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Manpang People’s Militia conscripting youths in Shan State
“Out of each three boys, they had to draw lots to determine which one would have to join the militia.”
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Shan coal mine linked to army offensive, abuses: report
A new report alleges that a recent Burmese army offensive in Shan State was linked to coal-mining operations opposed by local people.
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Shan army sits for separate talks with Aung Min delegation
Representatives of the Shan State Army-South meet with a Burmese government delegation in Chiang Mai where they discuss the draft framework for a nationwide ceasefire that has already been approved by 16 other ethnic armed groups.
China to execute Shan drug lord on Friday
The notorious drug trafficker Naw Kham will be executed by lethal injection in southern China on Friday, according to reports in the Chinese press
Drug lord to appeal death sentence in China
Burmese national Sai Naw Kham, who was sentenced to death by a Chinese court this week, is set to file an appeal against the ruling
Where is Burma’s ‘war on methamphetamine’?
Burma’s reinvigorated ‘war on opium’ serves to distract from the fact that the methamphetamine trade is both a far greater problem, and one that Burmese troops and members of the government play a key role in
Factional Shan armies bid for unity
Officials from the formerly Shan State Army-North travel publicly cemeted a new-found unity with their southern counterparts
$2m bounty for Wa druglord
Images of Wei Hsueh-kang printed on beer mats and bottle labels in Bangkok nightspots as the DEA joins Thailand in tracking druglord
