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DARK SECRETS: Shan state - The Real Truth

As Myanmar's military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing arrives in Thailand this week, much of the media attention will focus on diplomacy and trade, without raising critical questions. Nevertheless, one crisis directly affecting the health and security of people across both nations requires immediate attention: transboundary river contamination from mining…

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Thailand seeks extradition of ‘Rose Rose’ in flight attendant heroin case

Thailand is seeking the extradition of a woman accused of hiring a Thai flight attendant to carry heroin-filled bags to Australia, as authorities intensify efforts to dismantle a transnational drug trafficking network linked to a notorious drug kingpin in Myanmar’s Shan State.

Bangkok Post

The mining challenge

Since 2024, villagers in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai living along the Kok, Sai, Ruak and Mekong rivers have suffered water pollution caused by runoff from gold and earth mines in Shan State, northern Myanmar.

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'Village just vanished': Death toll rises to 43 in Myanmar mining blast

An explosion in the Shan state of Myanmar, close to the border with China, has now resulted in 43 fatalities, including the lives of seven children, with many others suffering injuries. This catastrophic event was triggered by mismanaged mining explosives, which almost entirely devastated the local village of 200 houses.

The Times of India

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar hits highest level in a decade, UN report says

There were signs that heroin from Myanmar is reaching markets in Europe previously supplied by Afghanistan, with several seizures over the past year that involved passengers travelling from Southeast Asia to Europe.

Euronews

Myanmar's military says it has recaptured a key central town from ethnic rebels

Myanmar’s military claims it has taken back control of a major district capital in northern Shan State more than a year after losing it to an armed ethnic minority rebel group

The Independent UK

Satellite images show surge in rare earth mining in rebel-held Myanmar

Satellite images reportedly identify 26 mines in rebel-held Myanmar next to China and two near Thailand.

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‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State

Poppy cultivation and methamphetamine production has surged in Myanmar amid the country’s grinding civil war.

Al Jazeera

Reporting from behind shifting front lines in Myanmar’s civil war

Journalists with the Shan State-based news outlet Shwe Phee Myay continue to report amid civil war and repression.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar Armed Group Says 11 Civilians Killed In Junta Air Strikes

Myanmar military air strikes in northern Shan state killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman for an ethnic minority armed group battling the junta told AFP on Friday.

International Business Times

China steps up armed patrols on border as Myanmar conflict deepens

China has reported artillery shells injuring residents in its territory amid fighting over the border in Shan State.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar Military Says It Withdrew 'For Safety Of People'

Myanmar's military withdrew from some positions close to China's border to prioritise the "safety of people", the junta chief said, days after an alliance of ethnic armed groups said they had routed state troops in the area.

International Business Times

Myanmar’s junta has suffered a humiliating military defeat. Could it be a turning point in the war?

My recent research trip to the Thai town of Mae Sot on the Myanmar border coincided with two big events. The heavens opened for several days with the first big rains of the monsoon season. And across the border, the Myanmar opposition forces took control of Lashio, a major military…

The Conversation

‘Potential for new Myanmar’ as anti-coup forces push new northern offensive

Fighting is escalating in an area stretching from Mandalay to Lashio, where the military has its northeastern command.

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‘Fighting is all around’: Myanmar faces deepening humanitarian crisis

Local aid groups are providing desperately needed assistance to thousands displaced across the country.

The Hindu

Why are people fleeing Myanmar for Mizoram? | Explained

What’s happening in the border States of India’s northeast because of the Myanmar civil war? How have ethnic organisations responded to the Myanmar junta’s crackdown?

Bangkok Post

Why did they all leave their homes?

The campaigns by Myanmar's military government to raid and attack settlements, followed by the burning of houses of civilians and various forms of human rights violations throughout the rural areas in Myanmar, have made the news many times in the past two years. As of information on June 14, according…

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Singapore, Indonesia condemn attack on diplomats in Myanmar

Convoy delivering humanitarian aid came under fire in northeastern Shan State but escaped unharmed.

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Drug couriers killed, 300kg ketamine seized near border

CHIANG MAI: Six drug smugglers were killed and 300 kilogrammes of ketamine seized in a clash between soldiers and armed men in Fang district, which borders Shan State in Myanmar, on Monday.

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