’s two flagship projects, the Kyaukphyu deep-sea port and the Muse-Mandalay railway, both stalled since the 2021 coup triggered a civil war. Instead, Min Aung Hlaing pledged that Myanmar would “make every effort” to ensure the safety of Chinese enterprises and...

In April, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing assumed the presidency following tightly controlled elections engineered to lend a veneer of legitimacy to military rule. While his newly rebranded regime largely consists of ex-generals, he has also turned Myanmar’s Union‑level institutions into a fortress of retired generals, embedding loyalists across the government, legislature, judiciary, and election bodies to cement military rule. By extending the terms of the Union Constitutional Tribunal and...