Fighting between ethnic and Myanmar junta troops for control of Muse, the key border trade zone between Myanmar and China in northern Shan State, continued to rage on Thursday despite recent “peace talks” between both sides in China’s Yunnan Province.
UN: Myanmar Is Now World’s No1 Opium Producer
Myanmar has become the world’s largest opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, which reduced its production after the Taliban imposed a ban in April last year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported on Tuesday.
In war-torn Myanmar, illicit poppy production flowers once more
Myanmar has regained its lead in global opium production, surpassing Afghanistan. The nation’s farmers are turning to cultivating poppy flowers to make ends meet. In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s ban has led to a 95% drop in the cultivation of opium poppies.
Myanmar’s Three Brotherhood Alliance seizes town from military despite China-backed ceasefire
Ethnic minority fighters battling Myanmar’s junta said Saturday they seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary ceasefire. Clashes have raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan state since the Arakan Army (AA),
Myanmar ethnic minority fighters seize town from military
Ethnic minority fighters battling Myanmar’s junta said Saturday they seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary ceasefire.
Inside ‘Operation 1027’, the anti-junta offensive in Myanmar
Operation 1027, so named for the date and month of its launch has seen the Brotherhood Alliance capture over 300 junta bases and 20 towns across three states and two regions. Experts say rebels have r …
A Thai senator linked to a Myanmar tycoon is indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering
Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board has announced that in the past few months it has carried out searches of several of Upakit’s residences and seized property worth more than 400 million baht ($11.5 …
Fighting reported to be continuing in northern Myanmar despite China saying it arranged a cease-fire
Reports from Myanmar say there is continuing fighting in the northeastof the country between the military government and an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups.
Temporary ceasefire agreed after Myanmar rebel forces surround city notorious for online scam operations
China reportedly mediates a temporary ceasefire in north-east Myanmar after rebel forces surround Laukkai, a border city notorious for cyberscam operations.
Rebel fire and China’s ire: Inside Myanmar’s anti-junta offensive
YANGON – Generals from Myanmar’s junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.