Myanmar border have joined some of the country’s most influential military cronies in giving financial support to the ...

LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The tin market's fortunes remain beholden to Myanmar's United Wa State Army, which controls one of the world's largest mines. The Wa State, the largest of the country's ...

Since the start of the year, the United Wa State Army, the largest and most powerful of Myanmar's many ethnic armed groups, has been moving hundreds of its soldiers into new positions across the ...

The call comes as a new UN report notes an “exponential surge” in methamphetamine production in Myanmar since the 2021 coup ...

The UWSA denied involvement in the drug trade after the former Thai prime minister singled the group out and said Bangkok may ...

Soldiers from the United Wa State Army (UWSA) stand at attention during a ceremony in Pangsang, in Myanmar’s Shan State, April 17, 2019. Credit: VOA/Steve Sandford Subscribe for ads-free reading ...

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has dismissed as groundless the allegation made by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra that it is the prime source of narcotics smuggled from Myanmar into Thailand ...

FILE - A soldier from the United Wa State Army is seen on a street of Nandeng in the Wa region of Myanmar, Sept. 3, 2009. Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the ...

Myanmar’s tin-rich Wa State has postponed a meeting to discuss the resumption of mining in the region, a regional spokesman confirmed on Thursday. The meeting, originally called for Tuesday ...