The Junta's recent announcement of plans to revive the Myitsone hydroelectric dam project, dormant for over a decade, indicates a desperate attempt to deflect public attention away from the political and economic crisis and the chronic lack of foreign investment, according to analysts. On September 10, 2011, during President U Thein Sein's administration, the Myitsone project
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In Waingmaw Township, across the Ayeyarwady River from Myitkyina Township in Kachin State, military tensions remain high between the Junta and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), as fighting moves towards downtown wards according to locals. On the night of May 21, with support from the Arakan Army (AA) and the People's Defense Force (PDF), KIA successfully captured the Shwe