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 ...
Soldiers from the United Wa State Army (UWSA) stand at attention during a ceremony in Pangsang, in Myanmar’s Shan State, April 17, 2019. Credit: VOA/Steve Sandford Subscribe for ads-free reading On ...
BANGKOK — An alliance of ethnic armed groups in northeastern Myanmar has reportedly achieved one of the main goals it set when it launched an offensive last October by taking control of Laukkaing, a ...
LOI TAI LENG, Myanmar, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies accused world leaders of ignoring the ruling military junta's surge in deadly airstrikes on civilians, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A soldier from the United Wa State Army is seen on a street of Nandeng in the Wa region of Myanmar, Sept. 3, 2009. Recently ...
SHAN STATE, Myanmar - Sai, 28, rarely leaves home without two ballpoint pens tucked inside his denim jacket, although he never uses them for writing. The pens are packed with 0.4cm-wide pills of ...
KYAUKME, Myanmar (AP) — Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war because of its strategic ...
The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia. The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, ...