Tag: UWSA
Rare Earth Mining Expands Across Shan State as Billions Flow to...
Rare earth mining operations in Shan State have expanded dramatically since the 2021 military coup, with satellite imagery and research by the Washington-based Stimson...
FROM PARTITION TO PLURALISM: Reimagining Myanmar’s Unity Beyond the Three Realities
The Myanmar military-dominated, so-called quasi-civilian government led by Min Aung Hlaing, popularly known in Burmese as “Yway-Tu,” meaning “fakely-elected” regime, has been trying to...
Rare Earth Mining, Toxic Rivers Expose Gaps in Bangkok’s Cross-Border Pollution...
Inside Bangkok’s opulent Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Myanmar’s military junta leader and Thai government officials smiled as they signed a series of bilateral...
UWSA Warns Mining Operators Amid Cross-Border Pollution Concerns
Facing mounting scrutiny over heavy metal contamination flowing into neighboring Thailand, the leadership of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) has summoned business owners...
THE ILLUSION OF PEACE: Why the Junta’s 100-Day Initiative is Doomed...
In mid-June, a high-level delegation led by Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, Chairman of the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee (NSPNC), traveled to Shan State...
Rare-Earth Mining in Shan State Linked to Forced Labor, Abuse, and...
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) says Myanmar nationals allegedly trafficked from online scam compounds in Tachileik have been forced to work in Chinese-operated...
Shan Rights Group Warns of Pollution from Coal Plant Near Thai...
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has raised alarm over a newly operational coal-fired power plant operated by Wan Hong Natural Energy Co. Ltd...
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...
Toxic Rare Earth Mining Ravages Farmland and Threatens Livelihoods in Eastern...
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) reports that more than 40 acres of farmland have been destroyed downstream of rare earth mines in the...
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS EXTRACTIONS: Kachin, Shan states and resources allocation
It is becoming quite evident that the political landscape in Burma or Myanmar isn't just a plain struggle of ethnic-democratic, anti-junta forces against the...
