Unwilling to accept military rule, many in Kachin are looking to the Kachin Independence Organization to fill a void in governance. As the KIO strengthens its influence, it is facing mounting pressure to regulate environmentally destructive gold mining.
The National Unity Government’s foreign policy has been marred by a lack of vision, overdependence on advisors with limited knowledge of Myanmar's conflict dynamics, and a tendency to ignore criticism.
BY Frontier
