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A new book highlights the role that the country’s rail network has played in the making – and unmaking – of a conflict-torn country. A gate lies across the tracks at the Gokteik viaduct in Myanmar’s ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: Blast kills dozens in a country where one in three is starving
Stored gelignite reportedly caused a massive explosion that killed at least 55 people in a village in Shan State. The catastrophe has put the spotlight on the TNLA, a controversial militia that struck ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: 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 » History: Myanmar Ethnic Armies Launch Major Offensive in Shan State
The Three Brotherhood Alliance has launched coordinated attacks aimed at dislodging the junta and its allies from strategically important regions of Shan State bordering China. On Friday morning, an ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: Blast at building storing explosives in Myanmar kills more than 45 people
A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than 45 people. Rescue workers and independent media report the building was storing explosives for mining.
News Myanmar » Shan » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: 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 ...