Myanmar News » Shan News Myanmar » Shan: Myanmar’s military government says China brokered peace talks to de-escalate fighting in northeast
BANGKOK--Myanmar’s military government confirmed Monday that it has been holding talks, brokered by China, with representatives of an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups against which it is ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Myanmar’s military chief says major offensive by ethnic groups was funded by drug trade
BANGKOK--The head of Myanmar’s military government has charged that a major offensive in the country’s northeast by an alliance of armed ethnic minority organizations was funded in part by profits ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Fighting Erupts in Myanmar’s Shan State as Armed Groups Resume Offensive
Ethnic armed groups are once again on the march in eastern Myanmar along the country’s border with China, after the collapse of a China-brokered ceasefire last week. Yesterday morning, the Myanmar ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Myanmar: Armed Group Abuses in Shan State
(Bangkok) – An ethnic armed group in northern Myanmar has abducted and forcibly recruited civilians fleeing fighting in Shan State, Human Rights Watch said today. Myanmar’s military also has a long ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Myanmar leader talks peace with Shan ethnic rebels
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — The Myanmar government's efforts to make peace with ethnic minorities took another step forward Monday as representatives of the country's biggest minority group, the Shan, ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Myanmar confirms a key northeastern city on border with China has been seized by an ethnic alliance
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Myanmar says Shan rebels attack oil company office
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s government says ethnic Shan guerrillas have attacked a state oil and gas company compound near the Chinese border, leaving two dead and three wounded. The state-owned ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Myanmar army faces a new challenge as an armed ethnic group opens a new front in a western state
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government faced a fresh challenge Monday when one of the armed ethnic groups in an alliance that recently gained strategic territory in the country's northeast launched ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Shan State Exemplifies China’s Tangled Myanmar Ties
In this Jan. 12, 2015 photo, Ta’ang National Liberation Army troops march in Mar Wong Village, northern Shan State during a celebration marking the 52nd anniversary of their insurrection against ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Nine killed in road accidents in eastern Myanmar
YANGON: A total of nine people were killed and at least 18 others were injured after two passenger minibuses overturned in separate accidents in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, a local police officer ...
News Myanmar » Shan: Myanmar’s Shan State at Serious Environmental Risk as China Drives Dangerous Mining Surge
Mining activity has surged dramatically in Myanmar’s eastern Shan State, led by the China Investment Mining Company — a venture strongly backed by Beijing. The company is expanding rare earth and gold ...