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The ‘elite capture’ of peacebuilding and democratization has masked the true drivers of Myanmar’s decades-old civil wars, writes David Scott Mathieson.
News Myanmar » Shan » History: FACTBOX: The Shan, Myanmar's largest minority
(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: 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 Military Retakes Important Town in Southern Shan State
Myanmar’s military has taken back control of a major district capital in Shan State, just over a year after losing it to the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic armed group. In a report ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: Kokang rebels execute 6 after public trials in Myanmar’s Shan state
Ethnic Kokang rebels in northern Myanmar have executed six people following a public trial in front of hundreds of people that was filmed and posted on social media, including murder, the group ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: FEATURE-Burmese junta keeps Myanmar's Shan in state of fear
KYAING TONG, Myanmar, Aug 29 (Reuters) - At night, the gilded Buddha standing imperiously on a hill overlooking Kyaing Tong is one of the few spots of light in the inky blackness of eastern Myanmar's ...
News Myanmar » Shan » History: Myanmar junta jets bomb town under rebel control, six killed
Myanmar junta jets bombed a northeastern town under rebel control, killing six people and severely damaging a market, residents told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday, the latest civilian casualties ...