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A Myanmar rebel group claims to have seized a major regional military headquarters in the city of Lashio near the border with China, in what would mark a historic and humiliating defeat for the ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Events: 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 » Events: 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 » Events: Drugs, Scams and Sin: Myanmar’s War Has Made It the Global Crime Capital
The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia. An opium poppy farm in Pekon Township in Shan State, Myanmar, ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Events: 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 ...