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Opinion Papers
Residents Reject Authorities’ “Vacant Land” Seizure in Hopong
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
“This is land cultivated by our ancestors. Now they are using the label ‘Vacant, Fallow, and Virgin Land’ to force us out. They are calling us squatters on government land in order to evict us,” a local man from Hopong told SHAN.
Forced Conscription Restarts in Southern Shan’s Inle Area
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
Authorities are now summoning individuals for Military Service Batch 20 in the Inle area.
UNDERSTANDING KIO’S POLITICAL AGENDA: Key Highlights
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By Sai Wansai
Lieutenant General Gun Maw shared that the KIO was founded to free everyone from oppression, arising from the failure of the Bamar political and military elite to honour the Panglong (Agreement) Commitment.
PRC and India vie for Influence on Rebel Militias in Myanmar
Source: The Jamestown Foundation | Terrorism Monitor
Beijing has accelerated its investments in the rare earth mining boom in Myanmar through its geopolitical proximity and intimate cross-border linkages with these ethnic armies.
Myanmar Junta Battalion Caught In Kachin Stranglehold
Source: The Irrawaddy
Kachin Independence Army (KIA) forces have tightened their encirclement of Infantry Battalion 58 in Kachin State’s Waingmaw, pushing to within 100 meters of the base