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Tag: United Wa State Army

Posted inOpinion

Operation 1027 rapidly changing Myanmar’s security landscape

by Aung Thura Ko Ko August 12, 2024August 12, 2024

This article was first published by Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. In the three and a half years since the February 2021 military coup, Myanmar has endured political, social, economic and armed struggles. The opposition National Unity Government (NUG) declared a defensive war in September 2021, establishing the […]

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Time for US, EU to recognize Myanmar’s NUG

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Myanmar’s ‘peace talks’ a dangerous diversion

by David Scott Mathieson July 7, 2022July 14, 2022
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Wa an early winner of Myanmar’s post-coup war

by Anthony Davis February 22, 2022February 27, 2022
Posted inMyanmar

New age rebels rock and roil Myanmar’s junta

by Bertil Lintner June 28, 2021July 1, 2021
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A wider war coming to Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner May 1, 2021May 16, 2021
A Karen insurgent soldier holds a rocket launcher while standing guard at Oo Kray Kee village in Karen State near the Thai-Myanmar border in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Posted inMyanmar

The rebels who will and won’t fight Myanmar’s coup

by David Scott Mathieson March 31, 2021April 5, 2021
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

China’s mobile missiles on the loose in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis November 28, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Why Myanmar’s Wa always get what they want

by Bertil Lintner September 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s Wa hold the key to war and peace

by Bertil Lintner September 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s Wa seek peace through strength

by Bertil Lintner April 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

It’s party time for Myanmar’s largest armed ethnic faction

by Anthony Davis April 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Why Myanmar’s military will win the Rakhine war

by Anthony Davis February 5, 2019February 18, 2020
China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi as they attend the welcome ceremony at Yanqi Lake during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 15, 2017.  Photo: AFP/Pool
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

China seeks big-ticket payback from Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner January 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Police watch as Uighur Muslims leave the Id Kah Mosque after morning prayers in the old town of Kashgar in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Photo: AFP/Johannes Eisele
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar

China tightens its grip in Uighur-dominated region

by Bertil Lintner October 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Soldiers thought to be from the United Wa State Army take down a cross from a building in the Wa region in northern Shan State. The soldier below uses a sledgehammer to demolish the top of the building, believed to be an unauthorized church. Photo: Screen grab from video.
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Video ‘shows soldiers knocking down church in Wa state’

by Bertil Lintner September 20, 2018February 18, 2020
A Myanmar Christian woman takes part in morning prayers in Yangon on November 28, 2017. Photo: AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Why China fears Myanmar’s Christians

by Bertil Lintner September 17, 2018February 18, 2020
Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after paying her respects to her late father during a ceremony to mark the 71th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018.Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Suu Kyi loses control of once hopeful peace process

by Bertil Lintner July 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Photo: AFP/Patrick Bodenham
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

A vision for war without end in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis May 30, 2018February 18, 2020
Armored vehicles are seen at a parade marking the 72nd Armed Forces Day in the Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw on March 27, 2017. Photo: AFP via Andalou Agency/Lamin Tun
Posted inAT Finance, China, Mexico, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Myanmar peace process being destroyed on multiple fronts

by Bertil Lintner May 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Myanmar and China share a long and often troubled border. Photo: iStock/Getty images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia

China is conflicted in Myanmar’s wars

by Bertil Lintner May 17, 2018February 18, 2020
Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Photo: AFP/Patrick Bodenham
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand

Spurned by West, Myanmar’s Kachin look to China

by Bertil Lintner January 24, 2018February 18, 2020
A Shan State Army-South soldier stands guard outside the insurgent group's headquarters ahead of the Shan National Day in Loi Tai Leng, in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. Photo: AFP/KC Ortiz
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar, South Asia

Myanmar’s cockpit of anarchy

by Anthony Davis December 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on August 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Rolex Dela Pena/Pool
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

China looms large over Myanmar war and peace

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2017February 18, 2020
Myanmar and China share a long and often troubled border. Photo: iStock/Getty images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Myanmar’s unspoken northern enemy

by Bertil Lintner June 3, 2017February 18, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping listens to Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw during their meeting at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China April 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Yohei Kanasashi/Pool
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, Greater Bay Area, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China captures Myanmar’s peace process

by Bertil Lintner June 3, 2017February 18, 2020
The flag of Myanmar painted on a cracked and peeling wall. Photo: Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar’s ‘Great Game’ enters volatile new phase

by Stella Naw April 17, 2017February 18, 2020
State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma speaks during a bilateral meeting with US President Barack Obama (not seen) at the White House in Washington, September 14, 2016. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson
Posted inAT Finance, China, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Peace process descends into farce

by Bertil Lintner April 5, 2017February 18, 2020
Raw opium is prepared for smoking in an opium field in western Myanmar in this December 28, 2014 file photo.  Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inAT Finance, India, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Myanmar has a drug problem

by Bertil Lintner March 9, 2017February 18, 2020
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi reviews honour guards during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

China uses carrot and stick in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

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