“Today’s problem in Shan state (North ... The drug trade has been attributed to various ethnic minority groups for funding their armed movements, but members of the army, especially at ...

27 in northern Shan state in northeastern Myanmar along ... It also set up loose alliances with several of the ethnic armed groups. “If combat persists, it will open a significant new front ...

In January last year, 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 ...

The MNDAA is mostly made up of the ethnic Kokang minority based in northern Shan State. The group launched an offensive against the junta in October 2023, along with other armed ethnic forces.

Shan noodles, a traditional favorite of the Shan ethnic group of Myanmar, combine rice noodles in pepper soup with marinated chicken or pork, sprinkled with roasted sesame seeds, garlic oil ...

A Kachin Independence Army (KIA) spokesperson said his group was seeking to resolve a dispute with the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) without resorting to using weapons ...

China is a major ally and arms supplier of the junta but also maintains ties with ethnic rebel groups that hold territory near its border. It has repeatedly called for fighting to stop in Shan ...