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(Reuters) - Myanmar's Shan people and their homeland, Shan State, have been under de facto occupation by the Burmese-dominated military since a 1962 coup. - The Shan are the second-largest ethnic ...
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: Myanmar Rebel Group Claims Capture of Major Military HQ in Shan State
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 » History: Myanmar junta raids Shan state online scam center, detains hundreds
Myanmar junta authorities arrested nearly 750 people, including more than 240 Chinese nationals, in a raid on an online scam near Myanmar’s border with China, sources close to regional authorities ...
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: 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: In Myanmar, Young Men Face Stark Choice: Join Army or Face Heavy Fines
The soft chimes of the traditional Shan gongs emanating from a Burmese temple in northern Thailand is a reminder of the thousands of Myanmar migrants who have fled conflict in their homeland in past ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: The Last Defense of the Lake: From Environmental Conservation to Political Revolution
For over seven decades, Myanmar was consumed by the world’s longest civil war, but the Intha (Insaku), the "Children of the Lake/The People of The Lake," remained a peaceful exception. Nestled among ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: 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 » History: Myanmar arrests 45 alleged scam operators in Shan state, but gangs persist
Authorities in Myanmar have arrested 45 people, including 18 Chinese citizens, for their alleged involvement in an online scamming operation in Shan state, according to pro-junta social media channels ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: Myanmar’s Shan State at Serious Environmental Risk as China Drives Dangerous Mining Surge
China-backed mining in Myanmar’s Shan State has surged, devastating forests and poisoning rivers. A 2022 joint venture with Beijing firms drives rare earth extraction threatening ethnic communities, ...