Recently, the Shan Women Activists Network (SWAN), a group of ethnic Shan women based in northern ... She said she was scouting for food in an abandoned field with three friends.

The military has acknowledged losing control of three towns in northern Shan state ... drug trade has been attributed to various ethnic minority groups for funding their armed movements, but ...

The intervention of the powerful fighting forces of the United Wa State Army and the Shan State Army-North highlights tensions among the various ethnic minority guerrilla groups who have been ...

Clashes have raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan State after an armed alliance of three ethnic minority groups launched surprise attacks against the military in October. The groups have seized ...

days after an alliance of ethnic armed groups said they had routed state troops in the area. Shan State in eastern Myanmar has been rocked by fighting since late June when the Myanmar National ...