Watching Myanmar<p>Frontier Myanmar Friday newsletter: “The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army fights in the streets of northern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShanState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShanState</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lashio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lashio</span></a> town, junta chief Senior General <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MinAungHlaing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinAungHlaing</span></a> appoints himself <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a>, former Karen National Union vice chair <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZipporahSein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZipporahSein</span></a> dies, and a Chinese state-owned company wins a contract to help expand operations in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShweGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShweGas</span></a> field off the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rakhine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rakhine</span></a> State coast.</p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/frontiermyanmar.net/confusion-reigns-in-lashio?e=5ec68c31b8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mailchi.mp/frontiermyanmar.net</span><span class="invisible">/confusion-reigns-in-lashio?e=5ec68c31b8</span></a></p>