Myanmar News » Shan News Myanmar » Shan » Commerce: Toll of Displaced Surges as Fighting Continues in Myanmar’s Shan State
Up to 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to the recent upsurge of fighting in the northern part of Myanmar’s Shan State, “straining an already underresourced humanitarian response, ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Commerce: 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 » Commerce: 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 ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Commerce: Thousands flee fighting in Myanmar’s Shan State
Thousands of civilians have fled their homes in northeastern Myanmar after a recent upswing in fighting between ethnic minority rebels and the army, combatants and witnesses said Sunday. The recent ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Commerce: The Dilemma of Shan State for Myanmar’s Revolution
Nowhere in Myanmar is the revolutionary struggle more complex and confounding than in Shan State. Several separate ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) are operating in Shan State, each with their ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Commerce: A Myanmar town lies in shambles as both sides in civil war vie for control
KYAUKME, Myanmar — Ten days after it was recaptured by Myanmar's military government, the town of Kyaukme stands eerily silent. Schools have reopened but the town's once-busy market is mostly empty.