Despite its advantages in arms and manpower, Myanmar’s army has been on the defensive since October, when an alliance of three ethnic rebel groups launched an offensive in the country’s northeast.

In late October 2023, a coalition of three ethnic armed groups in Shan State launched a coordinated offensive against the ruling military junta, posing the strongest challenge to its rule since ...

Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.

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China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast.