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Medicine Shortages Worsen in Southern Shan State Following Import Ban

Southern Shan State is facing a growing medicine shortage after nearly five months of import restrictions disrupted supply chains and pushed prices sharply higher,...

Tactical failures worsen explosive ordnance risks for civilians

Insight Myanmar Haphazard landmine use and explosive ordnance failures by conflict actors in Myanmar are further endangering civilians, in some cases because of a lack...

Junta Resumes Population Census in Lashio as Dual Armed Groups Intensify Forced Recruitment

The military regime has resumed collecting population data in Lashio, Northern Shan State, raising fears that the move signals an imminent new round of...

Village Administrator Abducted and Killed in Ywangan Amid Rising Targeted Violence

A hundred-household head was abducted and killed in Myay Ni Kone Village, part of Ahle Chaung village tract in Ywangan Township, southern Shan State,...

Administrators Accused of Paying Brokers for Substitute Conscripts as Youth Flee Shan State

Local administrators in several Shan State townships are allegedly working with brokers to secure substitute recruits for Military Service Batch (21), residents say, as...

UWSA Recruitment Orders Drive Displacement in Northern Shan

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) is facing accusations of forcibly recruiting young men for military training in Mong Ket village tract, northern Shan...

MNDAA Imposes ID and Vehicle License Requirements in Northern Shan State

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), also known as the Kokang Army, has tightened movement controls along the Hsenwi–Kunlong–Chinshwehaw highway in Northern Shan...

Money and Manpower: Southern Shan Residents Crushed by Dual Conscription Demands

Residents in Southern Shan State report mounting mental and physical exhaustion as communities continue to shoulder monthly military service fees and recruitment demands following...

Residents Say Junta and PNO Soldiers Demand Food in Ywangan Villages

Residents of Ywangan Township in southern Shan State report being forced to cook and deliver meals to soldiers from the military regime and allied...

MNDAA Imposes Monthly Shop Taxes in Northern Shan State

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), also known as the Kokang Army, has begun collecting monthly taxes from shops and businesses located along...

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