An opium poppy farm in Pekon Township in Shan State, Myanmar, in November.Credit...Adam Ferguson for The New York Times Supported by By Hannah Beech Reporting from Shan and Karen states in Myanmar ...
Citing local anti-junta forces, Myanmar Now reported that the military regime has also escalated its shelling, drone strikes, and air raids in rural areas of southern Shan State’s Pekon and ...
Junta airstrikes hit a village in Ramree Township, Rakhine State on January 8, causing devastating fires and dozens of civilian deaths (Photo: Supplied) 27 civilians died in a series of junta bombing ...
The beauty in this corner of Shan state, in north-eastern Myanmar, might seem to be a respite ... “You’re so beautiful,” he wrote to widows, liberally adding heart emojis.
They have been confiscating aid meant for IDPs in southern Shan State under various pretexts, such as claiming they are collecting taxes. They have also been claiming that fees have to be paid to ...
and strategic towns and cities along the Chinese border in Shan state in northeastern Myanmar. In August this year, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, another force in the rebel ...
when the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army captured the northeastern command in Lashio in Shan state. Myanmar's borderlands are home to myriad ethnic armed groups who have battled the ...
One of the turning points in the conflict was with the launch of Operation 1027. Launched against the military junta by the Three Brotherhood Alliance members, comprising the Myanmar National ...