According to recent research, fighting has fallen by roughly one-third compared with last year. Airstrikes and civilian casualties have also declined. However, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) continues to rise: this year alone, nearly 700,000 additional people have been forced from their homes. It remains unclear whether violence will keep decreasing under Chinese mediation or whether military intensity will escalate again around the election.

Soon after the junta leader’s visit to China, nine officials from the State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC) made separate trips to the country.

This route passes through Sadung and Kanpiketi—areas controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), which continues to fight against the central regime and operates along the historic Ledo Road.

During junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to China, the two sides inked seven MOUs — a clear sign of Beijing’s growing backing for Myanmar’s embattled military regime amid ongoing nationwide conflict.

The junta chief presented five generals on his visit to Beijing, foreshadowing the transition to the Tatmadaw's next generation.

Over the past four years, at least 92 incidents of mass civilian killings—defined as 10 or more deaths in a single event—have been documented nationwide, resulting in at least 1,808 civilian deaths.