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Myanmar’s junta extends state of emergency amid struggle to contain rebel forces | South China Morning Post

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Myanmar’s ruling junta has extended by six months a state of emergency that has been in place since the 2021 coup. The junta is facing a prolonged insurrection in the north by pro-democracy and ethnic rebels, in what analysts say has become the biggest challenge to the junta’s power to date.

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