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By AFP Fighters from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army have seized another town on a strategic highway to China, the group and a resident said, in the latest setback for the embattled junta. Northern Shan State has been rocked by fighting since June when an alliance of ethnic armed groups renewed an offensive against the […]
Following a chaotic boom period, conflict has left Myanmar’s ruby mines in limbo, due to displacement, road closures and the disappearance of Chinese buyers. By RAJU GAUTAM, EMILY FISHBEIN and HPAN JA BRANG | FRONTIER While the 200-kilometre journey from Mogok to Mandalay typically takes around five hours, for Ko Than Htoo and his family […]