The United States’ embassy in Myanmar’s largest city expressed deep concern Saturday over recent heavy fighting involving the military and two ethnic armed groups in eastern Shan state. A series of ...
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 On the morning of July 28, a convoy ...
BANGKOK--A Myanmar army battalion based near the Chinese border surrendered to an alliance of ethnic armed groups that launched a surprise offensive last month against the military, a spokesperson for ...
Lu Awng heard gunfire from an internal displaced camp when the Ta'ang National Liberation Army ambushed a military convoy in Mantong, northern Shan State on Aug.5. It was just another incident that ...
Rohingya Muslim people, fled from ongoing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, arrive to enter no man's land and try to enter a makeshift shelter camp in Shahpori Island, Bangladesh on August 31, 2017 ...
In the State, drug trafficking and ethnic conflict have been linked since the 1950s. Separatist groups and para-military militias depend on the proceeds of the illicit drug trade. In order to protect ...
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 ...
Military officers attend talks between the government, army and representatives of ethnic armed groups over a ceasefire to end insurgencies, in Naypyitaw January 12, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun ...
Nang Khin Shwe dreams of becoming a nurse one day. A couple of years ago, she took part in an auxiliary midwife training in her northern Shan State village to move one step closer to that dream. "I ...
Film director Nontawat Numbenchapol is recognised for his documentaries about minority groups including By The River (2013), Boundary (2013) and Soil Without Land (2019). Soil Without Land, which ...
Burmese farmer Nang San Hlaing was once working in a lucrative industry. "As farmers, we primarily focused on growing crops that would generate greater income for us," she told the ABC. The crop ...
When Aye Khaung saw 500 soldiers arrive in her village in Burma’s northern Shan State, she was fearful. Sitting in the grounds of the monastery she now calls home, she picks at nail varnish on her ...
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