Shan State

Vantage | Why Myanmar's rebel trouble looks like China's game

If China can persuade the rebel groups to halt their offensive, it would protect its project and emerge as a peacemaker

How Myanmar's Junta is facing its biggest threat since 2021 coup

Ethnic rebel groups jointly known as the Brotherhood Alliance on 27 October launched simultaneous attacks on the military junta in Myanmar’s Shan state. The alliance claims to have captured several towns and cut off vital trade routes to China. The junta has dismissed such claims as ‘propaganda'

19 killed, dozens injured in Myanmar's Shan State after rebels clash with security forces

At least 19 people were killed Saturday in northern Myanmar when ethnic rebels attacked security force posts in restive Shan State, army and government sources said.

Myanmar Army promises 'war crimes' probe; soldiers to stand trial

The first and second bodies pulled from the shallow grave in northern Myanmar didn't belong to Aik Chin's missing son. Nor, he prayed, did the third, whose face was unrecognisable from a severe beating.

Myanmar: Peace talks between government and ethnic leaders to resume

Peace talks between the Myanmar government and ethnic leaders will resume this week despite escalating clashes in the country's Shan state.