Environment Lead Story Natural resources News
Output from a tin mine in Wa State is falling sharply and deposits could be depleted in “two to three years”, said senior mine officials.
Khun Sai, director of Shan think tank Union Institute, suggested the fight could be a Wa incursion in Mongla territory under orders of the UWSA leadership.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Only seven of 19 delegations attending the summit of ethnic armed groups today in Chiang Mai have agreed to sign a nationwide ceasefire with Naypyidaw.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan
The United Wa State Army has offered to negotiate with the Burmese military over which side should withdraw first from their positions near Mongton Township.
Reports of ferocious fighting in Burma’s restive Kokang region this week have put the government death toll at 21.
United Wa State Army and Shan State Army–South to join members of umbrella body as political dialogue with government approaches
Yangon Airways given license to resume operations next month as relations between government and United Wa State Army improve
Burma’s largest ethnic army voices ‘serious concern’ about fighting in border regions sparked by ‘contradictory’ Thein Sein
High level defence talks underway in Naypyidaw as senior Chinese military official assesses new government’s grip on the country
