Observers say Beijing has been granted a free rein to safeguard Chinese investments following Shan intervention.

The Myanmar junta’s delegation includes Lt-Gen Ko Ko Oo, head of Military Operations Command 1 (MOC-1) in Kyaukme, northern Shan State, who previously attended talks with the Kokang ethnic armed group ...

With Chinese New Year a public holiday, armed guards protecting China’s interests and Beijing intervening directly in the war ...

the biggest city in northern Shan state. The TNLA represents the Ta’ang or Palaung ethnic minority, and the MNDAA is a military force of the Kokang minority, who are ethnic Chinese. The two ...

A group of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) troops pictured shortly after the capture of the Northeastern Military Command in Lashio, northern Shan State. (Photo: MNDAA) The Myanmar ...

Beijing used its close ties with both the military and the Three Brotherhood groups to negotiate a ceasefire in northern Shan state, which lasted for five months until the ethnic alliance went ...

In northern Shan State, Mongyal Township, within the Mongha region, an additional 21 Chinese nationals engaged in illegal online gambling and financial fraud have been arrested. Authorities have been ...

So far, 16 flights, or about four a day, have been scheduled to repatriate the Chinese nationals, accompanied by police.

An earlier crackdown on scam centers in Myanmar was initiated in late 2023 after China expressed embarrassment and concern over illegal casinos and scam operations in Myanmar’s northern Shan state ...

Fighters from the country’s most powerful ethnic minority armed group have ... Fighting has rocked Lashio in northern Shan State since early this month after the Myanmar National Democratic ...

It denies the accusations. An earlier crackdown on scam centers in Myanmar happened in late 2023, after China expressed embarrassment and concern over illegal casinos and scam operations along its ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (NORTHERN WI STATE FAIR PRESS RELEASE) - The Northern Wisconsin State Fair Association, Inc. announces the retirement of their Executive Director, Rusty Volk, CFE, IFMG ...