Myanmar News » Shan News Myanmar » Shan » Places: Junta targeting rebel-held areas in northern Myanmar with airstrikes and artillery
Myanmar’s junta is conducting regular airstrikes and artillery attacks on towns in northern Shan state that are firmly under rebel control in a resurgence of violence in the area, residents said ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Places: Myanmar: KIA-facilitated Chinese business visit to proposed mining site raises community concerns over pollution and livelihoods
"Chinese Investors Inspect Proposed Mining Site in Loi Ho Hsur, Raising Local Concerns", Shan Herald Agency for News, 16 Oct 2026. Chinese business operators have visited Loi Ho H ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Places: 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 » Places: Fighting Erupts in Myanmar’s Shan State as Armed Groups Resume Offensive
Ethnic armed groups are once again on the march in eastern Myanmar along the country’s border with China, after the collapse of a China-brokered ceasefire last week. Yesterday morning, the Myanmar ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Places: Myanmar’s Shan state sees surge in violence
An upsurge in violence in Myanmar's northern Shan state over the last 10 days has resulted in human casualties and displacements, sources have said. On July 1, rebels attacked four military battalions ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Places: 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 » Places: ‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State
Southern Shan State, Myanmar – Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of chocolate-coloured raw opium in each hand like a human weighing scales. “Each ...