Myanmar News » Shan News Myanmar » Shan » Government: New players emerge in fighting in Myanmar’s northeast, as powerful ethnic militias intervene
BANGKOK--Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the military government and ethnic minority militias has in the past few days become more complicated, as two minority groups ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: Myanmar army faces new challenge as armed ethnic group opens new front
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 » Government: Chinese Mining in Myanmar’s Shan State Leaves Locals With Polluted Water, Broken Roads, and Missing Workers
Chinese companies are extracting rare earths and gold from the mountains of eastern Shan State, Myanmar, in territory controlled by ethnic armed groups ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: US Myanmar Minerals Push Faces Beijing’s Influence
China controls the flow of heavy rare earths out of eastern Burma’s (also known as Myanmar) Shan State, the same minerals Washington is now seeking to access. Chinese-backed companies operate there ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: Myanmar military recaptures strategic town from rebels after a year, government says
BANGKOK — Myanmar 's military has recaptured a strategic gateway town from rebel forces after nearly a year, state-media reported Thursday, marking a rare turnaround in the country’s northeast, where ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: Myanmar's military government recaptures strategic town from rebels - report
In this image released on July 16, 2025, by The Myanmar Military True News Information Team, soldiers are seen celebrating a victory at one of the captured outposts in Nawnghkio, a township that the ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: Head of Myanmar’s military government to visit close ally China
BANGKOK — The head of Myanmar’s military government will pay an official visit this week to China, the embattled Southeast Asian nation’s most important international ally, for several regional ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: Military advances force evacuation of villages in Myanmar’s Shan state
A drone strike on Thursday by Myanmar’s military killed an 8-year-old girl, a 37-year-old man, and wounded eight other civilians in a small village in southern Shan state as junta troops sought to ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: Fighting Erupts in Myanmar’s Shan State as Armed Groups Resume Offensive
The Three Brotherhood Alliance has launched the second phase of its Operation 1027 offensive, attacking regime positions across northern Shan. Ethnic armed groups are once again on the march in ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: Myanmar's military government claims a record seizure of illicit drugs at production sites
BANGKOK (AP) — The military government of Myanmar, long noted as one of the world's biggest producers of heroin and methamphetamine, has announced what it describes as the country's largest-ever ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: US rush for rare earths in Myanmar & the risks for India
The U.S. has intensified its engagement with Myanmar's military-backed government, focusing on the country's rare-earth mineral deposits crucial for various technologies, writes Suhas Chakma, Director ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Government: 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.