YANGON: On January 17, thousands of residents in Hsihseng were forced to flee their homes as fighting escalated in southern ...

According to interviews with the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), junta fighter jets conducted two airstrikes on the ...

Akha tribe, the founder of Ban Hin Taek. On the map of Thailand, there is a place that points to Shan State in Burma with a finger at the very northeastern end. It is Ban Hin Taek (The Village of ...

The offensive in the northern part of Shan state was already seen as a significant challenge for the army, which has struggled to contain a nationwide uprising by the members of Peoples’ Defense ...

Myanmar's authorities have seized 20 kg of Ice (methamphetamine) and 366,000 stimulant tablets in the Yangon region, the ...

In late October 2023, a coalition of three ethnic armed groups in Shan State launched a coordinated offensive against the ruling military junta, posing the strongest challenge to its rule since ...

The beauty in this corner of Shan state, in north-eastern Myanmar, might seem to be a respite from the country’s brutal civil war. Instead, the blooms are a symptom: It is all opium poppy in ...

Expect partly sunny skies. The high will be 73°. Good air quality (0-50) Primary pollutant PM2.5 12 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard ...

Earlier on Monday, police seized 966,000 stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Shan state, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported. Acting on a tip-off, a joint anti-narcotic task force ...